Sermon Text for Sunday, June 12th
Amos 7:1-9, 8:1-3
Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king's mowing. And it came about, when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said, "Lord God, please pardon! How can Jacob stand, For he is small?" The Lord changed His mind about this. "It shall not be," said the Lord.
Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God was calling to contend with them by fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the farm land. Then I said, "Lord God, please stop! How can Jacob stand, for he is small?" The Lord changed His mind about this. "This too shall not be," said the Lord God.
Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand. The Lord said to me, "What do you see, Amos:" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold I am about to put a plumb line In the midst of My people Israel. I will spare them no longer. The high places of Isaac will be desolated. And the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste. Then I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."
Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit. He said, "What do you see, Amos". And I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the Lord said to me, "The end has come for My people Israel. I will spare them no longer. The songs of the palace will turn to wailing in that day," declares the Lord God. "Many will be the corpses; in every place they will cast them forth in silence."
Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king's mowing. And it came about, when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said, "Lord God, please pardon! How can Jacob stand, For he is small?" The Lord changed His mind about this. "It shall not be," said the Lord.
Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God was calling to contend with them by fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the farm land. Then I said, "Lord God, please stop! How can Jacob stand, for he is small?" The Lord changed His mind about this. "This too shall not be," said the Lord God.
Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand. The Lord said to me, "What do you see, Amos:" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold I am about to put a plumb line In the midst of My people Israel. I will spare them no longer. The high places of Isaac will be desolated. And the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste. Then I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."
Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit. He said, "What do you see, Amos". And I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the Lord said to me, "The end has come for My people Israel. I will spare them no longer. The songs of the palace will turn to wailing in that day," declares the Lord God. "Many will be the corpses; in every place they will cast them forth in silence."