Book,Chapter,Verse,Teaching,Keywords Amos,1,1,"Amos was a herdman (a keeper of livestock)","AMOS,HERDMAN,KEEPER,LIVESTOCK" Amos,1,1,"Amos was a prophet","AMOS,PROPHET" Amos,1,1,"Amos was from Tekoa","AMOS,TEKOA" Amos,1,1,"God called a herdman (a keeper of livestock) to be a prophet","CALLED,GOD,HERDMAN,KEEPER,LIVESTOCK,PROPHET" Amos,1,1,"Jeroboam was the son of Joash","JEROBOAM,JOASH,SON" Amos,1,1,"This book contains the words of Amos","AMOS,BOOK,CONTAINS,WORDS" Amos,1,1,"This prophecy is about Israel (not Judah)","ISRAEL,JUDAH,NOT,PROPHECY" Amos,1,1,"This prophecy was given to Amos when Jeroboam was king of Israel","AMOS,GIVEN,ISRAEL,JEROBOAM,KING,PROPHECY,WHEN" Amos,1,1,"This prophecy was given to Amos when Uzziah was king of Judah","AMOS,GIVEN,JUDAH,KING,PROPHECY,UZZIAH,WHEN" Amos,1,1,"This prophecy was given two years before a significant earthquake","BEFORE,EARTHQUAKE,GIVEN,PROPHECY,SIGNIFICANT,TWO,YEARS" Amos,1,2,"It seems that there are times when the Lord speaks with a loud voice","LORD,LOUD,SEEMS,SPEAKS,THERE,TIMES,VOICE,WHEN" Amos,1,2,"It seems that when the Lord speaks, judgment comes","COMES,JUDGMENT,LORD,SEEMS,SPEAKS,WHEN" Amos,1,2,"The Lord will roar from Zion","LORD,ROAR,ZION" Amos,1,2,"The Lord will speak from Jerusalem","JERUSALEM,LORD,SPEAK" Amos,1,2,"When the Lord speaks, the shepherds will mourn","LORD,MOURN,SHEPHERDS,SPEAKS,WHEN" Amos,1,2,"When the Lord speaks, the top of Carmel will wither","CARMEL,LORD,SPEAKS,TOP,WHEN,WITHER" Amos,1,3,"God becomes angry when people kill the Jews","ANGRY,BECOMES,GOD,JEWS,KILL,PEOPLE,WHEN" Amos,1,3,"God holds nations accountable for how they treat the Jews","ACCOUNTABLE,GOD,HOLDS,JEWS,NATIONS,TREAT" Amos,1,3,"God was going to punish Damascus because of the terrible things they did to Gilead (Jewish territory east of the Jordan river)","BECAUSE,DAMASCUS,EAST,GILEAD,GOD,GOING,JEWISH,JORDAN,PUNISH,RIVER,TERRIBLE,TERRITORY,THINGS" Amos,1,3,"God was going to punish Damascus for four transgressions","DAMASCUS,FOUR,GOD,GOING,PUNISH,TRANSGRESSIONS" Amos,1,3,"It is wrong for nations to wage war against the Jews","AGAINST,JEWS,NATIONS,WAGE,WAR,WRONG" Amos,1,3,"It is wrong for people to kill the Jews","JEWS,KILL,PEOPLE,WRONG" Amos,1,3,"It seems that the Philistines waged war against the Jews and killed many of them with weapons of iron","AGAINST,IRON,JEWS,KILLED,MANY,PHILISTINES,SEEMS,WAR,WEAPONS" Amos,1,3,"The Lord gave Amos a prophecy against Damascus (a city in Syria)","AGAINST,AMOS,CITY,DAMASCUS,GAVE,LORD,PROPHECY,SYRIA" Amos,1,3,"There are times when God punishes nations because of what they do to the Jews","BECAUSE,DO,GOD,JEWS,NATIONS,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHAT,WHEN" Amos,1,4,"Because of what the Syrians did to the Jews, God was going to burn down the palaces of Benhadad (son of Hazael)","BECAUSE,BENHADAD,BURN,DOWN,GOD,GOING,HAZAEL,JEWS,PALACES,SON,SYRIANS,WHAT" Amos,1,4,"Because of what the Syrians did to the Jews, God was going to set the house of Hazael (king of Damascus) on fire","BECAUSE,DAMASCUS,FIRE,GOD,GOING,HAZAEL,HOUSE,JEWS,KING,SET,SYRIANS,WHAT" Amos,1,5,"Because of what the Syrians did to the Jews, God was going to destroy Damascus","BECAUSE,DAMASCUS,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,JEWS,SYRIANS,WHAT" Amos,1,5,"Because of what the Syrians did to the Jews, God was going to kill all of the rulers from the house of Eden","ALL,BECAUSE,EDEN,GOD,GOING,HOUSE,JEWS,KILL,RULERS,SYRIANS,WHAT" Amos,1,5,"Because of what the Syrians did to the Jews, God was going to kill everyone in the plain of Aven","AVEN,BECAUSE,EVERYONE,GOD,GOING,JEWS,KILL,PLAIN,SYRIANS,WHAT" Amos,1,5,"Because of what the Syrians did to the Jews, God was going to send the Syrians into captivity","BECAUSE,CAPTIVITY,GOD,GOING,JEWS,SEND,SYRIANS,WHAT" Amos,1,5,"There are times when God destroys nations because they killed the Jews","BECAUSE,DESTROYS,GOD,JEWS,KILLED,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,1,5,"There are times when God kills those who kill the Jews","GOD,JEWS,KILL,KILLS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WHO" Amos,1,5,"There are times when God sends entire nations into slavery because they killed the Jews","BECAUSE,ENTIRE,GOD,JEWS,KILLED,NATIONS,SENDS,SLAVERY,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,1,5,"When the Syrians were taken captive, they would be brought to Kir (a place east of the Euphrates river, in Iraq)","BROUGHT,CAPTIVE,EAST,EUPHRATES,IRAQ,KIR,PLACE,RIVER,SYRIANS,TAKEN,WHEN" Amos,1,6,"God was going to punish the Philistines because they took Jews captive and delivered them to the Edomites (a nation that hated the Jews)","BECAUSE,CAPTIVE,DELIVERED,EDOMITES,GOD,GOING,HATED,JEWS,NATION,PHILISTINES,PUNISH,TOOK" Amos,1,6,"God was going to punish the Philistines for four transgressions","FOUR,GOD,GOING,PHILISTINES,PUNISH,TRANSGRESSIONS" Amos,1,6,"It is wrong to enslave the Jews","ENSLAVE,JEWS,WRONG" Amos,1,6,"It seems that the Philistines enslaved the Jews","ENSLAVED,JEWS,PHILISTINES,SEEMS" Amos,1,6,"The Lord gave Amos a prophecy against Gaza (a city of the Philistines)","AGAINST,AMOS,CITY,GAVE,GAZA,LORD,PHILISTINES,PROPHECY" Amos,1,6,"When the Philistines enslaved the Jews, they gave them to the Edomites","EDOMITES,ENSLAVED,GAVE,JEWS,PHILISTINES,WHEN" Amos,1,7,"Because of what the Philistines did to the Jews, God was going to burn down the palaces of Gaza","BECAUSE,BURN,DOWN,GAZA,GOD,GOING,JEWS,PALACES,PHILISTINES,WHAT" Amos,1,7,"Because of what the Philistines did to the Jews, God was going to burn down the wall that protected the city of Gaza","BECAUSE,BURN,CITY,DOWN,GAZA,GOD,GOING,JEWS,PHILISTINES,PROTECTED,WALL,WHAT" Amos,1,7,"There are times when God burns down cities because of what their inhabitants did to the Jews","BECAUSE,BURNS,CITIES,DOWN,GOD,INHABITANTS,JEWS,THERE,TIMES,WHAT,WHEN" Amos,1,8,"Because of what the Philistines did to the Jews, God was going to kill the inhabitants of Ashdod","ASHDOD,BECAUSE,GOD,GOING,INHABITANTS,JEWS,KILL,PHILISTINES,WHAT" Amos,1,8,"Because of what the Philistines did to the Jews, God was going to kill the remnants of the Philistines","BECAUSE,GOD,GOING,JEWS,KILL,PHILISTINES,WHAT" Amos,1,8,"Because of what the Philistines did to the Jews, God was going to kill the rulers of Ashkelon","ASHKELON,BECAUSE,GOD,GOING,JEWS,KILL,PHILISTINES,RULERS,WHAT" Amos,1,8,"Because of what the Philistines did to the Jews, God was going to wage war against Ekron","AGAINST,BECAUSE,EKRON,GOD,GOING,JEWS,PHILISTINES,WAGE,WAR,WHAT" Amos,1,8,"God was going to utterly destroy the nation of the Philistines; not even a remnant would be left","DESTROY,GOD,GOING,LEFT,NATION,NOT,PHILISTINES,REMNANT" Amos,1,8,"There are times when God destroys entire nations, and all of their inhabitants, because of what they did to the Jews","ALL,BECAUSE,DESTROYS,ENTIRE,GOD,INHABITANTS,JEWS,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHAT,WHEN" Amos,1,8,"There are times when God kills the rulers of nations because of what they did to the Jews","BECAUSE,GOD,JEWS,KILLS,NATIONS,RULERS,THERE,TIMES,WHAT,WHEN" Amos,1,9,"God requires nations to keep their covenants and do what they promised to do","COVENANTS,DO,GOD,KEEP,NATIONS,PROMISED,REQUIRES,WHAT" Amos,1,9,"God was going