OUTSIDE NATIONS SHALL SUFFER JUDGMENT
Amos 1:1-10
Amos opens his prophecies with predictions against neighboring
peoples, that Israel may be led to appreciate her guilt and to bear
the approach of God's righteous judgment, Luke 12:47. The formula of
_three transgressions and for four_, Amos 1:3, e... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDAH SHALL BE JUDGED ALSO
Amos 1:11-15; Amos 2:1-5
_Edom_ was Esau; that is, the people were closely akin to Israel;
perhaps for that very reason the hatred on either side became more and
more inveterate from the days of the Exodus to the siege and fall of
Jerusalem, Psalms 137:7-8. _Teman_ and _... [ Continue Reading ]