Amos 2 moves from Moab to Judah to Israel, exposing contempt for life, rejection of God’s law, and predatory courts and worship. It ends with an unavoidable verdict that sobers the heart and points back to grateful obedience under God’s good rule.
Ezekiel 22 confronts Jerusalem as a “city of bloodshed,” exposing corruption from palace to pulpit and promising a furnace of refining judgment. The chapter calls communities back to truthful worship, just dealings, and courageous intercession.
Oppression, envy, and isolation reveal life’s ache under the sun. Ecclesiastes 4 answers with contentment, sturdy companionship, and hope in God’s enduring judgment.
Psalm 129 turns shared wounds into worship and shared rescues into praise. It asks God to cut cords, to wither hostile schemes, and to keep blessing where it belongs.
Psalm 82 summons rulers before God’s bench and orders justice for the weak. It exposes the darkness that shakes foundations and ends in prayer for the Judge whose rule extends over all nations.
Elihu counters the despairing claim that serving God is useless by defending the Lord’s impartial justice and inviting teachable repentance. Job 34 steadies faith with the assurance that God sees, hears, and acts in his time.
Job 24 asks why God does not post public court dates and then catalogs rural and urban injustices. The chapter answers with God’s watchful oversight, the brief rise of the wicked, and a hope that waits for the day he has set.
Pharaoh’s “Who is the Lord?” sparks a clash over worship and work. As bricks without straw grind Israel down, Moses laments—and God prepares to answer.
Exodus 1 introduces a nation growing under chains, a throne driven by fear, and midwives who revere God. The chapter proves that the Lord’s promise multiplies life even when rulers try to choke it, and it prepares us to watch Him raise a deliverer.