to punish Tyre because they broke the covenant that they made with the Jews","BECAUSE,BROKE,COVENANT,GOD,GOING,JEWS,MADE,PUNISH,TYRE" Amos,1,9,"God was going to punish Tyre because they took Jews captive and delivered them to the Edomites (a nation that hated the Jews)","BECAUSE,CAPTIVE,DELIVERED,EDOMITES,GOD,GOING,HATED,JEWS,NATION,PUNISH,TOOK,TYRE" Amos,1,9,"God was going to punish Tyre for four transgressions","FOUR,GOD,GOING,PUNISH,TRANSGRESSIONS,TYRE" Amos,1,9,"It seems that the people of Tyre enslaved the Jews","ENSLAVED,JEWS,PEOPLE,SEEMS,TYRE" Amos,1,9,"It seems that the rulers of Tyre did not keep the covenant they made with the Jews","COVENANT,JEWS,KEEP,MADE,NOT,RULERS,SEEMS,TYRE" Amos,1,9,"It seems that Tyre had made a covenant with the Jews","COVENANT,JEWS,MADE,SEEMS,TYRE" Amos,1,9,"The Lord gave Amos a prophecy against Tyre","AGAINST,AMOS,GAVE,LORD,PROPHECY,TYRE" Amos,1,9,"There are times when God punishes nations for breaking their covenants","BREAKING,COVENANTS,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,1,9,"When the people of Tyre enslaved the Jews, they gave them to the Edomites","EDOMITES,ENSLAVED,GAVE,JEWS,PEOPLE,TYRE,WHEN" Amos,1,10,"Because of what Tyre did to the Jews, God was going to burn down the palaces of the city","BECAUSE,BURN,CITY,DOWN,GOD,GOING,JEWS,PALACES,TYRE,WHAT" Amos,1,10,"Because of what Tyre did to the Jews, God was going to burn down the wall that protected the city","BECAUSE,BURN,CITY,DOWN,GOD,GOING,JEWS,PROTECTED,TYRE,WALL,WHAT" Amos,1,11,"God was going to punish Edom because they killed the Jews","BECAUSE,EDOM,GOD,GOING,JEWS,KILLED,PUNISH" Amos,1,11,"God was going to punish Edom because they refused to pity the Jews","BECAUSE,EDOM,GOD,GOING,JEWS,PITY,PUNISH,REFUSED" Amos,1,11,"God was going to punish Edom because they were perpetually angry with the Jews","ANGRY,BECAUSE,EDOM,GOD,GOING,JEWS,PERPETUALLY,PUNISH" Amos,1,11,"God was going to punish Edom for four transgressions","EDOM,FOUR,GOD,GOING,PUNISH,TRANSGRESSIONS" Amos,1,11,"It is wrong to have perpetual anger at the Jews","ANGER,JEWS,PERPETUAL,WRONG" Amos,1,11,"It is wrong to kill the Jews","JEWS,KILL,WRONG" Amos,1,11,"It is wrong to refuse to pity the Jews","JEWS,PITY,REFUSE,WRONG" Amos,1,11,"The Lord gave Amos a prophecy against Edom","AGAINST,AMOS,EDOM,GAVE,LORD,PROPHECY" Amos,1,11,"There are times when God punishes nations that are angry with the Jews","ANGRY,GOD,JEWS,NATIONS,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,1,11,"There are times when God punishes nations that kill the Jews","GOD,JEWS,KILL,NATIONS,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,1,11,"There are times when God punishes nations that refuse to take pity on the Jews","GOD,JEWS,NATIONS,PITY,PUNISHES,REFUSE,TAKE,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,1,12,"Because of what Edom did to the Jews, God was going to burn down the palaces of Bozrah","BECAUSE,BOZRAH,BURN,DOWN,EDOM,GOD,GOING,JEWS,PALACES,WHAT" Amos,1,12,"Because of what Edom did to the Jews, God was going to set Teman (a city in Edom) on fire","BECAUSE,CITY,EDOM,FIRE,GOD,GOING,JEWS,SET,TEMAN,WHAT" Amos,1,13,"God was going to punish Ammon because they killed pregnant Jews in Gilead","AMMON,BECAUSE,GILEAD,GOD,GOING,JEWS,KILLED,PREGNANT,PUNISH" Amos,1,13,"God was going to punish Ammon for four transgressions","AMMON,FOUR,GOD,GOING,PUNISH,TRANSGRESSIONS" Amos,1,13,"It is wrong to murder pregnant Jewish women","JEWISH,MURDER,PREGNANT,WOMEN,WRONG" Amos,1,13,"The Ammonites slaughtered pregnant Jewish women","AMMONITES,JEWISH,PREGNANT,SLAUGHTERED,WOMEN" Amos,1,13,"The Ammonites waged war