Amos 4
1 Ascoltate questa parola, vacche di Basan, che state sul monte di Samaria, voi, che opprimete gli umili, che maltrattate i poveri, che dite ai vostri signori: 'Portate qua, che beviamo!' 2 Il Signore, l'Eterno l'ha giurato per la sua santità: Ecco, verranno per voi de' giorni, in cui sarete tratte fuori con degli uncini, e i vostri figliuoli with fish hooks; 3 you will go out to the breaches, each one straight ahead, and let go of your buildings.
4 Go to Bethel and sin! to Gilgal, and sin no more! Traveled every morning your sacrifices and your tithes every three days! 5 Do smoking sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven! Flags of voluntary donations, Proclaim! Because you love to do so, you sons of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I, for my part, have I left to dry in all your teeth city, I have done to miss the bread in all your dwellings, but you did not return unto me, saith the Lord.
7 And have I also refused the rain, when there were still three months to the harvest, I have rain on one city, and I did not rain on another city and a part of the field received rain, and the part where it did not rain has dried up. 8 Two or three cities wandered to another city for bever water, and not strength enough to drink, but you did not return unto me, saith the Lord.
9 You've been hit by rust and mildew, locusts han divorato i vostri numerosi giardini, le vostre vigne, i vostri fichi, i vostri ulivi; ma voi non siete tornati a me, dice l'Eterno.
10 Io ho mandato fra voi la peste, come in Egitto; ho ucciso i vostri giovani per la spada, e ho catturato i vostri cavalli; v'ho fatto salire al naso il puzzo de' vostri accampamenti; ma voi non siete tornati a me dice l'Eterno.
11 Io vi ho sovvertiti, come quando Dio sovvertì Sodoma e Gomorra, e voi siete stati come un tizzone strappato dal fuoco; ma voi non siete tornati a me, dice l'Eterno.
12 Perciò, io ti farò come I told you, O Israel, and since I will do this against you, prepared, or Israel, to meet your God! 13 Because, here it is he who forms mountains and creates the wind, and makes man what is his thought, the one that turns the dawn into darkness, and walks in the high places of the earth, the His name is Yahweh, the God of hosts.
1 Hear this word, cows of Bashan, who are on Mount Samaria, you who oppress the humble, who abused the poor, who say to your Lord: 'Bring here, we drink! '
4 Go to Bethel and sin! to Gilgal, and sin no more! Traveled every morning your sacrifices and your tithes every three days! 5 Do smoking sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven! Flags of voluntary donations, Proclaim! Because you love to do so, you sons of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
This description of the attitude of Israel to the Lord, is aimed at those who engage in many good works, but deep down they have the heart far away from the LORD.
these men, who then we are a bit 'all, fill the mouth of many words, but in the end their sacrifices are only gestures, but no heart.
When the substance prevails over form and we attach importance to the material, rather than the spirit with which we do things, we're just hypocrites, and God sees it.
We plan to do something for God, when in fact he has already done for us and we can not make anything, since he is the Lord. Yet the Lord speaks and does so much and to call
return to him and allow us to receive the gift of grace.
. 6 E io, dal canto mio, v'ho lasciati a denti asciutti in tutte le vostre città; v'ho fatto mancare il pane in tutte le vostre dimore; ma voi non siete tornati a me, dice l'Eterno.
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ma voi non siete tornati a me, dice l'Eterno.
Il Signore lo vede quando fingiamo. Egli o nota quando è tutta forma e niente sostanza. Perciò dal canto suo ritrae le sue benedizioni e fa pesare il suo silenzio. Lo scopo di tutto questo? Ornare a lui!
Capire che non è il rituale che fa il sacrificio, ma the approach of the heart.
A prissy and sanctimonious with a criminal record could meet all the teaching from the first point to the last, but if your heart is empty inside and does not reflect a real desire, that of a criminal who has killed tens of people, but who repents and is converted, it is better than his.
have begun to enter more specifically in the canons of the Lord. For us just observe that some simple rules, but for him the law did not fulfill anything if the other side there is a heart available and willing to do his will. In the eyes of his children he did not want to read the boredom, but the joy and love, which is very different!
four times read: but you did not return unto me, saith the Lord.
The discipline of the Lord is therefore required to draw attention to whether and pause to reflect.
12 Therefore, I will make as I said, O Israel, and since I will do this against you, prepared, or Israel, to meet your God! 13 Because, here it is he who forms mountains and creates the wind, and makes man what is his thought, the one that turns the dawn into darkness, and walks on alti luoghi della terra; il suo nome è l'Eterno, l'Iddio degli eserciti.
Ogni uomo si prepari a incontrare il suo Dio, perché egli muta la luce in tenebra e ogni cosa grande sulla terra è opera sua. Se cerchiamo l'alfa e l'omega di tutto, approderemo sempre e solo ad un'unica spiaggia: il suo nome è l'Eterno, l'Iddio degli eserciti.
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