Amos 4:1 "...you cows of Bashan...Who say to your husbands..." He's not mincing words. Calls the prominent women cows. Not sure why he used that particular analogy. Gives me the picture of cattle moving in a herd, stepping on anything and everything, giving no mind to what they're doing or what damage they may be …
Month: October 2017
Bible Study Notes on Amos 3 – 20171027
Amos 3:2 "You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." Israel was God's chosen people, the ones whom He chose to work through to bring about the reconciliation of Himself and man. He didn't make a backup plan of any other people. …
Bible Study Notes on Amos 2 – 20171025
Amos 2:1 "...For three transgressions of Moab, and for four..." Against Moab. Moab was the son born to Lot by his oldest daughter. So sad that those mistakes should have such lasting bad consequences. 1 "...he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime" Exact reference here is unknown. Some relate it to …
Bible Study Notes on Amos 1 – 20171023
Amos 1:1 "...Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders..." Not a prophet by profession. Some were called the sons of the prophets. Amos worked at something else when God called Him with a message to tell. 1 "...two years before the earthquake" Either written down after the fact or, as commentary suggests, inserted by a later …
Bible Study Notes on Jonah 4 – 20171019
Jonah 4:1 "...it displeased Jonah exceedingly..." The fact that God had relented of the destruction planned for Nineveh. 2 "...was not this what I said when I was still in my country..." Have to read between the lines here. Jonah's a prophet. His credibility rests on events happening exactly as he predicts or prophesies. When …
Bible Study Notes on Jonah 3 – 20171017
Jonah 3:2 "...preach to it the message that I tell you" We're not told the message. Chapter one gives a bit of explanation for the message, but nothing specific about it other than to preach against the city. 3 "...a three-day journey..." Some disagreement on the exact meaning. Most take it to describe the circumference …
Bible Study Notes on Jonah 2 – 20171016
Jonah 2:1 "...Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the fish’s belly" Looking for clues as to whether Jonah was alive in the fish or dead and speaking from Sheol. Nothing yet. His body would have been in the belly of the fish at this point even if his soul was elsewhere. But he's …
Black & White with Shades of Gray 