against the Jews and took their territory","AGAINST,AMMONITES,JEWS,TERRITORY,TOOK,WAR" Amos,1,13,"The Lord gave Amos a prophecy against Ammon","AGAINST,AMMON,AMOS,GAVE,LORD,PROPHECY" Amos,1,13,"The reason the Ammonites slaughtered pregnant Jewish women was to enlarge their territory","AMMONITES,ENLARGE,JEWISH,PREGNANT,REASON,SLAUGHTERED,TERRITORY,WOMEN" Amos,1,14,"Because of what the Ammonites did to the Jews, God was going to burn down the palaces of Rabbah","AMMONITES,BECAUSE,BURN,DOWN,GOD,GOING,JEWS,PALACES,RABBAH,WHAT" Amos,1,14,"Because of what the Ammonites did to the Jews, God was going to burn down the wall that protected Rabbah","AMMONITES,BECAUSE,BURN,DOWN,GOD,GOING,JEWS,PROTECTED,RABBAH,WALL,WHAT" Amos,1,14,"Because of what the Ammonites did to the Jews, God was going to send war against Rabbah","AGAINST,AMMONITES,BECAUSE,GOD,GOING,JEWS,RABBAH,SEND,WAR,WHAT" Amos,1,15,"Because of what the Ammonites did to the Jews, God was going to send their king into captivity","AMMONITES,BECAUSE,CAPTIVITY,GOD,GOING,JEWS,KING,SEND,WHAT" Amos,1,15,"Because of what the Ammonites did to the Jews, God was going to send their princes into captivity","AMMONITES,BECAUSE,CAPTIVITY,GOD,GOING,JEWS,PRINCES,SEND,WHAT" Amos,1,15,"God does not permit rulers to do as they please; there are consequences for their actions","ACTIONS,CONSEQUENCES,DO,GOD,NOT,PERMIT,PLEASE,RULERS,THERE" Amos,1,15,"God holds rulers accountable for how they treat the Jews","ACCOUNTABLE,GOD,HOLDS,JEWS,RULERS,TREAT" Amos,1,15,"There are times when God sends rulers into slavery because of what they did to the Jews","BECAUSE,GOD,JEWS,RULERS,SENDS,SLAVERY,THERE,TIMES,WHAT,WHEN" Amos,2,1,"Burning someone's bones was such a serious offense that God punished an entire nation for it","BONES,BURNING,ENTIRE,GOD,NATION,OFFENSE,PUNISHED,SERIOUS,SOMEONE" Amos,2,1,"Cremation is bad","BAD" Amos,2,1,"Even though God was angry with Edom and was going to punish them, God did not approve of what the king of Moab did to the king of Edom","ANGRY,APPROVE,EDOM,GOD,GOING,KING,MOAB,NOT,PUNISH,WHAT" Amos,2,1,"God becomes greatly offended when someone's bones are burned","BECOMES,BONES,BURNED,GOD,GREATLY,OFFENDED,SOMEONE,WHEN" Amos,2,1,"God holds rulers accountable for how they treat the dead bodies of other rulers","ACCOUNTABLE,BODIES,DEAD,GOD,HOLDS,RULERS,TREAT" Amos,2,1,"God holds rulers accountable for how they treat the rulers of other nations","ACCOUNTABLE,GOD,HOLDS,NATIONS,RULERS,TREAT" Amos,2,1,"God holds rulers accountable for their actions","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,GOD,HOLDS,RULERS" Amos,2,1,"God was going to punish Moab because the king of Moab took the bones of the king of Edom and burned them","BECAUSE,BONES,BURNED,EDOM,GOD,GOING,KING,MOAB,PUNISH,TOOK" Amos,2,1,"God was going to punish Moab for four transgressions","FOUR,GOD,GOING,MOAB,PUNISH,TRANSGRESSIONS" Amos,2,1,"It is a terrible thing to burn someone's bones","BONES,BURN,SOMEONE,TERRIBLE,THING" Amos,2,1,"Just because God is angry with someone, and is going to punish them, does not give us the right to take our own private vengeance","ANGRY,BECAUSE,GIVE,GOD,GOING,JUST,NOT,OUR,OWN,PRIVATE,PUNISH,RIGHT,SOMEONE,TAKE,VENGEANCE" Amos,2,1,"The king of Moab burned the bones of the king of Edom","BONES,BURNED,EDOM,KING,MOAB" Amos,2,1,"The Lord gave Amos a prophecy against Moab","AGAINST,AMOS,GAVE,LORD,MOAB,PROPHECY" Amos,2,1,"There are times when God punishes nations because of how they treated a dead body","BECAUSE,BODY,DEAD,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,TREATED,WHEN" Amos,2,2,"Because the king of Moab burned