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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Amos 8:9

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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8:9 The day of the Lord would invert the cosmos. Jeremiah used similar imagery to describe the desecration of Judah as the Babylonian armies approached (Jer 4:23; see also Isa 13:10; 34:4; 50:3; Ezek 32:7-8; Joel 2:10, 31; Mic 3:6).
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