Amos 3 - Introduction
AMOS 3-6. FULLER STATEMENT OF ISRAEL'S SIN AND DOOM. There are three main sections, each beginning Hear ye this word (Amos 3:1; Amos 4:1; Amos 5:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS 3-6. FULLER STATEMENT OF ISRAEL'S SIN AND DOOM. There are three main sections, each beginning Hear ye this word (Amos 3:1; Amos 4:1; Amos 5:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL'S RESPONSIBILITY AND THE PROPHET'S OBLIGATION. Amos, after addressing the children of Israel, includes Judah by adding the whole family, unless this is a gloss, as it may be, since the inclusion of Judah here seems inappropriate. Yahweh had selected Israel for special notice and favour. On th... [ Continue Reading ]
GUILT AND DOOM OF SAMARIA. The prophet proceeds to apply the lesson. The peoples are summoned to proclaim the fate that has befallen (Amos 3:9 *) the castles of Ashdod and those in the land of Egypt, and then to assemble and witness the sins of Samaria. From the mountains of Samaria, the city presen... [ Continue Reading ]