the bones of the king of Edom, God was going to burn down the palaces of Kirioth","BECAUSE,BONES,BURN,BURNED,DOWN,EDOM,GOD,GOING,KING,KIRIOTH,MOAB,PALACES" Amos,2,2,"Because the king of Moab burned the bones of the king of Edom, God was going to destroy the nation of Moab","BECAUSE,BONES,BURNED,DESTROY,EDOM,GOD,GOING,KING,MOAB,NATION" Amos,2,2,"Because the king of Moab burned the bones of the king of Edom, God was going to set the country of Moab on fire","BECAUSE,BONES,BURNED,COUNTRY,EDOM,FIRE,GOD,GOING,KING,MOAB,SET" Amos,2,2,"Moab was going to be destroyed","DESTROYED,GOING,MOAB" Amos,2,2,"Moab was going to be destroyed by a tumult (an angry mob)","ANGRY,DESTROYED,GOING,MOAB,MOB,TUMULT" Amos,2,2,"Moab was going to be destroyed with shouting","DESTROYED,GOING,MOAB,SHOUTING" Amos,2,2,"Moab was going to be destroyed with the sound of a trumpet (which most likely called people to battle)","BATTLE,CALLED,DESTROYED,GOING,LIKELY,MOAB,PEOPLE,SOUND,TRUMPET,WHICH" Amos,2,3,"Because the king of Moab burned the bones of the king of Edom, God was going to kill the judges of Moab","BECAUSE,BONES,BURNED,EDOM,GOD,GOING,JUDGES,KILL,KING,MOAB" Amos,2,3,"Because the king of Moab burned the bones of the king of Edom, God was going to kill the princes of Moab","BECAUSE,BONES,BURNED,EDOM,GOD,GOING,KILL,KING,MOAB,PRINCES" Amos,2,4,"God destroys nations for despising His Law","DESPISING,DESTROYS,GOD,HIS,LAW,NATIONS" Amos,2,4,"God destroys nations for failing to keep His commandments","COMMANDMENTS,DESTROYS,FAILING,GOD,HIS,KEEP,NATIONS" Amos,2,4,"God has given us a Law","GIVEN,GOD,LAW" Amos,2,4,"God requires us to obey His commandments","COMMANDMENTS,GOD,HIS,OBEY,REQUIRES" Amos,2,4,"God was going to punish Judah because the nation despised His Law","BECAUSE,DESPISED,GOD,GOING,HIS,JUDAH,LAW,NATION,PUNISH" Amos,2,4,"God was going to punish Judah because the nation did not keep His commandments","BECAUSE,COMMANDMENTS,GOD,GOING,HIS,JUDAH,KEEP,NATION,NOT,PUNISH" Amos,2,4,"God was going to punish Judah because they were disobedient, just like their fathers before them","BECAUSE,BEFORE,DISOBEDIENT,FATHERS,GOD,GOING,JUDAH,JUST,LIKE,PUNISH" Amos,2,4,"God was going to punish Judah for four transgressions","FOUR,GOD,GOING,JUDAH,PUNISH,TRANSGRESSIONS" Amos,2,4,"Lies are dangerous","DANGEROUS,LIES" Amos,2,4,"The lies of the people of Judah were causing people to error (do things that were wrong)","CAUSING,DO,ERROR,JUDAH,LIES,PEOPLE,THINGS,WRONG" Amos,2,4,"The Lord gave Amos a prophecy against Judah","AGAINST,AMOS,GAVE,JUDAH,LORD,PROPHECY" Amos,2,4,"The nation of Judah despised the Law of God","DESPISED,GOD,JUDAH,LAW,NATION" Amos,2,4,"The people of Judah had been breaking God's commandments for multiple generations","BREAKING,COMMANDMENTS,GENERATIONS,GOD,JUDAH,PEOPLE" Amos,2,4,"The people of Judah were telling lies","JUDAH,LIES,PEOPLE,TELLING" Amos,2,4,"We must keep God's commandments","COMMANDMENTS,GOD,KEEP,MUST" Amos,2,4,"We must not despise the law of God","DESPISE,GOD,LAW,MUST,NOT" Amos,2,5,"Because the nation of Judah despised the Law of God, the Lord was going to burn down the palaces of Jerusalem","BECAUSE,BURN,DESPISED,DOWN,GOD,GOING,JERUSALEM,JUDAH,LAW,LORD,NATION,PALACES" Amos,2,5,"Because the nation of Judah despised the Law of God, the Lord was going to set Judah on fire","BECAUSE,DESPISED,FIRE,GOD,GOING,JUDAH,LAW,LORD,NATION,SET" Amos,2,6,"God was going to punish Israel because they sold the poor into slavery","BECAUSE,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,POOR,PUNISH,SLAVERY,SOLD" Amos,2,6,"God was going to punish Israel because they sold the righteous into