The Prophets · Old Testament
Amos
Amos is book 30 of 66 and belongs to the Prophets in the Old Testament. It has 9 chapters, each with source-checked General, Historical and Literary context. 12 people are indexed in its passages.
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Chapters
- Amos 1: Amos 1: the words of a herdman of Tekoa and oracles against five neighbours
The chapter opens, "The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in… - Amos 2: Amos 2: Moab, Judah and Israel under the same formula, and the cart full of sheaves
The oracle series continues. Moab is charged because "he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime"; fire will devour the palaces of Kerioth… - Amos 3: Amos 3: known and therefore punished, the lion's roar and the houses of ivory
The children of Israel, "the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt," are told to hear: "You only have I known of all the families of… - Amos 4: Amos 4: the kine of Bashan, five disasters and 'yet have ye not returned unto me'
"Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters… - Amos 5: Amos 5: a lamentation, 'seek ye me, and ye shall live', and judgment like waters
The prophet takes up "a lamentation, O house of Israel": "The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise." A city of a thousand will keep a… - Amos 6: Amos 6: those at ease in Zion, beds of ivory and a nation raised up
The chapter opens, "Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria." The hearers are sent to look at Calneh, Hamath and… - Amos 7: Amos 7: three visions, the plumbline, and Amaziah sends Amos away
The Lord God shows Amos grasshoppers formed "in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth," after "the king’s mowings." When they finish… - Amos 8: Amos 8: the basket of summer fruit and a famine of hearing the words of the Lord
The Lord God shows Amos "a basket of summer fruit" and asks, "Amos, what seest thou?" Amos answers, and the Lord says, "The end is come upon my… - Amos 9: Amos 9: no escape, the sieve, and the tabernacle of David raised up
Amos says, "I saw the Lord standing upon the altar," and the order is given to smite the lintel so the posts shake; none who flee will get away…
