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Themes in Amos 5

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Themes in Amos 5

Amos 5:1 (show verse)

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

Lamentations » Examples of » For the miseries of israel

Amos 5:2 (show verse)

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

No Themes for this verse.

Amos 5:3 (show verse)

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.”

No Themes for this verse.

Amos 5:4 (show verse)

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

Prayer » The promises of God encourage to
Repentance » Exhortation to
Seeking God » Ensures » Life

Amos 5:5 (show verse)

“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.

Beer-sheba » The most southern city of palestine » Became a seat of idolatrous worship
Beth-el » A city » A city north of jerusalem » Prophecies against
Gilgal » Place of the first encampment of the israelites west of the jordan river » Prophecies concerning
Repentance » Exhortation to

Amos 5:6 (show verse)

“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,

Repentance » Exhortation to
Seeking God » Ensures » Life

Amos 5:7 (show verse)

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

Righteousness » The wicked » Leave off

Amos 5:8 (show verse)

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.

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

Amos 5:9 (show verse)

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

No Themes for this verse.

Amos 5:10 (show verse)

They hate him who reproves in the gate,
And they abhor him who speaks with integrity.

Reproof » Despised
Uprightness » They who walk in » Hated by the wicked

Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.

Business life » Dishonesty » Extortion
Injustice » Punishment of
The poor » The wicked » Tread down
Stones » Houses built of
Tax » Paid in grain
Vices » Dishonesty » Extortion
Vineyards » The wicked judicially deprived of the enjoyment of

Amos 5:12 (show verse)

For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great,
You who distress the righteous and accept bribes
And turn aside the poor in 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

Amos 5:13 (show verse)

Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps silent, for it is an evil time.

Keep silence » In evil times
Prudence » They who have » Keep silence in the evil time
Prudence » Silence
Silence » Keep » In evil times

Amos 5:14 (show verse)

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!

Closeness » Who the lord is near to
Evil » Not seeking evil
The lord seeking that which was lost » What not to seek

Amos 5:15 (show verse)

Hate evil, love good,

And establish justice in the gate!
Perhaps the Lord God of hosts

May be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Evil » Hating evil
divine Favour » Promised to saints
God » Favour of » Promised to saints
Hate » What to hate
Love » What to love
Sin » Should be » Hated

Amos 5:16 (show verse)

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.

Agriculture » General references to » Called husbandmen
Agriculture or husbandry » Grief occasioned by the failure of the fruits of
The Dead » Mourning for » Hired mourners
Judgments » No escape from
Mourning » Customs » Hired mourners
Mourning » Hired mourners
Weeping » On account of tribulation

Amos 5:17 (show verse)

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

Agriculture or husbandry » Grief occasioned by the failure of the fruits of
Judgments » No escape from
Weeping » On account of tribulation

Amos 5:18 (show verse)

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;

Days » Times of adversity called day of the lord
Judgments » No escape from

Amos 5:19 (show verse)

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.

Bears » Often attacks men
Bears » Described as » Cruel
Judgments » No escape from
Serpents » Infest » Holes in walls
Walls » Of houses » Often infested with serpents

Amos 5:20 (show verse)

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

Judgments » No escape from

Amos 5:21 (show verse)

“I hate, I reject your festivals,
Nor do I

delight in your solemn assemblies.

Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety
national Sins » Defile » National worship

Amos 5:22 (show verse)

“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.

Meat offerings » The jews » Often not accepted in
Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety
national Sins » Defile » National worship

Amos 5:23 (show verse)

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

Chosen Instruments » Trumpets » Viols
Music » Trumpets » Viols
Music » Songs » Idle
Music » Instruments of » Viol, a lyre
Music » Instruments of » Viol
Musical instruments » Trumpets » Viols
Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety
Singing » Songs » Idle
Songs » Idle

Amos 5:24 (show verse)

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

Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety

Amos 5:25 (show verse)

“

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

No Themes for this verse.

Amos 5:26 (show verse)

You also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your gods 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

Amos 5:27 (show verse)

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

Idolatry » Punishment of » Banishment