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Themes in Amos 9

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Themes in Amos 9

Amos 9:1 (show verse)

I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said, Smite the threshold and shake the doors and cut the head of them all into pieces; and I will slay the last of them with the sword; there shall be none of them left to flee away or to escape.

Judgments » No escape from
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as
Prophets » Names of persons spoken of as
Select readings » The wrath of God
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as
Sin » No escape from the consequences of
Vision » Of amos » Of the temple
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

Amos 9:2 (show verse)

Though they dig unto Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down;

Hell » In the rv of o. T. It appears only in
Humiliation of sinners » Threatened
Judgments » No escape from
Select readings » The wrath of God
Sin » No escape from the consequences of

Amos 9:3 (show verse)

and though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out of there; and though they hide from my sight in the bottom of the sea, from there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

Carmel » Mountain » Caves of
Divine Knowledge » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
God » Remember » Searcher, as
Judgments » No escape from
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
Knowledge » God's » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
Select readings » The wrath of God
Searcher of hearts » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
Secret sins » Men's hearts searched by jehovah
Serpent » Sea serpent
Sin » No escape from the consequences of

Amos 9:4 (show verse)

and though they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

Judgments » No escape from
Select readings » The wrath of God
Sin » No escape from the consequences of

Amos 9:5 (show verse)

The Lord GOD of the hosts is he that touches the earth, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall all rise up like a river and shall be sunk, as the river of Egypt.

Egypt » Overflowed by the nile river
River Nile » Annual overflow of its banks alluded to
Select readings » The wrath of God

Amos 9:6 (show verse)

He that built his degrees in the heaven and has founded his gathering upon the earth; he that calls the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.

Clouds » Formed from the sea
Select readings » The wrath of God

Amos 9:7 (show verse)

O sons of Israel, Are ye not as sons of the Ethiopians unto me, said the LORD? Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Palestinians from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Caphtorim » People of caphtor
Destruction » Who shall not be destroyed
Israel/jews » The lord not destroying israel
Kir » Prophecies concerning
Nations » What nations the lord shall destroy
Philistines » Descendants of mizraim
Philistines » Israel condemned for imitating
Philistines » Originally dwelt in the land of caphtor
Philistines » Called caphtorim

Amos 9:8 (show verse)

Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are against the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, said the LORD.

Destruction » Who shall not be destroyed
Eye » Anthropomorphic uses of
God » The incarnation of Christ, both a mystery and a revelation » Vision of
Government » God in » In the destruction of nations
Israel/jews » The lord not destroying israel
Judgments » Are frequently tempered with mercy
Nations » What nations the lord shall destroy
Seeing » The eyes of the lord
Vision » Of Christ, full of compassion » Divine, comprehends all human life

Amos 9:9 (show verse)

For, behold, I will command, and I will cause the house of Israel to be sifted among all the Gentiles like as the grain is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall to the earth.

Agriculture or husbandry » Implements of » The sieve
Israel » Prophecies concerning » Dispersion of
Nation » Chastised
Sieve » Figurative

Amos 9:10 (show verse)

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, For our sake the evil shall not come near nor overtake us.

Carnal security » War and famine
Security » Carnal, leads men to dream of escape from common ills » War and famine
Security » FALSE » Ruin will overtake it

Amos 9:11 (show verse)

In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen and close up its breaches; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

No Themes for this verse.

Amos 9:12 (show verse)

that those who are called by my name may possess the remnant of Edom and all the Gentiles, said the LORD that does this.

Edomites, the » Predictions respecting » Their future subjection to the jews

Amos 9:13 (show verse)

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall catch up with the reaper, and the treader of grapes with him that sows seed; and the mountains shall drop new wine, and all the hills shall melt.

God's Promises » Of plenty » Promised to the obedient
Mountains » Illustrative » (dropping new wine,) of abundance
Plenty promised » Plenty promised to the obedient
Wine » Sweet, esteemed for flavor and strength

Amos 9:14 (show verse)

And I will turn the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens and eat the fruit of them.

No Themes for this verse.

Amos 9:15 (show verse)

For I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, said the LORD thy God.

No Themes for this verse.