slavery","BECAUSE,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PUNISH,RIGHTEOUS,SLAVERY,SOLD" Amos,2,6,"God was going to punish Israel for four transgressions","FOUR,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PUNISH,TRANSGRESSIONS" Amos,2,6,"It is wrong to sell the poor into slavery","POOR,SELL,SLAVERY,WRONG" Amos,2,6,"It is wrong to sell the righteous into slavery","RIGHTEOUS,SELL,SLAVERY,WRONG" Amos,2,6,"The Lord gave Amos a prophecy against Israel","AGAINST,AMOS,GAVE,ISRAEL,LORD,PROPHECY" Amos,2,6,"The people of Israel coveted shoes","COVETED,ISRAEL,PEOPLE,SHOES" Amos,2,6,"The people of Israel coveted silver","COVETED,ISRAEL,PEOPLE,SILVER" Amos,2,6,"The people of Israel sold people into slavery","ISRAEL,PEOPLE,SLAVERY,SOLD" Amos,2,6,"The people of Israel sold the poor into slavery in exchange for a pair of shoes","EXCHANGE,ISRAEL,PAIR,PEOPLE,POOR,SHOES,SLAVERY,SOLD" Amos,2,6,"The people of Israel sold the righteous into slavery in exchange for silver","EXCHANGE,ISRAEL,PEOPLE,RIGHTEOUS,SILVER,SLAVERY,SOLD" Amos,2,6,"There are times when God punishes nations for their involvement in slavery","GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SLAVERY,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,2,7,"God was going to punish Israel for oppressing the meek","GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,MEEK,OPPRESSING,PUNISH" Amos,2,7,"God was going to punish Israel for oppressing the poor","GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,OPPRESSING,POOR,PUNISH" Amos,2,7,"God was going to punish Israel for sexual immorality","GOD,GOING,IMMORALITY,ISRAEL,PUNISH,SEXUAL" Amos,2,7,"It is possible for us to profane the name of God (through sin)","GOD,NAME,POSSIBLE,PROFANE,SIN" Amos,2,7,"It is wrong for a father and son to have sex with the same woman","FATHER,SAME,SEX,SON,WOMAN,WRONG" Amos,2,7,"It is wrong to oppress the meek","MEEK,OPPRESS,WRONG" Amos,2,7,"It is wrong to oppress the poor","OPPRESS,POOR,WRONG" Amos,2,7,"Sexual immorality profanes the name of God","GOD,IMMORALITY,NAME,PROFANES,SEXUAL" Amos,2,7,"The name of God is holy","GOD,HOLY,NAME" Amos,2,7,"The people of Israel were oppressing the meek","ISRAEL,MEEK,OPPRESSING,PEOPLE" Amos,2,7,"The people of Israel were oppressing the poor","ISRAEL,OPPRESSING,PEOPLE,POOR" Amos,2,7,"The people of Israel were sexually immoral","IMMORAL,ISRAEL,PEOPLE,SEXUALLY" Amos,2,7,"There are times when God punishes nations for oppressing the meek","GOD,MEEK,NATIONS,OPPRESSING,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,2,7,"There are times when God punishes nations for oppressing the poor","GOD,NATIONS,OPPRESSING,POOR,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,2,7,"There are times when God punishes nations for sexual immorality","GOD,IMMORALITY,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SEXUAL,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,2,8,"God was going to punish Israel for idolatry","GOD,GOING,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,PUNISH" Amos,2,8,"It seems that father and son were having sex with the same woman in pagan temples, as an act of worship to idols; God hated this and was angry about it, for it profaned His holy name","ACT,ANGRY,FATHER,GOD,HATED,HIS,HOLY,IDOLS,NAME,PAGAN,PROFANED,SAME,SEEMS,SEX,SON,TEMPLES,WOMAN,WORSHIP" Amos,2,8,"The people of Israel were drinking wine in pagan temples","DRINKING,ISRAEL,PAGAN,PEOPLE,TEMPLES,WINE" Amos,2,8,"The people of Israel were pledging themselves to false gods","FALSE,GODS,ISRAEL,PEOPLE" Amos,2,8,"The people of Israel were worshiping false