Biblical Reading and Reflections: August 25th (Amos 6 & John 19:38-42)
Alastair's Adversaria
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The Lord of the Houses of Israel - Verse Ten
The lord's abhorrence of his people's pride and complaicent ease is a prominent and pervasive theme of this chapter. Yurg euremius suggests that verse ten an exceedingly difficult verse to translate and interpret. In the masoretic text, the lord desires justice to roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever flowing stream. But they had poisoned the waters of justice and maderighteous bitter. Once more, the arrogance of the nation is seen at the close of the chapter.
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