PART FOUR A Promise of Blessing in the Last Days (chapter 9 verses 11 through 15) The restoration of the house of David Amos 9 verses 11 and 12 “In that day I will restore David’s fallen tent. I will repair its broken places, restore its ruins, and build it as it used to be, […]
A famine of the Word Amos 8 verses 11 through 14 “The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign LORD, “when I will send a famine through the land— not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. Men will stagger from sea to sea […]
A vision of ripe fruit Amos 8 verse 1 through 3 This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: a basket of ripe fruit. “What do you see, Amos?” he asked. “A basket of ripe fruit,” I answered. Then the LORD said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare […]
PART THREE Five Visions and Messages of Judgment (chapter 7 verse 1 through chapter 9 verse 10) The Lord gave his Word to Amos in such a way that the prophet saw the coming judgment (chapter 1 verse 1). The third main part of the book of Amos contains five visions. Visions of locusts and […]
Woe to the complacent Amos 6 verses 1 through 7 Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come! Go to Calneh and look at it; go from there to great Hamath, and […]
The day of the Lord Amos 5 verses 18 through 20 Woe to you who long for the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD? That day will be darkness, not light. It will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, […]
Prepare to meet your God Amos 4 verses 12 and 13 “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.” He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals his thoughts to man, he who turns dawn to […]
The coming destruction Amos 3 verses 11 through 15 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “An enemy will overrun the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses.” This is what the LORD says: “As a shepherd saves from the lion’s mouth only two leg bones or a piece of […]
PART TWO Further Messages of Judgment for Israel (chapter 3 verse 1 through chapter 6 verse 14) The cause of the judgment Amos 3 verses 1 through 8 Hear this word the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel—against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt: “You only have I chosen […]
The prophet’s words do not condemn the Moabites for offenses against Israel. The sin that ends the Lord’s patience with Moab is an atrocity committed against Edom. The hatred of the Moabites against Edom flamed so hot that they even abused the body of the Edomite king after his death. They burned his bones and […]