There are two very powerful sections of Amos that I read over the holidays but haven’t written about yet. This is what God says in this first one (Amos 8:11-12) “Be certain of this, the time is coming,” says the sovereign LORD, “when I will send a famine through the land – not a shortage […]
I found several things interesting in these last few chapters of Amos prophecy that I want to point out. 1) Amos uses the Hebrew Adonai YHVH (translated “sovereign LORD” in the NET) 20 times throughout, but I didn’t notice it much until these last three chapters, where 11 of them are found. Adonai is traditionally
The main concepts in Amos are like two sides of the same coin: they seem like they are facing the opposite direction, but both are necessary to make it work. In Amos the main theme seems to be judgment. But God’s judgment on his people is always for the purpose of repentance, and both are
