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Amos 3

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1 Hør dette ord som Herren har talt mot eder, Israels barn, mot hele den ætt jeg har ført op fra Egyptens land:

2 Eder alene har jeg villet kjennes ved blandt alle jordens ætter; derfor vil jeg hjemsøke eder for alle eders misgjerninger.

3 Går vel to sammen uten at de har avtalt det med hverandre?

4 Brøler vel løven i skogen uten at den har funnet noget rov? Lar vel ungløven sin røst høre fra sin hule uten at den har fanget noget?

5 Faller vel fuglen i en snare på marken uten at det er satt nogen snare for den? Spretter vel snaren op fra marken uten at den fanger noget?

6 Eller støtes det vel i basun i en by uten at folket forferdes? Eller skjer det vel en ulykke i en by uten at Herren har gjort det?

7 For Herren, Israels Gud, gjør ikke noget uten at han har åpenbaret sitt lønnlige råd for sine tjenere profetene.

8 Når løven brøler, hvem skulde ikke da reddes? Når Herren, Israels Gud, taler, hvem skulde ikke da profetere?

9 op ut i palassene i Asdod og i palassene i Egyptens land og si: Samle eder på Samaria-fjellene og se hvor stor forvirring det er der inne, og hvor megen undertrykkelse der råder!

10 De vet ikke å gjøre det som rett er, sier Herren, de som dynger op vold og ødeleggelse i sine palasser.

11 Derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud, så: Fiender skal komme og omringe hele landet. Og de skal styrte ned din borg, så du mister ditt vern, og dine palasser skal bli plyndret.

12 sier Herren: Likesom en hyrde berger to leggeben eller en ørelapp av løvens gap, således skal Israels barn berges, de som sitter i Samaria i sofahjørnet og på damaskes hynder.

13 Hør og vidne mot Jakobs hus, sier Herren, Israels Gud, hærskarenes Gud:

14 På den dag jeg hjemsøker Israel for dets misgjerninger, da vil jeg hjemsøke Betels altere, så alterhornene blir avhugget og faller til jorden,

15 og jeg vil sønderslå både vinterhusene og sommerhusene, og elfenbenshusene skal gå til grunne, og mange hus rives bort, sier Herren.

   

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The Lord #49

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49. 3. “Spirit” means the life of those who have been regenerated, which is called spiritual life.

Jesus said, “Unless you have been born of water and the spirit you cannot enter the kingdom of God.” (John 3:5)

I will give you a new heart and a new spirit. I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes. (Ezekiel 36:26-27)

God will give a new heart and a new spirit. (Ezekiel 11:19)

Create a clean heart in me, O God, and renew a strong spirit within me. Bring back to me the joy of your salvation, and let a willing spirit uphold me. (Psalms 51:10-12)

Make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, O house of Israel? (Ezekiel 18:31)

You send out your spirit, and they are created; you renew the face of the earth. (Psalms 104:30)

The hour is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. (John 4:23)

Jehovah God gives soul to the people and spirit to those who are walking on [the earth]. (Isaiah 42:5)

Jehovah forms the human spirit within us. (Zechariah 12:1)

With my soul I have awaited you in the night; with my spirit within me I have awaited you in the morning. (Isaiah 26:9)

On that day Jehovah will become a spirit of judgment to the one who sits in judgment. (Isaiah 28:6)

My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. (Luke 1:47)

They have given rest to my spirit in the land of the north. (Zechariah 6:8)

Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me. (Psalms 31:5)

There was not one, even among the remnant who had spirit. (Malachi 2:15)

After three and a half days the spirit of life from God entered the two witnesses who had been killed by the beast. (Revelation 11:11)

I, Jehovah, form the mountains and create the spirit. (Amos 4:13)

O God, the God of the spirits for all flesh... (Numbers 16:22; 27:18)

I will pour a spirit from on high upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (Zechariah 12:10)

... even until he has poured out upon us a spirit from on high. (Isaiah 32:15)

I will pour out waters upon those who are thirsty and streams upon the dry land; I will pour out my spirit upon your seed. (Isaiah 44:3)

I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; also upon my male and female servants I will pour out spirit in those days. (Joel 2:28-29)

To pour out the spirit means to regenerate, as does to give a new heart and a new spirit.

[2] “Spirit” refers to the spiritual life of people who have been genuinely humbled.

I dwell in a crushed and humble spirit, to bring to life the spirit of the humble and to bring to life the heart of the crushed. (Isaiah 57:15)

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; God will not scorn a crushed and broken heart. (Psalms 51:17)

He will give the oil of joy in place of mourning, and a garment of praise in place of a confined spirit. (Isaiah 61:3)

... a woman abandoned and afflicted in spirit. (Isaiah 54:6)

Blessed are the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of the heavens. (Matthew 5:3)

  
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