gods","FALSE,GODS,ISRAEL,PEOPLE,WORSHIPING" Amos,2,8,"There are times when God punishes nations for idolatry","GOD,IDOLATRY,NATIONS,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,2,8,"There were pagan altars in Israel","ALTARS,ISRAEL,PAGAN,THERE" Amos,2,8,"There were pagan temples in Israel","ISRAEL,PAGAN,TEMPLES,THERE" Amos,2,9,"Even though God destroyed the Amorites and gave their land to Israel, the Israelites profaned the name of God and refused to keep His commandments","AMORITES,COMMANDMENTS,DESTROYED,GAVE,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,ISRAELITES,KEEP,LAND,NAME,PROFANED,REFUSED" Amos,2,9,"Even though the Amorites were tall and strong, God destroyed them and gave their land to Israel","AMORITES,DESTROYED,GAVE,GOD,ISRAEL,LAND,STRONG,TALL" Amos,2,9,"God destroyed the Amorites from above","ABOVE,AMORITES,DESTROYED,GOD" Amos,2,9,"God destroyed the Amorites from below","AMORITES,BELOW,DESTROYED,GOD" Amos,2,9,"The Amorites were exceedingly strong","AMORITES,EXCEEDINGLY,STRONG" Amos,2,9,"The Amorites were exceedingly tall; they were giants","AMORITES,EXCEEDINGLY,GIANTS,TALL" Amos,2,9,"When God gave Israel the promised land He destroyed the Amorites, who once inhabited that territory","AMORITES,DESTROYED,GAVE,GOD,HE,INHABITED,ISRAEL,LAND,ONCE,PROMISED,TERRITORY,WHEN,WHO" Amos,2,10,"God led the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness, and then gave them the land of the Amorites","AMORITES,EGYPT,GAVE,GOD,ISRAELITES,LAND,LED,WILDERNESS" Amos,2,10,"God led the Israelites through the wilderness for 40 years","GOD,ISRAELITES,LED,WILDERNESS,YEARS" Amos,2,10,"God rescued the Israelites from Egypt","EGYPT,GOD,ISRAELITES,RESCUED" Amos,2,10,"God was the one who brought the Israelites out of Egypt","BROUGHT,EGYPT,GOD,ISRAELITES,ONE,WHO" Amos,2,10,"The Israelites spent 40 years in the wilderness","ISRAELITES,SPENT,WILDERNESS,YEARS" Amos,2,11,"God raised up Nazarites out of the Israelites","GOD,ISRAELITES,NAZARITES,RAISED,UP" Amos,2,11,"God raised up prophets out of the Israelites","GOD,ISRAELITES,PROPHETS,RAISED,UP" Amos,2,11,"Nazarites are a blessing from God","BLESSING,GOD,NAZARITES" Amos,2,11,"Nazarites come from the Lord","COME,LORD,NAZARITES" Amos,2,11,"Prophets are a blessing from God","BLESSING,GOD,PROPHETS" Amos,2,11,"Prophets come from the Lord","COME,LORD,PROPHETS" Amos,2,11,"There were Nazarites who came from Israel","ISRAEL,NAZARITES,THERE,WHO" Amos,2,11,"There were prophets who came from Israel","ISRAEL,PROPHETS,THERE,WHO" Amos,2,12,"The Israelites despised the Law of God","DESPISED,GOD,ISRAELITES,LAW" Amos,2,12,"The Israelites despised the Nazarites that God gave them","DESPISED,GAVE,GOD,ISRAELITES,NAZARITES" Amos,2,12,"The Israelites despised the prophets that God gave them","DESPISED,GAVE,GOD,ISRAELITES,PROPHETS" Amos,2,12,"The Israelites did not want to hear what God had to tell them","GOD,HEAR,ISRAELITES,NOT,TELL,WANT,WHAT" Amos,2,12,"The Israelites tried to get other people to break God's commandments","BREAK,COMMANDMENTS,GOD,ISRAELITES,PEOPLE,TRIED" Amos,2,12,"The Israelites tried to get the Nazarites to drink wine, even though the Law forbade them from drinking wine","DRINK,DRINKING,FORBADE,ISRAELITES,LAW,NAZARITES,TRIED,WINE" Amos,2,12,"The Israelites tried to get the prophets to stop prophesying, even though God commanded them to prophesy","COMMANDED,GOD,ISRAELITES,PROPHESY,PROPHESYING,PROPHETS,STOP,TRIED" Amos,2,13,"God compared Himself to a cart that was loaded down with a heavy cargo of sheaves","CARGO,CART,COMPARED,DOWN,GOD,HEAVY,HIMSELF,SHEAVES" Amos,2,13,"It is possible for the sins of a nation to oppress