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Jan 24, 2017 · In Amos 3:3-8, the prophet uses a series of rhetorical questions to deliver a warning to Israel about the inescapability of God's coming judgment. But he also tells us about prophecy itself - that it carries with it an implied invitation to repent and be saved from the otherwise inescapable judgment.
In this section, Amos connected six statements that were obviously true. The six statements of the obvious lead into a seventh statement, each one reinforcing this final point. b. If there is calamity in a city, will not the LORD have done it?
In verse 3, Amos said, Do two men walk together unless they have made an appointment? The answer to this question is obviously "no." Two men cannot walk together without having first made an appointment. They must have agreed to meet in a certain place and to travel together until they reached their destination.
3. (Amos 8:11-14) The famine of hearing the Word of God. “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord GOD, “That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the LORD. They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of ...
The prophet announces God's judgment because God has commissioned him; the prophet is of one mind with God, therefore the Lord is with him, and confirms his words. The application of the parables is seen in Amos 3:7, Amos 3:8. The Septuagint, reading differently, has, "except they know one another." Amos 3:4. Will a lion roar, etc.? The lion ...
Amos 3:3 The believer is agreed with God concerning the Divine law; that it is “holy, and just, and good”—that a breach of the law should be visited with penalty; agreed with God in the atonement for sin which God has provided in Christ; and at one with God in his love of holiness .
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What does Amos 3:8 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
