Most Popular Bible Verses in Amos

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Verse ConceptsCowsThe NeedyLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfOppression, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfPoor, The Wicked Response ToAlcohol ConsumptionGetting WineWomen Doing WrongNot Helping The Poorwomanhood

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria,
Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
Who say to your husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!”

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Verse ConceptsFamine, Kinds Ofdrought, spiritualLonging For GodPoverty, SpiritualSpiritual DestitutionHearing God's WordReceiving God's WordShortage Other Than FoodFamineBreadDaysEnd Of Dayshungerrumors

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“When I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water,
But rather for hearing the words of the Lord.

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Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDCovenant, God's with DavidKingship, HumanMessianic AgeArchaeologyBoothsGapsRepairingThings FallingBuilding Relationshipsshelterrebuilding

“In that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David,
And wall up its breaches;
I will also raise up its ruins
And rebuild it as in the days of old;

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Verse ConceptsPagansKilled With The SwordDeath Of Office HoldersExile In ProspectUnclean Things

Therefore, thus says the Lord, ‘Your wife will become a harlot in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line and you yourself will die upon unclean soil. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”

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Verse ConceptsHunting

Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey?
Does a young lion growl from his den unless he has captured something?

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Verse ConceptsShepherds, As OccupationsTheophanyThunderGod SpeakingMourning Due To CatastrophePasturing The FlockThunder Expressing God's Judgment

He said,
“The Lord roars from Zion
And from Jerusalem He utters His voice;
And the shepherds’ pasture grounds mourn,
And the summit of Carmel dries up.”

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Verse ConceptsInfidelity To GodThe Fact Of That DayWoe To Israel And JerusalemHaving A Good DayJudgement Day

Alas, you who are longing for the day of the Lord,
For what purpose will the day of the Lord be to you?
It will be darkness and not light;

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Verse ConceptsTrumpetCalamityGod Appointed AfflictionsTremblingTrumpets For SignallingGod Can Harm PeopleWisdomNatural Disasters

If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble?
If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it?

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Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceSinnersSecurity, FalseKilled With The Sword

“All the sinners of My people will die by the sword,
Those who say, ‘The calamity will not overtake or confront us.’

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Verse ConceptsFortressesDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of Judgement

“So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael
And it will consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.

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Verse ConceptsearthquakesOccupationsProphets, Lives OfShepherds, As OccupationsProphetic VisionsTwo YearsThose Who Kept StockAgriculture

The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders from Tekoa, which he envisioned in visions concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

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Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceComplacencyLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfPeace, Human Search ForSecurityThose At EaseWoe To Israel And Jerusalem

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The distinguished men of the foremost of nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.

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Verse ConceptsGod, Will OfRighteousness, Of BelieversEternal BlessingRiversSportsFloodsfairnesswaterfalls

“But let justice roll down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

18
Verse ConceptsTrapBirds, Figurative UseGod TrappingEnticing

Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait in it?
Does a trap spring up from the earth when it captures nothing at all?

19
Verse ConceptsLooking And SeeingNot Sparing

The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,
“Behold I am about to put a plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel.
I will spare them no longer.

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Verse ConceptsBitter FoodNo JusticeBitterness

For those who turn justice into wormwood
And cast righteousness down to the earth.”

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Verse ConceptsFreewill OfferingBraggingLeavenedLoving Other ThingsPeople WillingFree Will

Offer a thank offering also from that which is leavened,
And proclaim freewill offerings, make them known.
For so you love to do, you sons of Israel,”
Declares the Lord God.

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Verse ConceptsMorality, And CreationPersecution, Nature OfThree Or FourHanding Over PeoplePeople Exiled

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Gaza and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they deported an entire population
To deliver it up to Edom.

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Verse ConceptsDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of Judgement

“So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza
And it will consume her citadels.

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Verse ConceptsCessationStopping RejoicingReclining To EatExile In Prospect

Therefore, they will now go into exile at the head of the exiles,
And the sprawlers’ banqueting will pass away.

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Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsProphets, Role OfAbominations, Judgments OfCovenant RelationshipsHatred Between RelativesThree Or FourHanding Over PeopleForgetting Things

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Tyre and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they delivered up an entire population to Edom
And did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

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Verse ConceptsRuinsSanctuaryDestruction Of Satan's WorksGod's Sword

“The high places of Isaac will be desolated
And the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste.
Then I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

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Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod Will Kill The Peoples

“I will also cut off the judge from her midst
And slay all her princes with him,” says the Lord.

