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Themes in Amos 9

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Themes in Amos 9

Amos 9:1 (show verse)

I saw Jehovah standing upon the altar: and he will say, Strike the crown, and the thresholds shall tremble: and dash them in pieces upon the head of them all; and the last of them I will slay with the sword: the fleeing to them shall not flee, and he escaping to them shall not escape.

Judgments » No escape from
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as
Prophets » Names of persons spoken of as
Select readings » The wrath of God
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as
Sin » No escape from the consequences of
Vision » Of amos » Of the temple
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

Amos 9:2 (show verse)

If they shall break through into hades, from thence shall my hand take them; and if they shall go up to the heavens, from thence I will bring them down.

Hell » In the rv of o. T. It appears only in
Humiliation of sinners » Threatened
Judgments » No escape from
Select readings » The wrath of God
Sin » No escape from the consequences of

Amos 9:3 (show verse)

And if they shall hide in the head of Carmel, from thence will I search and take them; and if they shall be concealed from before mine eyes in the bottom of the sea, from thence I will command the serpent, and he bit them.

Carmel » Mountain » Caves of
Divine Knowledge » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
God » Remember » Searcher, as
Judgments » No escape from
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
Knowledge » God's » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
Select readings » The wrath of God
Searcher of hearts » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
Secret sins » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
Serpent » Sea serpent
Sin » No escape from the consequences of

Amos 9:4 (show verse)

If they shall go into captivity before the face of their enemies, from thence I will command the sword and it slew them: and I set mine eyes upon them for evil and not for good.

Judgments » No escape from
Select readings » The wrath of God
Sin » No escape from the consequences of

Amos 9:5 (show verse)

And the Lord Jehovah of armies touching upon the land, and it shall melt, and all dwelling in it mourned: and it came up as a river all of it, and it was overflowed as the river of Egypt.

Egypt » Overflowed by the nile river
River Nile » Annual overflow of its banks alluded to
Select readings » The wrath of God

Amos 9:6 (show verse)

He building his ascents in the heavens, and founding his arches upon the earth; he calling to the waters of the sea, and he will pour them forth upon the face of the earth: Jehovah his name.

Clouds » Formed from the sea
Select readings » The wrath of God

Amos 9:7 (show verse)

Are ye not as the sons of the Cushites to me, O sons of Israel? says Jehovah. Did I not bring up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the rovers from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?

Caphtorim » People of caphtor
Destruction » Who shall not be destroyed
Israel/jews » The lord not destroying israel
Kir » Prophecies concerning
Nations » What nations the lord shall destroy
Philistines » Descendants of mizraim
Philistines » Israel condemned for imitating
Philistines » Originally dwelt in the land of caphtor
Philistines » Called caphtorim

Amos 9:8 (show verse)

Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah upon the sinning kingdom, and I destroyed it from the face of the earth; only that destroying, I will not destroy the house of Jacob, says Jehovah.

Destruction » Who shall not be destroyed
Eye » Anthropomorphic uses of
God » The incarnation of Christ, both a mystery and a revelation » Vision of
Government » God in » In the destruction of nations
Israel/jews » The lord not destroying israel
Judgments » Are frequently tempered with mercy
Nations » What nations the lord shall destroy
Seeing » The eyes of the lord
Vision » Of Christ, full of compassion » Divine, comprehends all human life

Amos 9:9 (show verse)

For behold, I command, and I caused the house of Israel to move to and fro among all nations as it will move to and fro in a sieve, and a stone shall not fall to the earth.

Agriculture or husbandry » Implements of » The sieve
Israel » Prophecies concerning » Dispersion of
Nation » Chastised
Sieve » Figurative

Amos 9:10 (show verse)

By the sword shall all sinning of my people die, saying, It shall not draw near, and the evil shall not cleave about us.

Carnal security » War and famine
Security » Carnal, leads men to dream of escape from common ills » War and famine
Security » FALSE » Ruin will overtake it

Amos 9:11 (show verse)

In that day I will raise up the tent of David having fallen, and I walled in their breaches, and I will raise up its destructions, and I built it as the days of old:

No Themes for this verse.

Amos 9:12 (show verse)

So that they shall possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations which my name was called upon them, says Jehovah doing this

Edomites, the » Predictions respecting » Their future subjection to the jews

Amos 9:13 (show verse)

Behold, the days coming, says Jehovah, the ploughing touched upon the harvesting, and the treading of grapes upon the drawing of the seed; and the mountains dropped new wine, and all the hills shall melt.

God's Promises » Of plenty » Promised to the obedient
Mountains » Illustrative » (dropping new wine,) of abundance
Plenty promised » Plenty promised to the obedient
Wine » Sweet, esteemed for flavor and strength

Amos 9:14 (show verse)

And I turned back the captivity of my people Israel, and they built the cities laid waste, and they inhabited; and they planted vineyards, and they drank their wine; and they made gardens and ate their fruit

No Themes for this verse.

Amos 9:15 (show verse)

And I planted them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up from their land which I gave to them, said Jehovah thy God.

No Themes for this verse.