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1. (Amos 5:1-3) Coming exile and captivity. Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel: The virgin of Israel has fallen; She will rise no more. She lies forsaken on her land; There is no one to raise her up. For thus says the Lord GOD: “The city that goes out by a thousand.
Dec 11, 2021 · Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. a. They hate the one who rebukes in the gate: Amos told us the cause of coming judgment – the terrible way that the people of Israel treated one another, especially how the strong took advantage of the weak. The weak had no voice in the gate and was robbed by oppressive taxes.
- (1-3) Coming Exile and captivity.
- (4-9) An Invitation to Seek The Lord.
- (10-15) The Cause, The Curse, and The cure.
Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel: The virgin of Israel has fallen; She will rise no more. She lies forsaken on her land; There is no one to raise her up. For thus says the Lord GOD: “The city that goes out by a thousand Shall have a hundred left, And that which goes out by a hundred Shall have ten left to...
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live; But do not seek Bethel, Nor enter Gilgal, Nor pass over to Beersheba; For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, And Bethel shall come to nothing. Seek the LORD and live, Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph, And devour it, With no one to quench it in Bethel; You who tu...
They hate the one who rebukes in the gate, And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly. Therefore, because you tread down the poor And take grain taxes from him, Though you have built houses of hewn stone, Yet you shall not dwell in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink wine from them. For I know your manifold transgres...
May 24, 2018 · 32. Cf. Madhavi Nevader's comments towards the end of the first section of the "Earthquake" article in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. Add a comment. And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee , like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of ...
Mar 20, 2024 · Amos denounced dishonest business practices and the exploitation of the vulnerable. Pursue Social Justice “Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph” . Amos emphasized the importance of caring for the less fortunate and showing compassion to those in need.
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Affirming that the eagerly expected "Day of Jehovah" will be darkness and disaster on disaster inevitable (Amos 5:18-20), it again emphasizes Jehovah’s desire for righteousness rather than worship (Amos 5:21-26), and closes with the threat of captivity beyond Damascus. "Jehovah God of Hosts is His Name," as at the close of 3.
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Guide to the Book of. Amos. One important aspect of the ancient TaNaK order of the Hebrew Bible is that the 12 prophetic works of Hosea through Malachi, sometimes referred to as the Minor Prophets, were designed as a single book called The Twelve. Amos is the third book of The Twelve. Amos was a shepherd and fig tree farmer (Amos 7:14 ) who ...