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Verse ConceptsSurvivors DestroyedGod's HandGod KillingGod's Hands In OppositionGod Will Kill The PeoplesGod Killing Individuals

“I will also cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,
And him who holds the scepter, from Ashkelon;
I will even unleash My power upon Ekron,
And the remnant of the Philistines will perish,”
Says the Lord God.

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Verse ConceptsTemperUnkindnessAbominations, Judgments OfPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedHatred Between RelativesThree Or FourEternal JudgementPeople Without Mercyrelentless

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Edom and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because he pursued his brother with the sword,
While he stifled his compassion;
His anger also tore continually,
And he maintained his fury forever.

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Verse ConceptsDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of Judgement

“So I will send fire upon the wall of Tyre
And it will consume her citadels.”

31
Verse ConceptsExiled Foreigners

“Their king will go into exile,
He and his princes together,” says the Lord.

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Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBaldnessHairsHeadsMourningSorrowWeepingThe Only ChildNo MusicMourning DeathOnly Child Of PeopleFestivals DisregardedMourning Due To CatastropheBitterness

“Then I will turn your festivals into mourning
And all your songs into lamentation;
And I will bring sackcloth on everyone’s loins
And baldness on every head.
And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

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Verse ConceptsWindDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of JudgementBattle CriesHurricanes

“So I will kindle a fire on the wall of Rabbah
And it will consume her citadels
Amid war cries on the day of battle,
And a storm on the day of tempest.

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Verse ConceptsDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of Judgement

“So I will send fire upon Teman
And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

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Verse ConceptsAbortionBoundariesThe Act Of OpeningPregnancyEnlargementSanctity Of LifeSuffering, Causes OfAbominations, Judgments OfAmmonitesThree Or FourOpening The WombHarming Pregnant Womenborders

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead
In order to enlarge their borders.

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Verse ConceptsSurvivors DestroyedTen PeopleHow Death Is Inevitable

And it will be, if ten men are left in one house, they will die.

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Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfConspiraciesPersecution, Forms OfAccusations, False ExamplesUnbearable ThingsConspiracy

Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.

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Verse ConceptsCityGod DestroyingDestruction Of Strongholds

It is He who flashes forth with destruction upon the strong,
So that destruction comes upon the fortress.

39
Verse ConceptsSeersProphecy Muzzled

Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah and there eat bread and there do your prophesying!

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Verse ConceptsAncestorsBad ParentsFalse GodsGuidance, Need For God'sRejecting ThingsRejection Of GodAbominations, Judgments OfThree Or FourBreaking God's Law

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Judah and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they rejected the law of the Lord
And have not kept His statutes;
Their lies also have led them astray,
Those after which their fathers walked.

41
Verse ConceptsTaking PossessionThe Gospel To The Nations

That they may possess the remnant of Edom
And all the nations who are called by My name,”
Declares the Lord who does this.

42
Verse ConceptsGod As A WarriorGod Hating ThingsGod Opposes The Proud

The Lord God has sworn by Himself, the Lord God of hosts has declared:
“I loathe the arrogance of Jacob,
And detest his citadels;
Therefore I will deliver up the city and all it contains.”

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Verse Conceptsevangelism, motivation forReverence, And God's NatureFear Is DueGod SpeakingOld Testament Claims Inspiration

A lion has roared! Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken! Who can but prophesy?

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Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalHarvestRainWeather, As God's JudgmentTwo To Four MonthsVariety Of Form

“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city
And on another city I would not send rain;
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.

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Verse ConceptsSongsLamenting

Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel:

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Verse ConceptsProphecy Muzzled

But no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal residence.”

48
Verse ConceptsKilling KingsExile In Prospect

For thus Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”

49
Verse ConceptsDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of Judgement

“So I will send fire upon Judah
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

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Verse ConceptsSuffering, HardshipGathering Other NationsOppressorsDisorder Among The NationsThe Mountains Of Israel

Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria and see the great tumults within her and the oppressions in her midst.

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Verse ConceptsLegsMouthsRemnantShepherds, As OccupationsBedsStock Keepingdamascus

Thus says the Lord,
“Just as the shepherd snatches from the lion’s mouth a couple of legs or a piece of an ear,
So will the sons of Israel dwelling in Samaria be snatched away—
With the corner of a bed and the cover of a couch!

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Verse ConceptsIrreverenceLawsuitsProfanityHarlotsTrampling PeopleDust On The HeadProfaning God's NameHumble PeopleNot Helping The PoorMisusing God's Name

“These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helpless
Also turn aside the way of the humble;
And a man and his father resort to the same girl
In order to profane My holy name.

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Verse ConceptsFig treeGarden, NaturalBlightHorticultureLocustsMildewOlivesDestroying VineyardsNot Returning To GodScorching

“I smote you with scorching wind and mildew;
And the caterpillar was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

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Verse ConceptsGesturesFarmersMourningRoadsMournersWailingCity SquaresGod As A WarriorHighways

Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Lord,
“There is wailing in all the plazas,
And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They also call the farmer to mourning
And professional mourners to lamentation.

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Verse ConceptsNorthRestlessnessCompassesWanderersExpanse Of The SeaNot FindingReceiving God's WordThe End Of The WorldThe Word Of GodNot Being AloneEnd Timesdistractionscrusadesseekingwandering

“People will stagger from sea to sea
And from the north even to the east;
They will go to and fro to seek the word of the Lord,
But they will not find it.

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Verse ConceptsNeverPlucking OutGod Gave The LandGod's People Plantedisraelland

“I will also plant them on their land,
And they will not again be rooted out from their land
Which I have given them,”
Says the Lord your God.

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Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
“An enemy, even one surrounding the land,
Will pull down your strength from you
And your citadels will be looted.”

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Verse ConceptsHoardingSpiritual IgnoranceMisersPursuing ViolenceNo JusticeStoring Other ThingsDoing The Right Thing

But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares the Lord, “these who hoard up violence and devastation in their citadels.”

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Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

“Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,
Though his height was like the height of cedars
And he was strong as the oaks;
I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below.

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Verse ConceptsSodom And GomorrahSticksNot Returning To GodDestruction Of CitiesSaved From Fire

“I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

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Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedHarlotsLiving ThingsShame Of IdolatrySwearing

“As for those who swear by the guilt of Samaria,
Who say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,’
And, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives,’
They will fall and not rise again.”

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Verse ConceptsAdornment, Of BuildingsArtHousesIvoryProperty, HousesSummerDestruction Of HousesSummer And WinterHouses Under Attack

“I will also smite the winter house together with the summer house;
The houses of ivory will also perish
And the great houses will come to an end,”
Declares the Lord.

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Verse ConceptsPassing ThroughDestroying VineyardsMourning Due To Catastrophe

“And in all the vineyards there is wailing,
Because I will pass through the midst of you,” says the Lord.

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Verse ConceptsThe DeadBeing AshamedActing AlonePreparation For BurialProclaiming God’s NameCurbing SpeechRelatives Also Involved

Then one’s uncle, or his undertaker, will lift him up to carry out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will answer, “Keep quiet. For the name of the Lord is not to be mentioned.”

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Verse ConceptsCreditGuaranteeDrinking WineAccused Of DrunkennessFine As PenaltyInterlopers In The Temple

“On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar,
And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

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Verse ConceptsNot Returning To GodCities Under AttackDrinking WaterTwo Or Three

“So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink water,
But would not be satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

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Verse ConceptsYouthFaintingYoung People SufferingWomen's Beauty

“In that day the beautiful virgins
And the young men will faint from thirst.

70
Verse ConceptsBurnt offering40 To 50 YearsJudgement In The WildernessSacrifices

Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?

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Verse ConceptsMissionaries, Call OfCalling, Of IndividualsNo More Tending The FlockEducation

But the Lord took me from following the flock and the Lord said to me, ‘Go prophesy to My people Israel.’

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Verse ConceptsHornsSin, God's Judgment OnHorns BrokenThings Falling

“For on the day that I punish Israel’s transgressions,
I will also punish the altars of Bethel;
The horns of the altar will be cut off
And they will fall to the ground.

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Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsGod Led Them Through The WildernessPeople Possessing Other ThingsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

“It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,
And I led you in the wilderness forty years
That you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

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Verse ConceptsNosesPlaguesSmellsPestilenceNot Returning To GodGod KillingYoung People SufferingGod Killed His PeopleAcquiring Horses

“I sent a plague among you after the manner of Egypt;
I slew your young men by the sword along with your captured horses,
And I made the stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

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Verse ConceptsHistoryBringing People Out Of Other PlacesEquivalent PeopleGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

“Are you not as the sons of Ethiopia to Me,
O sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.
“Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt,
And the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?

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Verse ConceptsMineralsPersecution, Nature OfProphets, Role OfAbominations, Judgments OfThree Or FourBonesBurning People

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Moab and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

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Verse ConceptsSeparated To GodGod EnquiringRaising Children

“Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets
And some of your young men to be Nazirites.
Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.

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Verse ConceptsDestruction Of HousesA Little BitBroken Things

For behold, the Lord is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.

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Verse ConceptsAlcohol ConsumptionDisturbanceSeparated To GodDrinking WineProphecy MuzzledPeople Making Drunk

“But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’

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Verse Conceptsdelay, humanNeglecting God's ThingsPursuing Violence

Do you put off the day of calamity,
And would you bring near the seat of violence?

81
Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillSeeking Life

For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel,
Seek Me that you may live.

82
Verse ConceptsGod As A WarriorPay Attention To God!

“Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”
Declares the Lord God, the God of hosts.

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Verse ConceptsPloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice

Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow them with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

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Verse ConceptsBedsArtIvoryLambs

Those who recline on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their couches,
And eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,

85
Verse ConceptsNoiseHarpsHearingMusical Instruments, types ofSoundNo MusicWorshiping GodListening To Godinstrumentsdrums

“Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.

86
Verse ConceptsUseless ThingsSeeking For Concrete ThingsExile In Prospectbeer

“But do not resort to Bethel
And do not come to Gilgal,
Nor cross over to Beersheba;
For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity
And Bethel will come to trouble.

87
Verse ConceptsInfidelity To GodProphecy Muzzled

Now hear the word of the Lord: you are saying, ‘You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.’

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Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceUseless ThingsHorns VictoriousRejoicing In Evil

You who rejoice in Lodebar,
And say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?”

89
Verse ConceptsCreditCoveting, prohibition ofBribery, Results OfOppression, God's Attitude ToRighteousness, Of BelieversSandalsTradeAbominations, Judgments OfPoor, The Wicked Response ToShoesThree Or FourNorthern Kingdom Of IsraelPrice Set On Individuals

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Israel and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they sell the righteous for money
And the needy for a pair of sandals.

90
Verse ConceptsBitingSnakesOther Supporting

As when a man flees from a lion
And a bear meets him,
Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall
And a snake bites him.

91
Verse ConceptsVirginDownfall Of IsraelPeople Abandoning PeopleNot Able To Get Upvirginity

She has fallen, she will not rise again—
The virgin Israel.
She lies neglected on her land;
There is none to raise her up.

92
Verse ConceptsThe SunThe Fact Of That DayAstronomical SignsCosmic Disturbances

Will not the day of the Lord be darkness instead of light,
Even gloom with no brightness in it?

93
Verse ConceptsNoses

The Lord God has sworn by His holiness,
“Behold, the days are coming upon you
When they will take you away with meat hooks,
And the last of you with fish hooks.

94
Verse ConceptsGod As A WarriorGod Saves From Sin And DeathTroubling Groups Of People

“For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you,
O house of Israel,” declares the Lord God of hosts,
“And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath
To the brook of the Arabah.”

95
Verse ConceptsIronOppression, Nature OfProphets, Role OfSin, And God's CharacterSuffering, Nature OfSuffering, Of The InnocentTeethWord Of GodAbominations, Judgments OfThree Or FourSharp ToolsIron Objects

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Damascus and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron.

96
Verse ConceptsCrushingAccidentsCartsHeavy BurdensReapingOverloadcrushes

“Behold, I am weighted down beneath you
As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.

97
Verse ConceptsFortressesTrumpetDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of JudgementBattle CriesTrumpets For BattleDisorder Among The NationsDeath Of Other Groups

“So I will send fire upon Moab
And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth;
And Moab will die amid tumult,
With war cries and the sound of a trumpet.

98
Verse ConceptsClimbingHand Of GodAstronautsGod's HandExcavationLowering PeopleDesire For DeathGod's Hands In OppositionEscaping From Godsoaring

“Though they dig into Sheol,
From there will My hand take them;
And though they ascend to heaven,
From there will I bring them down.

99
Verse ConceptsFellowship OfferingMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsPeace offeringsMeat offerings

“Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fatlings.

100
Verse ConceptsLimitations Of StrengthSpeedKeeping Oneself Aliveflying

Flight will perish from the swift,
And the stalwart will not strengthen his power,
Nor the mighty man save his life.

