And I raised up some of your sons for prophets,and some of your young men for Nazirites.Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?”declares the LORD.“But you made the Nazirites drink wine,and commanded the prophets,saying, You shall not prophesy.’“Behold, I will press you down in your place,as a cart full of sheaves presses down.FlightContinue reading “Amos 2: 11-16…..Paralysing Fear.”
Category Archives: Amos
Amos 2; 1-5….Moab and Judah.
Thus says the LORD:“For three transgressions of Moab,and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,because he burned to limethe bones of the king of Edom.So I will send a fire upon Moab,and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth,and Moab shall die amid uproar,amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;I will cut offContinue reading “Amos 2; 1-5….Moab and Judah.”
Amos 2: 6-11….The Target Struck!
Thus says the LORD:“For three transgressions of Israel,and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,because they sell the righteous for silver,and the needy for a pair of sandals—those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earthand turn aside the way of the afflicted;a man and his father go inContinue reading “Amos 2: 6-11….The Target Struck!”
Amos 1: 11-15….Around the southern tip and then the East-side of Israel.
Thus says the LORD:“For three transgressions of Edom,and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,because he pursued his brother with the swordand cast off all pity,and his anger tore perpetually,and he kept his wrath forever.So I will send a fire upon Teman,and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.”Thus says the LORD:“For three transgressionsContinue reading “Amos 1: 11-15….Around the southern tip and then the East-side of Israel.”
Amos 1: 6-10…. Strikes 2 and 3.
Thus says the LORD:“For three transgressions of Gaza,and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,because they carried into exile a whole peopleto deliver them up to Edom.So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,and it shall devour her strongholds.I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod,and him who holds the scepterContinue reading “Amos 1: 6-10…. Strikes 2 and 3.”
Amos 1: 1-5…..Strike One!
The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.Judgment on Israel’s NeighborsAnd he said:“The LORD roars from Zionand utters his voice fromContinue reading “Amos 1: 1-5…..Strike One!”
As I read it! 