Amos 8:1-14
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 8:1 In powerful word-pictures, Amos describes the final end of Israel. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 8:1 In powerful word-pictures, Amos describes the final end of Israel. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 8:5 Real worship of God in the NEW MOON and SABBATH festivals would have resulted in compassion for the POOR and the NEEDY. Throughout the OT, the FALSE BALANCES used by dishonest merchants are a symbol of injustice (e.g., Leviticus 19:35; Proverbs 20:10; Micah 6:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 8:9 Israel’s destruction will be so terrible that even nature will go into mourning, with the SUN hiding its face. This is similar to the darkness that covered the earth when God’s only Son died on the cross (Mark 15:33). Darkening can serve as a symbol of judgment (Joel 3:15; see... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 8:11 Israel had rejected the WORDS OF THE LORD from Amos. They will go into exile, where there will be no word from the Lord at all. In its absence they will find that the revelation from God had been their most precious possession. THEY SHALL NOT FIND IT. People who have repeatedl... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 8:13 Israel had depended on their paganized ideas of Yahweh, represented by the idols at Samaria and DAN, or on the ancestral tradition of Yahweh at BEERSHEBA (see Amos 5:5 and note on 5:5–6), but they would find that these pseudo-Yahwehs were no good at all. Jeroboam had establish... [ Continue Reading ]