Reading for August 26th

Read Amos 1.9-2.5
In verses 1.9-10 Tyre is a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast northwest of Israel.
In verses 11-12 Edom is Israel's neighbor to the southeast,
and Teman and Bozrah are two of its major cities.
Edom's brother may refer to either Israel of Judah (Ob 8-12).
In verses 13-15 the Ammonites, Israel's neighbors to the east, are accused as is Damascus (1.3),
of crimes against the Israelites in Gilead.
In verses 2.1-3 Moab, located southeast of Israel, is accused of crimes against its
southern neighbor Edom.
In verses 4-5 Judah, like Israel to follow (2.6-16), is criticized not the crimes against its neighbors, but for crimes within its own society against God's law.
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