Thematic Bible
Amos 5:1 (show verse)
Hear this word, O ye house of Israel. And why? I must make this moan for you:
Amos 5:2 (show verse)
The virgin Israel shall fall, and never rise up again: she shall be cast down upon her own ground, and no man shall help her up.
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:3 (show verse)
For thus sayeth the LORD God, 'Whereas there dwelt a thousand in one city, there shall be left scarcely a hundred therein: and where before dwelt a hundred, there shall scarcely ten be left for the house of Israel.'
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:4 (show verse)
"Nevertheless, thus sayeth the LORD unto the house of Israel, 'Seek after me, and ye shall live;
Amos 5:5 (show verse)
but seek not after Bethel. come not at Gilgal, and go not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall be carried away captive, and Bethel shall come to naught.
Amos 5:6 (show verse)
Seek the LORD, that ye may live: lest the house of Joseph be burnt with fire and consumed, and lest there be none to quench Bethel.
Amos 5:7 (show verse)
Ye turn the law to wormwood, and cast down righteousness into the ground.
Amos 5:8 (show verse)
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into morning and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: the LORD 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 raiseth destruction upon the mighty people, and bringeth down the stronghold.
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:10 (show verse)
But they owe him evil will, that reproveth them openly: and whoso telleth them the plain truth, they abhor him.
Amos 5:11 (show verse)
Forsomuch then as ye oppress the poor, and rob him of his best sustenance: therefore, where as ye have builded houses of square stone, ye shall not dwell in them. Marvelous pleasant vineyards shall ye plant; but the wine of them shall ye not drink. And why?
Amos 5:12 (show verse)
As for the multitude of your wickednesses and your stout sins, I know them right well. Enemies are ye of the righteous; ye take rewards; ye oppress the poor in judgment.
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)
Therefore the wise must now be fain to hold his tongue, so wicked a time is it.
Amos 5:14 (show verse)
Seek after the thing that is good, and not evil, so shall ye live: yea, the LORD God of hosts shall be with you, according to your own desire.
Amos 5:15 (show verse)
Hate the evil, and love the good. Set up right again in the port and, no doubt, the LORD God of hosts shall be merciful unto the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 5:16 (show verse)
"'If no,' sayeth the LORD God, the God of hosts, 'there shall be mourning in all streets. Yea, they shall say in every street: alas, alas. They shall call the husbandman to lamentation; and such as can mourn, to mourning.
Amos 5:17 (show verse)
In all vineyards there shall be heaviness, for I will come among you,' sayeth the LORD.
Amos 5:18 (show verse)
'Woe be unto them that desire the day of the LORD: Wherefore would ye have it? As for that day of the LORD, it shall be dark and not clear.
Amos 5:19 (show verse)
Yea, like as when a man runneth from a lion, and a bear meeteth with him; or when he cometh into the house, and leaneth his hand upon the wall, a serpent biteth him.
Amos 5:20 (show verse)
Shall not the day of the LORD be dark, and not clear? Shall it not be cloudy, and no shine in it?
Amos 5:21 (show verse)
"'I hate and abhor your holidays, and whereas ye cense me when ye come together I will not accept it.
Amos 5:22 (show verse)
And though ye offer me burnt offerings and meat offerings, yet have I no pleasure therein. As for your fat thank offerings, I will not look upon them.
Amos 5:23 (show verse)
Away with that noise of thy songs, I will not hear thy plays of music:
Amos 5:24 (show verse)
but see that equity flow as the water, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Amos 5:25 (show verse)
O ye house of Israel, gave ye me offerings and sacrifices those forty years long in the wilderness?
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:26 (show verse)
Yet have ye set up tabernacles to your Moloch, and images of your Idols, yea and the star of your god Rempha: figures which ye made to worship them.
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 will I cause you be carried away beyond Damascus,' sayeth the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts."