Archive for the ‘Amos’ Category

“Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.” (KJV) “Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down. (ESV) As I read commentaries on Amos 1-2, I stumbled on Charles Spurgeon’s sermon, “The Loaded Waggon”  He was using the [...]

December 8 Amos 1-2 (ESV) 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds [1] 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 [2] before the earthquake. Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors 2 And he said: “The [...]