Amos Chapter 5 verse 13 Holy Bible
Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
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So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.
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Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time.
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Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
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Therefore he who is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; For it is an evil time.
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Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it `is'.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - Even while he speaks, the prophet feels that his reproof is useless (comp. Jeremiah 7:27, etc.; Hosea 4:1, 17). In that time; at such a time as this, the man who acts wisely holds his peace, because it is a time of moral corruption and of personal danger. But the prophet cannot restrain his call (comp. Ezekiel 33:3, etc.). In Micah 2:3 the "evil time" is one of calamity.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) Prudent . . . silence.--The dumb silence of the prudent is the awful curse which comes upon a people when they are given up to selfishness and rapacity. Thus the doom:--"Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone."