WITH SWORD AND TEARS...

Chunk: Amos 5:18-6:14

Yahweh comes
with sword
with tears.

His people's
earned reward.

So many chances,
scorned.
So many warnings,
scoffed.

The One
who gives what is due
demands
we give what is due.

The One
who does what is right
demands
we do what is right.

Otherwise,
the sword
the tears.

Certain
reward.

Amos 5:18-6:14--The woeful reward of those practicing self-defined worship and self-defined blessing...demonstrates Yahweh's sovereignty, justice, and righteousness. Self-defined worship and the resulting self-defined worldview earn exile per Yahweh, the God of Armies (5:18-27). Self-defined blessing practiced by the ruling class in Zion and Samaria protects no more than that of the surrounding fallen nations (6:1-3). Self-defined blessing ought to have been mourning over the "ruin of Joseph." Therefore, the house of Israel earns the punishment for which it has worked (6:4-14).


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