This is Daniel Whyte III president of Gospel Light Society International with The Scripture & the Sense Podcast #426, where I read the Word of God and give the sense of it based on an authoritative commentary source such as the Bible Knowledge Commentary or Matthew Henry Commentary. This podcast is based upon Nehemiah 8:8 where it says Ezra and the Levites “read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.” The aim of this podcast is that through the simple reading of the Word of God and the giving of the sense of it, the church would be revived and the world would be awakened.
Today we are reading Amos 2:13-16.
13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.
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That was Amos 2:13-16. Now here is the sense of it.
The Bible Knowledge Commentary reads:
Because of these sins God would not turn back His wrath. He would crush rebellious Israel as a cart crushes when loaded with grain. There would be no hope in the devastating day of battle. Out of the entire army, none would be able to save his life—not the swift, the strong, the warrior, the archer, the fleet-footed soldier, or the horseman. So overpowering would be the onslaught that even the bravest warriors would drop their weapons and cloaks in a futile attempt to flee. This wartime panic was sevenfold just as Israel’s sins were seven. The history of the Northern Kingdom came to an end only a few decades later with the Assyrian Captivity in 722 b.c. The roar of judgment ended. The Lord, the Sovereign of the earth, had spoken. He would come as a mighty Warrior to judge the surrounding nations for their rebellion against His authority. He would judge Israel too, because she also had broken His covenant despite His grace toward her.
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