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  • Amos 1:1View Full Chapter

    Introduction

    These are the words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa. He perceived these things concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days of Judah’s King Uzziah and in the days of Israel’s King Jeroboam, Joash’s son.

  • Amos 7:8View Full Chapter

    The Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”

    “A plumb line,” I said.
    Then the Lord said,
    “See, I am setting a plumb line
        in the middle of my people Israel.
            I will never again forgive them.

  • Amos 7:10View Full Chapter

    Exchange between Amaziah, Jeroboam, and Amos

    10 Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, reported to Israel’s King Jeroboam, “Amos has plotted against you within the house of Israel. The land isn’t able to cope with everything that he is saying.

  • Amos 7:11View Full Chapter

    11 Amos has said, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will be forced out of its land.’”

  • Amos 7:12View Full Chapter

    12 Amaziah said to Amos, “You who see things, go, run away to the land of Judah, eat your bread there, and prophesy there;

  • Amos 7:14View Full Chapter

    14 Amos answered Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, nor am I a prophet’s son; but I am a shepherd, and a trimmer of sycamore trees.

  • Amos 8:2View Full Chapter

    He said, “Amos, what do you see?”

    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 forgive them.

  • Matthew 1:10View Full Chapter

    10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh.

    Manasseh was the father of Amos.

    Amos was the father of Josiah.

  • Luke 3:25View Full Chapter

    25 son of Mattathias son of Amos son of Nahum son of Esli son of Naggai

  • Tobit 2:6View Full Chapter

    I remembered the word that Amos the prophet pronounced against Bethel: Your festivals will be transformed into sadness and all your songs into sorrowful wailing. And I wept.

  • Amos 1View Full Chapter

    Introduction

    These are the words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa. He perceived these things concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days of Judah’s King Uzziah and in the days of Israel’s King Jeroboam, Joash’s son.

    Proclamation of divine judgment

        He said:
        The Lord roars from Zion.
            He shouts from Jerusalem;
            the pastures of the shepherds wither,
            and the top of Carmel dries up.

    A word to Damascus

        The Lord proclaims:
        For three crimes of Damascus,
            and for four, I won’t hold back the punishment,
        because they have harvested Gilead
            with sharp iron tools.
        I will send down fire on the house of Hazael;
            it will devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
        I will break the fortified gates of Damascus,
            and eliminate the people from the Aven Valley,
        including the one who rules from Beth-eden;
            the people of Aram will be forced to live in Kir,
    says the Lord.

    A word to Gaza and Ashdod

        The Lord proclaims:
        For three crimes of Gaza,
            and for four, I won’t hold back the punishment,
        because they rounded up entire communities,
            to hand them over to Edom.
        I will send down a fire on the wall of Gaza;
            it will devour Gaza’s palaces.
        I will eliminate the people from Ashdod,
            the one who rules from Ashkelon.
        I will turn my hand against Ekron,
            and the Philistines who remain will perish,
    says the Lord God.

    A word to Tyre

    The Lord proclaims:
        For three crimes of Tyre,
            and for four, I won’t hold back the punishment,
        because they have delivered up entire communities over to Edom,
            and neglected their covenantal obligations.
    10 So I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre;
            it will devour their palaces.

    A word to Edom

    11 The Lord proclaims:
        For three crimes of Edom,
            and for four, I won’t hold back the punishment,
        because he chased after his brother with the sword,
            denied all compassion,
            kept his anger alive,
            and fueled his wrath forever.
    12 So I will send a fire on Teman;
            it will devour the fortresses of Bozrah.

    A word to Ammon

    13 The Lord proclaims:
        For three crimes of the Ammonites,
            and for four, I won’t hold back the punishment,
        because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead
            in order to possess more land.
    14 So I will start a fire at the wall of Rabbah;
            the fire will devour its palaces,
            with a war cry on the day of battle,
            with strong wind on the day of the storm.
    15 Then their king will be taken away,
            he and his officials together,
    says the Lord.

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