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1. (1-3) The basket of summer fruit. Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. And He said, “Amos, what do you see?”. So I said, “A basket of summer fruit.”. Then the LORD said to me: I will not pass by them anymore. They shall be thrown out in silence.”.
Feb 15, 2023 · We typically understand a famine as a lack of food or water, but Amos 8:11 speaks cryptically of a famine of the hearing of the Word of God: “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Sovereign Lord, ‘when I will send a famine through the land—not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.’”
The Guilt of Samaria. Amos 8:14 says, 14 As for those who swear by the guilt of Samaria, who say, “As your god lives, O Dan,’ and ‘As the way of Beer-sheba lives,’ they will fall and not rise again. The Hebrew word translated “guilt” is ashma. The guilt itself is represented by the main idol of Samaria, called Ashima, mentioned in 2 ...
1. (Amos 8:1-3) The basket of summer fruit. Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. And He said, “Amos, what do you see?”. So I said, “A basket of summer fruit.”. Then the LORD said to me: “The end has come upon My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore. And the songs of the temple.
The calf at Bethel, which was near Samaria, and which the Samaritans worshipped; and was set up by their kings, and the worship of it encouraged by their example, and which is called the calf of Samaria, Hosea 8:5; the making of it was the effect of sin, and the occasion of leading into it, and ought to have been had in detestation and abhorrence, as sin should; and yet by this the Israelites ...
Aug 21, 2023 · Amos responds that he is compelled to prophesy because God called him. Chapter 8 – The Basket of Ripe Fruit. Amos has a vision of a basket of ripe fruit, symbolizing that Israel is ripe for punishment. He condemns the merchants who cheat and oppress the poor. Amos speaks of a coming famine, not of food, but of the word of God.
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Amos 8:11-14 meaning. Amos predicts a widespread famine and drought that will plague the nation Israel. It will not be a famine of food or thirst for water, but rather a starvation for hearing the words of the LORD. This oracle begins with the statement " Behold, days are coming " to alert the Israelites of the imminent nature of what was about ...