101
Verse ConceptsFutureAlcoholGrapesHillsPloughingAbundance, MaterialCultivationIncreasing FruitOvertakingPlenty Of WinePloughmenReapersTreading GrapesBlessings From The Mountains

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When the plowman will overtake the reaper
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
When the mountains will drip sweet wine
And all the hills will be dissolved.

102
Verse ConceptsNakednessBraveryWarriorsNaked In ShameBeing Strong

“Even the bravest among the warriors will flee naked in that day,” declares the Lord.

103
Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomOintmentDrinking WineAnointing OneselfNot Mourning

Who drink wine from sacrificial bowls
While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils,
Yet they have not grieved over the ruin of Joseph.

104
Verse ConceptsAmusementsInventionsRecreationWriting SongsComposersHarpsinstruments

Who improvise to the sound of the harp,
And like David have composed songs for themselves,

105
Verse ConceptsRemnantSmall RemnantsTen PeopleOne HundredA Thousand PeopleNumbers Reducing

For thus says the Lord God,
“The city which goes forth a thousand strong
Will have a hundred left,
And the one which goes forth a hundred strong
Will have ten left to the house of Israel.”

106
Verse ConceptsNot Being StillSwellingMourning In RegretNot Still

“Because of this will not the land quake
And everyone who dwells in it mourn?
Indeed, all of it will rise up like the Nile,
And it will be tossed about
And subside like the Nile of Egypt.

107
Verse ConceptsFicklenessFast RunnersKeeping Oneself AliveNo Escape

“He who grasps the bow will not stand his ground,
The swift of foot will not escape,
Nor will he who rides the horse save his life.

108
Verse ConceptsSummerPeople EndedLooking And SeeingNot SparingSummer Fruit

He said, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel. I will spare them no longer.

109
Verse ConceptsSingersCurbing SpeechPeople Mourning Catastrophe

The songs of the palace will turn to wailing in that day,” declares the Lord God. “Many will be the corpses; in every place they will cast them forth in silence.”

110
Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfJacob, The PatriarchGod Seeing The WickedNot DestroyedGod's People Sinning

“Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom,
And I will destroy it from the face of the earth;
Nevertheless, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob,”
Declares the Lord.

111
Verse ConceptsSeaPouringCreation Of The SeasPouring WaterWaters DividingHis Name Is The Lord

The One who builds His upper chambers in the heavens
And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth,
He who calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth,
The Lord is His name.

112
Verse ConceptsProphets, Lives OfSycamoresTreesFarmersSons Of The ProphetsNot The OneThose Who Kept StockBelittlingSchoolFarming

Then Amos replied to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs.

113
Verse ConceptsAdvantages

Go over to Calneh and look,
And go from there to Hamath the great,
Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are they better than these kingdoms,
Or is their territory greater than yours?

114
Verse ConceptsSmall CreaturesAnimals EatingGod Forgive!

And it came about, when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,
Lord God, please pardon!
How can Jacob stand,
For he is small?”

115
Verse ConceptsIvoryFire Of Judgement

Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God was calling to contend with them by fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the farm land.

116
Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDExile, in assyriaExile In ProspectGod As A WarriorOther References To God's Name

Therefore, I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.

117
Verse ConceptsDawnCreation, Origin OfPlanetsFate, And FatalismBlackConstellationsNatureSeaStarsColors, BlackOrionCreation Of The SeasLight And DarknessProvision Of Day And NightHis Name Is The LordSun Moon And Stars Before GodWhat Else God Created

He who made the Pleiades and Orion
And changes deep darkness into morning,
Who also darkens day into night,
Who calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
The Lord is His name.

118
Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryShrinesNature Of Kings

You also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your gods which you made for yourselves.

119
Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyNoonThe SunDarkness During DaytimeDarkening Sun Moon And StarsAstronomical SignsCosmic DisturbancesSunEclipseSolar EclipseSunshineThe Moon

“It will come about in that day,” declares the Lord God,
“That I will make the sun go down at noon
And make the earth dark in broad daylight.

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Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersCheatingDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingMarketsMonthNew Moon FestivalSabbath, In OtBalances, For BusinessStealingWeighingBig ThingsSmall ThingsBeginning Of PeriodsSabbath ViolatedThose Who Deceivedbalancemarketing

saying,
“When will the new moon be over,
So that we may sell grain,
And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market,
To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger,
And to cheat with dishonest scales,

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Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.

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Verse ConceptsWallsGapsNot Turning Aside

“You will go out through breaches in the walls,
Each one straight before her,
And you will be cast to Harmon,” declares the Lord.

