“Hear this word, you cows of Bashan,who are on the mountain of Samaria,who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’The Lord GOD has sworn by his holinessthat, behold, the days are coming upon you,when they shall take you away with hooks,even the last of you withContinue reading “Amos 4: 1-5…..High-lighted in the ‘for three and four’.”
Category Archives: Prophets
Amos 3: 9-15…..The leftover meal.
Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdodand to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria,and see the great tumults within her,and the oppressed in her midst.”“They do not know how to do right,” declares the LORD,“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”Therefore thus says theContinue reading “Amos 3: 9-15…..The leftover meal.”
Amos 3: 1-8….The secrets of hunting
Comment: The times are very different from Amos’ day to now, I have put in the text how things might be announced this age! Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:*** I know thatContinue reading “Amos 3: 1-8….The secrets of hunting”
Amos 2: 11-16…..Paralysing Fear.
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.”
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 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 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: 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!”
Genesis 38: 19-24……Double standards!
Then she arose and went away, and taking off her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her. And he asked the men of the place, “Where is the cultContinue reading “Genesis 38: 19-24……Double standards!”
Genesis 22: 9-14……The perfect ending!
When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. But theContinue reading “Genesis 22: 9-14……The perfect ending!”
As I read it! 