Author: gregsloop

Amos 6:1–6 (NKJV) 6:1 Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, and trust in Mount Samaria, notable persons in the chief nation, to whom the house of Israel comes! 2 Go over to Calneh and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines.  Are … Continue reading On the Opposite Side of God’s Favor

Amos 5:21–27 (NKJV) 21 “I hate, I despise your feast days, and I do not savor your sacred assemblies. 22 Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them, nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings. 23 Take away from Me the noise of your songs, for I … Continue reading Don’t Be Divided

Amos 5:16–20 (NKJV) 16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this: “There shall be wailing in all streets, and they shall say in all the highways, ‘Alas! Alas!’  They shall call the farmer to mourning, and skillful lamenters to wailing. 17 In all vineyards there shall be wailing, for I will pass through … Continue reading The Day of the Lord

Amos 5:4–15 (NKJV) 4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live; 5 But do not seek Bethel, Nor enter Gilgal, Nor pass over to Beersheba; For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, And Bethel shall come to nothing. Three sections speek of the correct place to seek for deliverance. … Continue reading Hate Evil, Love Good

Amos 5:1–3 (NKJV) 5:1 Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel: 2 The virgin of Israel has fallen; She will rise no more. She lies forsaken on her land; There is no one to raise her up. 3 For thus says the Lord God: “The city that goes … Continue reading Obituary of a Nation

Amos 4:6–13 (NKJV) 6 “Also I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities. And lack of bread in all your places; Yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the Lord. 7 “I also withheld rain from you, When there were still three months to the harvest. I made it rain on one … Continue reading They Did Not Repent

Amos 4:1–5 (NKJV) 4:1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, Who crush the needy, Who say to your husbands, “Bring wine, let us drink!” 2 The Lord God has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days shall come upon you When He will … Continue reading Don’t Be a Cow

Amos 3:9–15 (NKJV) 9 “Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say:  ‘Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; See great tumults in her midst, and the oppressed within her. 10 For they do not know to do right,’ says the Lord, ‘Who store up violence and … Continue reading The Cost of Covenant Failure