Thematic Bible
Amos 5:1 (show verse)
Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
Amos 5:2 (show verse)
"The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up."
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:3 (show verse)
For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel."
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:4 (show verse)
For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you will live;
Amos 5:5 (show verse)
but don't seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don't pass to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
Amos 5:6 (show verse)
Seek Yahweh, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.
Amos 5:7 (show verse)
You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:
Amos 5:8 (show verse)
seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh 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)
who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on 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 blamelessly.
Amos 5:11 (show verse)
Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
Amos 5:12 (show verse)
For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins -- you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.
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 a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
Amos 5:14 (show verse)
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.
Amos 5:15 (show verse)
Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph."
Amos 5:16 (show verse)
Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord: "Wailing will be in all the broad ways; and they will say in all the streets, 'Alas! Alas!' and they will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
Amos 5:17 (show verse)
In all vineyards there will be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of you," says Yahweh.
Amos 5:18 (show verse)
"Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.
Amos 5:19 (show verse)
As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.
Amos 5:20 (show verse)
Won't the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Amos 5:21 (show verse)
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.
Amos 5:22 (show verse)
Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.
Amos 5:23 (show verse)
Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
Amos 5:24 (show verse)
But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Amos 5:25 (show verse)
"Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:26 (show verse)
You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, 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
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 to go into captivity beyond Damascus," says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies.