Category: Biblical Reflections

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

Amos 3:1–8 (NKJV) 3:1 Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying: 2 “You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” Stuart … Continue reading The Lion and the Trumpet

Amos 2:6–16 (NKJV) 6 Thus says the Lord:  “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals. 7 They pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor, and … Continue reading Israel’s Turn

Amos 1:3–15 (NKJV) 3 Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they have threshed Gilead with implements of iron. 4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, Which shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad. 5 I will also break … Continue reading Surrounded, But Defended

Amos 1:1–2 (NKJV) 1 The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. Amos was a shepherd from Tekoa, a region of … Continue reading The Powerful Call

Joel 3:18–21 (NKJV) 18 And it will come to pass in that day That the mountains shall drip with new wine, The hills shall flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water; A fountain shall flow from the house of the Lord And water the Valley of Acacias. 19 … Continue reading Restoration Complete

Joel 3:1–17 (NKJV) 3:1 “For behold, in those days and at that time,When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will also gather all nations, And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will enter into judgment with them there On account of My people, My heritage Israel, … Continue reading Time for War