In that day the lovely virgins and the young menshall faint for thirst.Those who swear by the Guilt of Samaria,and say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,’and, ‘As the Way of Beersheba lives,’they shall fall, and never rise again.”I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said:“Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake,andContinue reading “Amos 8: 23- 9: 4…..Trying to find an escape route.”
Category Archives: Judgement
Amos 8: 7-12….What lies ahead…
Merry Christmas to you and your family The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob:“Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.Shall not the land tremble on this account,and everyone mourn who dwells in it,and all of it rise like the Nile,and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?”“AndContinue reading “Amos 8: 7-12….What lies ahead…”
Amos 8: 1-6…..And there is more…
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. And he said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the LORD said to me, Comment: At the end of summer there was little fruit remaining to be picked. What is going to happenContinue reading “Amos 8: 1-6…..And there is more…”
Amos 7: 14-17…..There is more!
Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, “I was no prophet, nor a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs. But the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ Now therefore hear the word of the LORD.“YouContinue reading “Amos 7: 14-17…..There is more!”
Amos 7: 1-9…..Does God really change His mind?
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, he was forming locusts when the latter growth was just beginning to sprout, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings. When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said,“O Lord GOD, please forgive! How can Jacob stand? He isContinue reading “Amos 7: 1-9…..Does God really change His mind?”
John 3: 16-21….Well known – but well understood??
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is notContinue reading “John 3: 16-21….Well known – but well understood??”
Amos 6: 8-14…..Listen very carefully!
The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, declares the LORD, the God of hosts:“I abhor the pride of Jacoband hate his strongholds,and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.”And if ten men remain in one house, they shall die. And when one’s relative, the one who anoints him for burial,Continue reading “Amos 6: 8-14…..Listen very carefully!”
Amos 6: 1-7…..You think that you have it all!
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria,the notable men of the first of the nations,to whom the house of Israel comes!Pass over to Calneh, and see,and from there go to Hamath the great;then go down to Gath of the Philistines.Are you better thanContinue reading “Amos 6: 1-7…..You think that you have it all!”
Amos 5: 16-24…..Deliver us, O Lord!
Therefore the LORD God of hosts, the Lord, says this:“There shall be wailing in all streets,And they shall say in all the highways,‘Alas! Alas!’They shall call the farmer to mourning,And skillful lamenters to wailing.In all vineyards there shall be wailing,For I will pass through you,”Says the LORD.Woe to you who desire the day of theContinue reading “Amos 5: 16-24…..Deliver us, O Lord!”
Amos 5: 10-15….Please speak nicely, gently – God is so Good!
They hate the one who rebukes in the gate,And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly.Therefore, because you tread down the poorAnd take grain taxes from him,Though you have built houses of hewn stone,Yet you shall not dwell in them;You have planted pleasant vineyards,But you shall not drink wine from them.For I know your manifoldContinue reading “Amos 5: 10-15….Please speak nicely, gently – God is so Good!”
As I read it! 