Thematic Bible
Amos 5:1 (show verse)
Hear this word that I take up for a cry of sorrow (lamentation) (dirge) over you, O house of Israel.
Amos 5:2 (show verse)
The virgin of Israel has fallen. She will not rise again. She has been thrown down upon her own land. There is none to raise her up.
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:3 (show verse)
The (Sovereign and Almighty) Lord Jehovah declared: The city that went forth a thousand will have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred will have ten left, for the house of Israel.
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:4 (show verse)
Jehovah said to the house of Israel: Seek me and you will live!
Amos 5:5 (show verse)
Do not seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. Do not pass to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into captivity (exile), and Bethel will come to nothing.
Amos 5:6 (show verse)
Seek Jehovah, and you will live. Lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it will devour, and there will be none to quench it in Bethel.
Amos 5:7 (show verse)
You who turn justice to wormwood (a curse), and cast righteousness down to the earth
Amos 5:8 (show verse)
seek the creator of the cluster of stars named Pleiades and the star constellation Orion. He turns the shadow of death into morning, and makes the day dark with night. He calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth. Jehovah is his name!
Astronomy » Moon » Pleiades,
Astronomy » Moon » Orion
Constellations » Orion
Days » Under the control of God
Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of severe calamities
Orion » The constellation of
Seven » Miscellany of sevens » Seven stars
Stars » Created by God
Stars » Orion
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Pleiades,
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Orion
Astronomy » Moon » Orion
Constellations » Orion
Days » Under the control of God
Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of severe calamities
Orion » The constellation of
Seven » Miscellany of sevens » Seven stars
Stars » Created by God
Stars » Orion
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Pleiades,
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Orion
Amos 5:9 (show verse)
He brings sudden destruction upon the strong. Destruction comes upon the fortress.
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:10 (show verse)
You hate the one who reproves in the gate, and abhor him who speaks the truth (with integrity).
Amos 5:11 (show verse)
You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.
Amos 5:12 (show verse)
I know you have many transgressions and your sins are great. You afflict the righteous. You take bribes. You refuse to help the needy at the gate.
Bribery » Condemned
Courts of justice » Corruption and bribery often practised in
Exposure » Of sin » Rendered doubly certain by God's infinite knowledge
Justice » The wicked » Afflict those who act with
Secret sins » Known to God
Sin » Internal » Known to God
Sin » Described as » Often manifold
Sin » Described as » Often mighty
The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
Courts of justice » Corruption and bribery often practised in
Exposure » Of sin » Rendered doubly certain by God's infinite knowledge
Justice » The wicked » Afflict those who act with
Secret sins » Known to God
Sin » Internal » Known to God
Sin » Described as » Often manifold
Sin » Described as » Often mighty
The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
Amos 5:13 (show verse)
The prudent will keep silent for it is an evil time.
Amos 5:14 (show verse)
Seek good and not evil, that you may live. Jehovah, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have said.
Amos 5:15 (show verse)
Hate evil, and love good! Establish justice in the gate. It may be that Jehovah, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 5:16 (show verse)
Listen to Jehovah the God of Hosts, the Almighty: Wailing will be in all the broad ways. They will say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! They will call the farmer to mourning, and the professional mourner to lamentation and crying.
Amos 5:17 (show verse)
All vineyards will lament. For I will pass through your midst, said Jehovah.
Amos 5:18 (show verse)
Woe to you who desire the day of Jehovah! What will the day of Jehovah mean to you? It is darkness, and not light.
Amos 5:19 (show verse)
Like a man who ran from a lion, and a bear met him! So he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Amos 5:20 (show verse)
Will the day of Jehovah be darkness with no light? Will it be very dark, and no brightness in it?
Amos 5:21 (show verse)
I hate, I despise (reject) your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Amos 5:22 (show verse)
Yes, even if you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them. Neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
Amos 5:23 (show verse)
Take the noise of your songs away from me! I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
Amos 5:24 (show verse)
Justice should roll down as waters and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Amos 5:25 (show verse)
Did you bring sacrifices and offerings to me in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:26 (show verse)
You have carried the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
Chiun » Also called remphan, a God of the phoenicians
Idolatry » Punishment of » Banishment
Idolatry » Objects of, carried in procession
Idolatry » Idols, &c mentioned in scripture » Chiun
Stars » Worshiped
Stars » False gods frequently worshipped under the representation of
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Molech, moloch, or milcom, a God of the ammonites
Idolatry » Punishment of » Banishment
Idolatry » Objects of, carried in procession
Idolatry » Idols, &c mentioned in scripture » Chiun
Stars » Worshiped
Stars » False gods frequently worshipped under the representation of
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Molech, moloch, or milcom, a God of the ammonites
Amos 5:27 (show verse)
Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity (exile) beyond Damascus, said the God of Hosts, whose name is Jehovah.