Amos 5:15 - Exposition

Reverse your former conduct, undo what ye have done ( Amos 5:10 ). This verse emphasizes the preceding; hating and loving are more real and hearty than mere seeking. The LXX . makes this clause to be what the people said, ον τρόπον εἴπατε , μεμισήκαμεν τὰ πονρὰ καὶ ἠγαπήσαμεν τὰκαλά , "As ye said, We have hated evil, and loved good." Establish judgment. Maintain justice in your tribunals (in contrast to Amos 5:7 ); then it may be that the Lord will have mercy on you or some of you. The remnant of Joseph; implying that only a few of them will be saved after this heavy chastisement, which points to the final ruin of their city and nation. The prophet speaks of the "remnant of Joseph" instead of Ephraim, to remind them of their forefather, who received the patriarchal blessing of Jacob, for whose sake this remnant should be spared (comp. Isaiah 6:13 ; Isaiah 10:21 , etc.; Joel 2:32 ; Romans 11:4 , etc.).