Amos 5:25

"But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream."

Key Reflection

This verse envisions justice flowing freely and unimpeded, likening it to the powerful and constant flow of rivers. Similarly, righteousness is depicted as a strong, overwhelming force, symbolizing the pervasive presence of God's moral standards in society.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Have ye offered -(better, “Did ye offer”) unto Me sacrifices and offerings? Israel justified himself to himself by his half-service. This had been his way from the first. “Their heart was not whole with God, neither abode they in His covenant”Psalms 78:37. He thought to be accepted by God, because he did a certain homage to Him. He acknowledged God in his own way. God sets before him another instance of this half-service and what it issued in; the service of that generation which He brought out of Egypt, and which left their bones in the wilderness. The idolatry of the ten tribes was the revival of the idolatry of the wilderness.

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