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亞毛斯先知
"Burden bearer."
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亞毛斯先知• His career took place
during a period of great material prosperity for Israel, but also a period of social and religious corruption.
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亞毛斯先知• His harsh words are directed against
– the king (7:10-11) – Priest (7:16-17)– The upper classes (4:1-3;6:1)
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亞毛斯先知• His vocation:
– I am not a prophet, nor I belong to a prophetic brotherhood. I am merely a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore-figs… (Am 7:14-15)
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亞毛斯先知
• The sin of Judah: Despised YHWH’s Law and not kept his commandments.
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亞毛斯先知• The sin of Israel:
– They have sold the upright for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals…(2:6-8)
They forgot their history…
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亞毛斯先知• The Lord does nothing without revealing
his secret to his servants the prophets (3:7)
• He will “visit” his chosen people (3:2; 14) – The visit of God is seen as his intervention
among men to bless or to punish.
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• The punishment of the Lord is a famine not hunger for food, nor thirst for water,but famine for hearing YHWH’s word (8:11)
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• The way to survive is to “seek out” for the Lord (5:4;6;14-15)
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亞毛斯先知• The Lord will take
pity on the remnant of Joseph (5:15) and will rebuild the hut of David (9:11)
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亞毛斯先知• Doxology
– 4:13– 5:8 (may be not in Chinese bible)– 9:5