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It is our recognizing that the prophets warned of Jehovah’s day against Israel, Judah, surrounding nations, and certain world powers of the day. c The point is that such prophecies were fulfilled! The Assyrians did invade Samaria, Judah was desolated in 607 B.C.E., and the surrounding hostile nations were soon devastated.
As the Israelites rested their hope of deliverance from every kind of hostile oppression upon their outward connection with the covenant nation ; many wished the day to come, on which Jehovah would judge all the heathen, and redeem Israel out of all distress, and exalt it to might and dominion above all nations, and bless it with honour and glory, applying the prophecy of Joel in ch. 3 without ...
Amos tells them: “Get ready to meet your God.” (Amos 4:12) For the Israelites, the day of Jehovah will mean that they will “go into exile beyond Damascus,” that is, to Assyria. (Amos 5:27) Amos faces opposition from a priest of Bethel but remains undeterred. “The end has come to my people Israel,” Jehovah tells Amos.
May 8, 2017 · And he goes into the house. And rests his hand on the wall. Only for a snake to bite him. The Day of the Lord is the day when God makes everything right and just. For those who are on the wrong side of it, there will be no escape, because the wrath of God is not haphazard or directionless. It is not, karma, or the rebalancing of the universe by ...
The phrase "who long for" suggests a desire or anticipation. In the context of Amos, the Israelites were eagerly awaiting the Day of the LORD, mistakenly believing it would bring them victory and vindication. This longing reveals a misunderstanding of God's purposes and a presumption of favor without regard for their own spiritual state.
The eclipse of the sun that is here alluded to (see Excursus C), like the earthquake in the preceding verse, is employed as a powerful image of national calamity, the extinction of the royal house, and perhaps the final overthrow of Israel. (Comp. Jeremiah 15:9; Ezekiel 32:7-10.) EXCURSUS C (Amos 8:9). That an eclipse is here referred to, and ...
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary. The day of the Lord (5:16-27) God’s terrible judgment will result in grief and mourning throughout the nation, in city and country areas alike (16-17). This intervention of God in judgment is commonly called the day of the Lord. Israelites thought that this day would be one of victory and rejoicing for them because ...
