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This article compares these Àood passages, 4.13; 5.8+9; 8.8; 9.5+6, (described by scholars as ‘hymnic’), with SCL, Genesis’ Àood account, and Job 9.5-10, a similar Àood-like hymn, in order to determine common vocabulary and themes. Analyzing the Amos hymn’s vocabulary roots reveals an ancient narrative source.
- Gavin M. Cox
The book of Amos has long been recognized as a prophetic text delivered by a non-prophetic Amos from the Judean village of Tekoa. Amos’s message is one of judgment to the northern kingdom of Israel—the first in the series of critical prophets of Israel and Judah.
The purpose of the funeral song in Amos 5:1–15 was to shock the people into facing reality. If they persisted in their sins, they surely . would die. If, on the other hand, they rejected evil and returned to God, they would live. The Lord’s character is such that He expects conformity to the divine will. Read. Amos 5:14, 15.
I will begin by analyzing relevant passages in the book of Amos line by line, attempting to clarify their context for those less familiar with them. I will then explore how these passages use intercession to advance the message of God’s coming judgment. Like many texts describing intercession, the rhetoric of Amos’s experiences can be
Amos was a shepherd in a region called Tekoa, about six miles south of Bethlehem. Commentaries describe the area as somewhat rugged, rocky, and with sparse grazing fields. Shepherds in that region had to make extensive trips to feed their flocks. In the book of Amos, we find two uses Amos performed: he kept sheep (Amos 1:1),
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In this article we will focus on those fragments of praise songs, and noticing what happens to them when they are transposed into the context of Amos’ book and ask what lessons this may have for our own practices of worship.1 Worship songs in Amos Amos does not contain a whole psalm, yet there are a number of short pieces which have the form ...
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If there is calamity in a city, will not the LORD have done it? When judgment comes against the cities of Israel, everyone should know that it was the LORD who has done it . It won’t be an accident, fate, or bad luck.
