Amos 8
Lutheran reading notes
In Amos chapter 8, the prophetic message develops the theme of justice, righteousness, and warning to Israel. Lutheran interpretation often highlights the contrast between divine judgment against sin and the promise of grace that God provides for those who trust in Him.
1
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
Amos 8:1 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
2
And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
Amos 8:2 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
3
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: {there shall be} many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast {them} forth with silence. {shall be howlings: Heb. shall howl} {with...: Heb. be silent}
Amos 8:3 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
4
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Amos 8:4 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
5
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? {new...: or, month} {set...: Heb. open} {falsifying...: Heb. perverting the balances of deceit}
Amos 8:5 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
6
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; {yea}, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Amos 8:6 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
7
The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Amos 8:7 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
8
Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as {by} the flood of Egypt.
Amos 8:8 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
9
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
Amos 8:9 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
10
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only {son}, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Amos 8:10 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
11
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
Amos 8:11 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
12
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find {it}.
Amos 8:12 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
13
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
Amos 8:13 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
14
They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again. {manner: Heb. way}
Amos 8:14 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.