Amos in the Bible

Meaning: loading; weighty

Exact Match

Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amos, and Amos fathered Josiah.

But God turned [away from them] and allowed them to worship heavenly bodies [i.e., stars], just as it was written in the prophet [Amos 5:25ff], 'Did you offer me slain animals as sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness, you Israelites?

Verse ConceptsBody40 To 50 YearsIsrael In The WildernessBooks Of ProphecyWorshiping Together

And this was predicted by the message of the prophets when they wrote [Amos 9:11ff],

Verse ConceptsAgreementSaying The Same ThingsWritten In The Prophetsprophets

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And Amaziah priest of the house of God, will send to Jeroboam, kind of Israel, saying, Amos conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land will not be able to endure all his words. For thus said Amos: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel being taken captive shall be carried away captive from his land. And Amaziah will say to Amos, Thou seer, go flee for thyself to the land of Judah, and eat there bread, and there shalt thou prophesy. read more.
And thou shalt no more add to prophesy in the house of God, for it is the king's holy place, and it is the house of the kingdom. And Amos will answer and say to Amaziah, I am no prophet, and I not the son of a prophet; for I a herdsman, and gathering figs of the sycamores. And Jehovah will take me from after the sheep, and Jehovah will say to me, Go prophesy to my people Israel. And now hear the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest thou shalt not prophesy against Israel, and thou shalt not drop against the house of Isaak. For this, thus said Jehovah: Thy wife shall commit fornication in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line, and thou shalt die upon a polluted land: and Israel being taken captive shall be carried into captivity from his land.


The words of Amos who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the shaking.


And he will say, Amos, what seest thou? And saying, A basket of fruit. And Jehovah will say to me: The end came upon my people Israel; I will no more add to pass by to him.


And Amos will answer and say to Amaziah, I am no prophet, and I not the son of a prophet; for I a herdsman, and gathering figs of the sycamores. And Jehovah will take me from after the sheep, and Jehovah will say to me, Go prophesy to my people Israel.


And Amos will answer and say to Amaziah, I am no prophet, and I not the son of a prophet; for I a herdsman, and gathering figs of the sycamores. And Jehovah will take me from after the sheep, and Jehovah will say to me, Go prophesy to my people Israel.


The words of Amos who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the shaking.

And Amos will answer and say to Amaziah, I am no prophet, and I not the son of a prophet; for I a herdsman, and gathering figs of the sycamores. And Jehovah will take me from after the sheep, and Jehovah will say to me, Go prophesy to my people Israel.


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