AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 4:1 This second oracle (see note on 2:6–6:14) is composed of three parts. In Amos 4:1, Amos expands somewhat on the points made in Amos 3:14: the sins of self-indulgence and oppression (Amos 4:1) and of false religion (vv. Amos 4:4). In vv. Amos 4:6, the Lord describes all the ways... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 4:2 These verses describe what will happen to the wealthy and self-indulgent women of Samaria (v. Amos 4:1) when it falls to the Assyrians. They will be dragged out through the broken-down walls (BREACHES) with FISHHOOKS, like a fisherman dragging a fish out of water. The reference... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 4:4 With bitter sarcasm, Amos criticizes religious activity at BETHEL and GILGAL (see Joshua 4:20; Joshua 10:43). Far from securing forgiveness for TRANSGRESSION, this activity was itself sin! The Israelites might LOVE to engage in such worship, but it only disgusted God (Amos 5:14... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 4:6 The people had CLEANNESS OF TEETH because they had no food to cling to their teeth! YET YOU DID NOT RETURN TO ME. Even though God had sent various natural and social disasters, the people would not turn back to him. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 4:13 Israel is about to come face to face with the Creator of the universe, THE LORD, THE GOD OF HOSTS (see note on 3:13). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]