. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools. rael,because the people worshipped false gods. The prophetsdeclared thai the rich oppressed the poor, and even thosewho worshipped Jehovah did not understand His real the prophet Amos, a herdsman who livedabout 750 B. C, cried out: Woe to them thai are a1 ease in Zion * * * Woe unto you that desire the day o\ the Lord! to what end is it for you. the day of the Lord is darkness and not light. (Amos, V: L8;VI:1.) He bade Ins people seek good * * * and not evil, that ye may live; and so theLord, the God of Host
. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools. rael,because the people worshipped false gods. The prophetsdeclared thai the rich oppressed the poor, and even thosewho worshipped Jehovah did not understand His real the prophet Amos, a herdsman who livedabout 750 B. C, cried out: Woe to them thai are a1 ease in Zion * * * Woe unto you that desire the day o\ the Lord! to what end is it for you. the day of the Lord is darkness and not light. (Amos, V: L8;VI:1.) He bade Ins people seek good * * * and not evil, that ye may live; and so theLord, the God of Hosts, shall be with you. THE PHOENICIANS AND HEBREWS 59 71. The Reformation under Josiah. Trie forebodings ofthe prophets seemed real enough when Samaria, the chiefcity of Lsrael, was captured by the king of the Assyrians, inthe year ; b. c.,1 its inhabitants led away as captives, andtribute imposed upon [srael. Only the kingdom of Judahremained free. The people themselves now felt that the prophets hadwarned them justly and that their misfortunes wen- due to. IEARING I uii. i i. PO IN I Prom ?hi Assyrian relief. the wrath of Jehovah at their wickedness. But when theytried to apprise Him they did so by reviving old and sav-age customs, such as the sacrifice of human beings. Theprophet Jeremiah rose about 626 b. c, inspired, as he felt, to announce the words of Jehovah and rebuke the people forhoping to please Him by human sacrifices. And they have built the high places of Tophel * * to humtheir sons and their daughters in the fin- which I commandedthem not, neither came ii into my heart. (Jeremiah, VII: 31.) With the accession of Josiah as king of Judah, a new 1 I follow the date ^iven by Olmstead, Sargon of AHHyria, p. proof seems to me to be valid (II Kin^H, XVII: L-6). GO CIVILIZATION OF EGYPT AND WESTERN ASIA period begins in Hebrew religious history. In 621 b. c,he carried out the reformation so long demanded by theprophets. And he put down the idolatrous priests
Size: 2064px × 1210px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdec, booksubjecthistoryancient, bookyear1912
