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Judgment on Neighboring Nations

The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of [a]Tekoa, which he saw [in a divine revelation] concerning [b]Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:1 Tekoa was a small town in Judah about 10 miles south of Jerusalem.
  2. Amos 1:1 Amos was from the Southern Kingdom, Judah, but his message of divine judgment was primarily directed to the Northern Kingdom, Israel.

When Christ, who is our life, [a]appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

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  1. Colossians 3:4 A reference to His second coming.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again [as in fact He did], even so God [in this same way—by raising them from the dead] will bring with Him those [believers] who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

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14 It was about these people that [a]Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, when he said, “Look, the Lord came with [b]myriads of His holy ones 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the [c]ungodly of all the ungodly deeds they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh and cruel things ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:14 The descendant of Seth (Gen 5:18-24).
  2. Jude 1:14 A Greek word meaning “ten thousand” in the singular. It is often used to refer to vast numbers of people or things that are virtually beyond counting.
  3. Jude 1:15 The purpose of the repetition is to emphasize the punishment determined for the false teachers.

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