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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 beside the altar, and he said, "Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them 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 into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, 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)

Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out there; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will 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)

Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. I will set my eyes on them for disaster, 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)

For the Lord, the LORD of hosts, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like 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)

It is he who builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; the LORD is his name.

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

Amos 9:7 (show verse)

Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel?" says the LORD. "Haven't I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines 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 on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth; except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob," says 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 sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on 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 will die by the sword, who say, 'Evil won't overtake nor meet 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 tent of David who 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 the rest of mankind, and all the nations upon whom my name is called, may earnestly seek me," says the LORD who does this.

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

Amos 9:13 (show verse)

"Behold, the days come," says the LORD, "that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes him who sows seed; and sweet wine will drip from the mountains, and flow from the hills.

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)

I will bring my people Israel back from captivity, and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

No Themes for this verse.

Amos 9:15 (show verse)

I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them," says the LORD your God.

No Themes for this verse.