“But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.”
The exhortation that justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream represents one of the most powerful statements of the centrality of justice in biblical theology. The water imagery suggests both power and inevitability.
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Carlos RiveraNote1mo agoLet Justice Roll Down Like Waters
Amos speaks for God: 'I hate, I despise your religious feasts and cannot stand your assemblies. But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream.' God is saying: I don't...
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Mary PatelNote2mo agoJustice Like a River
Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Amos is invoking a vision of justice so powerful, so continuous, that it's like water that doesn't stop flowing.
The poetr...
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Alice MorganNote1mo agoThe light of the world - Amos 5
Following God is costly, but the reward is eternal. God is faithful in every circumstance. This is one of those passages that reads differently in every season of life. This is one of those passages t...
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Adam SmithNote1mo agoLessons in obedience - Amos 5
God is faithful in every circumstance. What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. God is faithful in every circumstance. The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today...
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