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Амос 8

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1 Ovo mi pokaza Gospod: Gle, kotarica letnjeg voća.

2 I reče: Šta vidiš, Amose? A ja rekoh: Kotaricu letnjeg voća. A Gospod mi reče: Dođe kraj narodu mom Izrailju, neću ga više prolaziti.

3 I pesme će crkvene biti ridanje u onaj dan, govori Gospod; biće mnoštvo mrtvih telesa, koja će se svuda pobacati ćuteći.

4 Čujte ovo, koji proždirete uboge i satirete siromahe u zemlji,

5 Govoreći: Kad će proći mladina da prodajemo žito? I subota da otvorimo pšenicu? Umanjujući efu i povećavajući sikal i varajući lažnim merilima;

6 Da kupujemo siromahe za novce i ubogog za jedne opanke, i da prodajemo očinke od pšenice.

7 Zakle se Gospod slavom Jakovljevom: Neću nikada zaboraviti nijedno delo njihovo.

8 Neće li se zemlja potresti od toga, i protužiti svaki koji živi na njoj? I neće li se sva razliti kao reka? I neće li se odneti i potopiti kao od reke misirske?

9 I u onaj dan, govori Gospod Gospod, učiniću da sunce zađe u podne, i pomračiću zemlju za belog dana.

10 I pretvoriću praznike vaše u žalost i sve pesme vaše u plač, i metnuću kostret oko svih bedara, i učiniću da svaka glava oćelavi i da bude žalost kao za jedincem, i kraj će joj biti kao gorak dan.

11 Gle, idu dani, govori Gospod Gospod, kad ću pustiti glad na zemlju, ne glad hleba ni žeđ vode, nego slušanja reči Gospodnjih.

12 I potucaće se od mora do mora, i od severa do istoka trčaće tražeći reč Gospodnju, i neće je naći.

13 U to će vreme obamirati lepe devojke i mladići od žeđi,

14 Koji se kunu krivicom samarijskom i govore: Tako da je živ Bog tvoj, Dane, i tako da je živ put u Virsaveju. I pašće, i neće više ustati.

   

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The Lord

  
The Ascension, by Benjamin West

The Bible refers to the Lord in many different ways seemingly interchangeably. Understood in the internal sense, though, there are important differences. To some degree, the meanings all start with "Jehovah," which is the Lord's actual name. It represents the perfect, eternal, infinite love which is the Lord's actual essence. As such it also represents the good will that flows from the Lord to us and His desire for us to be good. "God," meanwhile, represents the wisdom of the Lord and the true knowledge and understanding He offers to us. The term "the Lord" is very close in meaning to "Jehovah," and in many cases is interchangeable (indeed, translators have a tendency to go back and forth). When the two are used together, though, "the Lord" refers to the power of the Lord's goodness, the force it brings, whereas "Jehovah" represents the goodness itself. In the New Testament, the name "Jehovah" is never used; the term "the Lord" replaces it completely. There are two reasons for that. First, the Jews of the day considered the name "Jehovah" too holy to speak or write. Second, they would not have been able to grasp the idea that the Lord -- who was among them in human form at the time -- was in fact Jehovah Himself. This does ultimately lead to a difference in the two terms by the end of the Bible. Thought of as "Jehovah," the Lord is the ultimate human form and has the potential for assuming a physical human body; thought of as "the Lord" He actually has that human body, rendered divine by the events of his physical life.