I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel.
Language:
Hebrew
Author:
Amos, a shepherd of Tekoa
King Uzziah of Judah
King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel
People:
Amos, prophet
Amaziah, the priest of Bethel
King Jeroboam of Israel
Chapters
Chapter 1 | Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors |
Chapter 2 | Judgment on Judah Judgment on Israel |
Chapter 3 | Israel’s Guilt and Punishment |
Chapter 4 | Israel Rejects Correction |
Chapter 5 | A Lament for Israel’s Sin The Day of the Lord a Dark Day |
Chapter 6 | Complacent Self–Indulgence Will Be Punished |
Chapter 7 | Locusts, Fire, and a Plumb Line Amaziah Complains to the King |
Chapter 8 | The Basket of Fruit |
Chapter 9 | The Destruction of Israel The Restoration of David’s Kingdom |
Highlights
Judgment on Israel
Amos 2:6-8
Thus says the LORD:
For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;a
because they sell the righteous for silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals—
7 they who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth,
and push the afflicted out of the way;
father and son go in to the same girl,
so that my holy name is profaned;
8 they lay themselves down beside every altar
on garments taken in pledge;
and in the house of their God they drink
wine bought with fines they imposed.
A Plumb Line
Amos 7:7-9
This is what he showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8 And the LORD said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,
“See, I am setting a plumb line
in the midst of my people Israel;
I will never again pass them by;
9 the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate,
and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste,
and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”Locusts, Fire, and a Plumb Line
The Basket of Fruit
Amos 8:1-6
This is what the Lord GOD showed me—a basket of summer fruit. 2 He said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the LORD said to me,
The end has come upon my people Israel;
I will never again pass them by.
3 The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day,” says the Lord GOD;
“the dead bodies shall be many,
cast out in every place. Be silent!”
Hear this, you that trample on the needy,
and bring to ruin the poor of the land,
5 saying, “When will the new moon be over
so that we may sell grain;
and the sabbath,
so that we may offer wheat for sale?
We will make the ephah small and the shekel great,
and practice deceit with false balances,
6 buying the poor for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals,
nd selling the sweepings of the wheat.”
The Restoration of David’s Kingdom
Amos 9:13-15
The time is surely coming, says the LORD,
when the one who plows shall overtake the one who reaps,
and the treader of grapes the one who sows the seed;
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and all the hills shall flow with it.
14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 I will plant them upon their land,
and they shall never again be plucked up
out of the land that I have given them, says the LORD your God.
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