Reading:
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send
a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the LORD: And they shall wander from
sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to
and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
Commentary:
The worst punishment God can inflict upon a nation, is a
famine of the Word. In the days of Amos the prophet (700-800 B.C.),
such was God's judgment upon the nation of Israel. They had given
themselves over to idolatry (which at this time was the worship of
the two golden calves, set up by Jeroboam…I Kings 12:32), and they
had become absolutely cruel in all their dealings with their
neighbors. Verse four of the same chapter God says, "Hear this,
O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to
fail…" God threatens to punish them so severely for their
evil works, He says in verse 10, "I will turn your feasts into
mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up
sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will
make it as the mourning of an only son,
and the end thereof as a bitter day." There is little
difference between our nation today which gives its blessing to all
things evil and likewise condemns all that is good (Christianity).
It is for the sake of God's children, the believers, He keeps His
word among us. Let us cherish it, use it, and search the Scriptures
daily, lest He take the Word away.
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