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| − | [[The Old Testament]] > [[Amos]] > [[Amos 5-6 | Chapters 5b-6]] > [[Amos 5:18-27 | Verses 5:18-27]] <br>
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| − | [[Amos 5-6 | Previous page: Chapters 5b-6]] [[Amos 6:1-7 | Next page: Verses 6:1-7]]
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| − | == Outline and brief summary ==
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| − | The relationship of verses 5:18-27 to the rest of chapters 5b-6 is discussed at [[Amos 5-6| Amos 5b-6]]. Verses 5:18-27 can be outlined as follows:
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| − | :* '''Woe to: those who trust in religious ceremony (5:18–27)'''
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| − | ::a. woe to those who seek Day of Lord, they will be hurt by it (18-20)
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| − | :::b. the Lord despises empty religious ceremony (21-23)
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| − | :::b. the Lord seeks righteousness but finds idolatry (24-26)
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| − | ::a. therefore you will go into captivity beyond Syria (27)
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| − | It appears that Israelites were already familiar with the term "Day of the Lord" and saw it as a day in which the Lord would come out in judgment for Israel. Here Amos explains that even for Israel that day will be unpleasant if Israel is not righteous ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/5.18-20?lang=eng#17 5:18-20]). In [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/9.11-15?lang=eng#10 Amos 9:11-15] "that day" will be a day of light only to a cleansed remnant – and to righteous gentiles.
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| − | The Lord accepts religious ceremony only from those who “let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream” ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/5.24?lang=eng#23 5:24]). [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bd/molech?lang=eng&letter=m Moloch] and Chiun were pagan gods. A nation "beyond Damascus" ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/5.27?lang=eng#26 5:27]) easily describes Assyria which carried off the Northern Kingdom forty years later, or Babylon which carried off the Southern Kingdom another century after that. ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bible-maps/map-9?lang=eng Map]). Because Israel has not been just and righteous, but has instead worshipped pagan gods, it will be carried off into captivity beyond Syria.
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| − | == Detailed discussion ==
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| − | * ''Click the edit link above and to the right to add detailed discussion''
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| − | == Questions for further thought and study ==
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| − | == Footnotes ==
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| − | == Additional sources and links ==
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| − | [[Amos 5-6 | Previous page: Chapters 5b-6]] [[Amos 6:1-7 | Next page: Verses 6:1-7]]
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