Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Reading for August 30th
Read Amos 3.9-12 Judgment on Samaria.
Amos invites representatives from Ashdod, a Philistine city (1.8), and from Egypt to observe the oppressions of the poor on Mount Samaria, the capital of Israel.
This indictment (vv. 9-10) is followed by God's sentence: Samaria's strongholds
shall be plundered by an invading army (v. 11).
The metaphor of the plundering lion in v. 12 emphasizes how little will remain
in Samaria after the enemy strikes.
Comments or Questions...
Amos invites representatives from Ashdod, a Philistine city (1.8), and from Egypt to observe the oppressions of the poor on Mount Samaria, the capital of Israel.
This indictment (vv. 9-10) is followed by God's sentence: Samaria's strongholds
shall be plundered by an invading army (v. 11).
The metaphor of the plundering lion in v. 12 emphasizes how little will remain
in Samaria after the enemy strikes.
Comments or Questions...
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