| Introduction | Amos 1:1-2 |
Judgment on Israel’s neighbors |
Amos 1:3-15; 2:1-5 |
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Damascus – capital of Aram |
Amos 1:3 |
“For three sins…even four” – sinning again |
Amos 1:3,6,9,11,13; 2:1,4,6 |
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House of Hazel – king of Aram |
Amos 1:4 |
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Arameans going back to slavery in Kir |
Amos 1:5 |
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Philistia will be destroyed for its sins |
Amos 1:7-8 |
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Tyre – a major city in Phoenicia |
Amos 1:9 |
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Edom – descended from Esau |
Amos 1:11-12 |
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Ammon – descended from incestuous relationship between Lot & youngest daughter |
Amos 1:13-15 |
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Moab – descended from incestuous relationship between Lot & oldest daughter |
Amos 2:1-3 |
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Israel & Judah are guilty, too |
Amos 2:4-6 |
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Judgment on Israel (Israel condemned on five sins) |
Amos 2:6-16 |
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Upper class doing the poor wrong |
Amos 2:6-7 |
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Israel forgot its past |
Amos 2:9-11 |
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Nazirites – well disciplined for God |
Amos 2:11 |
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Nobody is tougher than God |
Amos 2:16 |
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Witnesses summoned against Israel |
Amos 3:1-15 |
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Israel was chosen by God |
Amos 3:2 |
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Two events linked together |
Amos 3:3-6 |
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God will send disaster to Israel |
Amos 3:6 |
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God reveals His plan to prophets |
Amos 3:7 |
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Ashdod – a pagan nation |
Amos 3:9 |
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Deep in sin to the point of forgetting what is right |
Amos 3:10 |
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The enemy – Assyria |
Amos 3:11-12 |
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Horns of the altar – protection |
Amos 3:14 |
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Israel has not returned to God |
Amos 4:1-13 |
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Cows of Bashan – wicked women |
Amos 4:1 |
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Sarcastically inviting people to sin |
Amos 4:4 |
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Constantly ignoring God |
Amos 4:6-13 |
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A lament & call to repentance |
Amos 5:1-17 |
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Lament – song of grief |
Amos 5:1 |
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Seek the Lord and live |
Amos 5:6 |
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Justice turned into bitterness |
Amos 5:7 |
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Look beyond the star constellations to the Creator |
Amos 5:8 |
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One who reproves in court – an honest judge |
Amos 5:10-12 |
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Treat the righteous & poor fairly |
Amos 5:12 |
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Hate evil, love good |
Amos 5:15 |
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A lot of mourning |
Amos 5:16 |
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The day of the Lord |
Amos 5:18-27 |
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Glorious for the faithful, doom for the unfaithful |
Amos 5:18 |
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Judgment is coming |
Amos 5:18-24 |
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God hates false worship |
Amos 5:21-23 |
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Lifting up idols, instead of God |
Amos 5:26 |
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Israel will be taken to Assyria |
Amos 5:27 |
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Woe to the complacent |
Amos 6:1-7 |
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Cities destroyed from pride |
Amos 6:2 |
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Wasting of riches |
Amos 6:4 |
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The Lord abhors the pride of Israel |
Amos 6:8-14 |
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Use your homes for service, not show |
Amos 6:8-11 |
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A picture of God’s fearful judgment |
Amos 6:10 |
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Assyria is stronger than Karnaim |
Amos 6:13-14 |
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Locusts, fire and a plumb line |
Amos 7:1-9 |
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Visions of Israel’s punishment |
Amos 7:1-6 |
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The plumb line… |
Amos 7:7-9 |
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Amos & Amaziah |
Amos 7:10-17 |
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Amos viewed as a traitor |
Amos 7:10-12 |
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Amaziah concerned only about his prestige |
Amos 7:10-13 |
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Amos explains his calling |
Amos 7:14-15 |
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A basket of ripe fruit |
Amos 8:1-14 |
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Using religion as a front for unethical practices |
Amos 8:5-6 |
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Famine of Scripture |
Amos 8:11-13 |
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Israel to be destroyed |
Amos 9:1-10 |
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Israel’s base of security will be destroyed |
Amos 9:1 |
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No one can escape God’s judgment |
Amos 9:2-4 |
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God is indifferent to different nations |
Amos 9:7 |
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God disciplines |
Amos 9:8 |
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House of Israel will be shaken |
Amos 9:8-9 |
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Israel’s restoration |
Amos 9:11-15 |
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Restoring David’s fallen tent |
Amos 9:11-12 |
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An abundance of crops |
Amos 9:13 |