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Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingSandalsTradeShoesPollutionsRubbishNot Helping The PoorPrice Set On Individuals

So as to buy the helpless for money
And the needy for a pair of sandals,
And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?”

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Verse ConceptsDoorpostsVisions And Dreams In ScriptureNo SurvivorsDestruction Of The TempleGod ShakingThose Who Saw GodNo EscapeGod Will Kill His PeopleTop Of Things

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said,
“Smite the capitals so that the thresholds will shake,
And break them on the heads of them all!
Then I will slay the rest of them with the sword;
They will not have a fugitive who will flee,
Or a refugee who will escape.

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Verse ConceptsJustification, Necessity OfSacrifice, In OtShrinesFractions, One TenthTithesOnce A DayTwice A WeekContinuing In SinBringing In The Tithe

“Enter Bethel and transgress;
In Gilgal multiply transgression!
Bring your sacrifices every morning,
Your tithes every three days.

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Verse ConceptsNot Forgetting

The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob,
“Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds.

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Verse ConceptsEarth On FireTouchTouching To HarmGod As A WarriorPeople Mourning CatastropheThings FallingThings Going Up

The Lord God of hosts,
The One who touches the land so that it melts,
And all those who dwell in it mourn,
And all of it rises up like the Nile
And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;

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Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfEarth, Creation OfGod, The CreatorHigh Placesdarkness, naturalRevelation, Through CreationSoldiersWindGod On HighGod WalkingGod Dispensing WindGod's ThoughtsGod As A WarriorHis Name Is The LordWhat Else God CreatedEclipse

For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes dawn into darkness
And treads on the high places of the earth,
The Lord God of hosts is His name.

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Verse ConceptsNeedLackPoverty, Causes OfStomachsDentistryNot Returning To GodTeethFamine Coming From God

“But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your cities
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

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Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTBitingdepthHuntingSeaSnakesExpanse Of The SeaGod Searching For PeopleHiding From GodSnakebitesGod's Ordershiding

“Though they hide on the summit of Carmel,
I will search them out and take them from there;
And though they conceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea,
From there I will command the serpent and it will bite them.

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Verse ConceptsNeverGod Changing His Mind

The Lord changed His mind about this.
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.

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Verse ConceptsOppression, Nature OfPoor, Oppression OfRobberyTrampling PeoplePeople EndedNot Helping The Poor

Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land,

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Verse ConceptsFamily, Showing God's RelationshipWord Of GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Hear this word which the Lord has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against the entire family which He brought up from the land of Egypt:

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Verse ConceptsBeggarsCessationStopping EvilSmall CreaturesBelittling

Then I said,
Lord God, please stop!
How can Jacob stand, for he is small?”

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Verse ConceptsSummerSummer Fruit

Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit.

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Verse ConceptsExile, in assyriaCommands, in OTExile In ProspectGod Can Harm People

“And though they go into captivity before their enemies,
From there I will command the sword that it slay them,
And I will set My eyes against them for evil and not for good.”

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Verse ConceptsNeverGod Changing His Mind

The Lord changed His mind about this.
“This too shall not be,” said the Lord God.

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Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalGarden, NaturalHorticultureBuilding CitiesVineyardPlanting VineyardsDrinking WineAbrahamic CovenantGardensrebuilding

“Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel,
And they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them;
They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine,
And make gardens and eat their fruit.

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Verse ConceptsSeeking LifeSeeking For Abstract ThingsGod Be With You

Seek good and not evil, that you may live;
And thus may the Lord God of hosts be with you,
Just as you have said!

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Verse ConceptsReadinessMeeting GodPreparation

“Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
Prepare to meet your God, O Israel.”

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Verse ConceptsSeeking LifeNot Extinguishing

Seek the Lord that you may live,
Or He will break forth like a fire, O house of Joseph,
And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,

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Verse ConceptsProphecy, Methods Of OtSceptreEdenExiled ForeignersGod KillingGod Will Kill The PeoplesLocks And BarsGod Killing Individualssyriadamascus

“I will also break the gate bar of Damascus,
And cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven,
And him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden;
So the people of Aram will go exiled to Kir,”
Says the Lord.

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Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsCropsLocustsMowingDestruction Of PlantsAttitudes Towards Kings

Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s mowing.

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Verse ConceptsSiftingGod ShakingSievingThings Falling

“For behold, I am commanding,
And I will shake the house of Israel among all nations
As grain is shaken in a sieve,
But not a kernel will fall to the ground.