God","GOD,NATION,OPPRESS,POSSIBLE,SINS" Amos,2,13,"The sins and wickedness of the Israelites was oppressing God","GOD,ISRAELITES,OPPRESSING,SINS,WICKEDNESS" Amos,2,14,"A day of judgment was coming against Israel, and their soldiers would not be able to save the nation; in fact, their mighty men would not even be able to save themselves, for God would harm the effectiveness of their army","ABLE,AGAINST,ARMY,COMING,DAY,FACT,GOD,HARM,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,MEN,MIGHTY,NATION,NOT,SAVE,SOLDIERS" Amos,2,14,"Because of the wickedness of the Israelites, God was going to turn them over to their enemies","BECAUSE,ENEMIES,GOD,GOING,ISRAELITES,TURN,WICKEDNESS" Amos,2,14,"Because of the wickedness of the Israelites, those who were mighty would lose their might","BECAUSE,ISRAELITES,LOSE,MIGHT,MIGHTY,WHO,WICKEDNESS" Amos,2,14,"Because of the wickedness of the Israelites, those who were strong would lose their strength","BECAUSE,ISRAELITES,LOSE,STRENGTH,STRONG,WHO,WICKEDNESS" Amos,2,14,"Because of the wickedness of the Israelites, those who were swift among the people would lose their ability to run","ABILITY,AMONG,BECAUSE,ISRAELITES,LOSE,PEOPLE,RUN,SWIFT,WHO,WICKEDNESS" Amos,2,14,"There are times when God punishes a nation by destroying the effectiveness of their army","ARMY,DESTROYING,GOD,NATION,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,2,15,"A day of judgment was coming against Israel, and in that day the nation would not be saved by archers or speed or horses; the places where the nation put their confidence would not help them","AGAINST,ARCHERS,COMING,CONFIDENCE,DAY,HELP,HORSES,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,NATION,NOT,PLACES,PUT,SAVED,SPEED,WHERE" Amos,2,15,"Because of the wickedness of the Israelites, archers would lose their effectiveness","ARCHERS,BECAUSE,ISRAELITES,LOSE,WICKEDNESS" Amos,2,15,"Because of the wickedness of the Israelites, those who rode on horses would not be able to save themselves","ABLE,BECAUSE,HORSES,ISRAELITES,NOT,RODE,SAVE,WHO,WICKEDNESS" Amos,2,15,"Because of the wickedness of the Israelites, those with the ability to run quickly would lose that ability and would not be able to save themselves","ABILITY,ABLE,BECAUSE,ISRAELITES,LOSE,NOT,QUICKLY,RUN,SAVE,WICKEDNESS" Amos,2,16,"A day of judgment was coming against Israel, and when it came even the courageous would flee","AGAINST,COMING,COURAGEOUS,DAY,FLEE,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,WHEN" Amos,2,16,"A day of judgment was coming against Israel, and when it came even the courageous would lose everything","AGAINST,COMING,COURAGEOUS,DAY,EVERYTHING,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,LOSE,WHEN" Amos,2,16,"Because of the wickedness of the Israelites, those who were courageous would flee","BECAUSE,COURAGEOUS,FLEE,ISRAELITES,WHO,WICKEDNESS" Amos,2,16,"God is the one who decides who wins the battle; if God is against a nation then they cannot win","AGAINST,BATTLE,CANNOT,DECIDES,GOD,IF,NATION,ONE,WHO,WIN,WINS" Amos,2,16,"There would be no victor for Israel in their coming day of judgment","COMING,DAY,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,NO,THERE" Amos,3,1,"At one point in the past Israel was held captive in Egypt","CAPTIVE,EGYPT,HELD,ISRAEL,ONE,PAST,POINT" Amos,3,1,"At one point in the past Israel was in Egypt","EGYPT,ISRAEL,ONE,PAST,POINT" Amos,3,1,"God is the one who rescued Israel from Egypt","EGYPT,GOD,ISRAEL,ONE,RESCUED,WHO" Amos,3,1,"God referred to Israel as a family","FAMILY,GOD,ISRAEL,REFERRED" Amos,3,1,"In the past, God brought the entire nation of Israel out of Egypt","BROUGHT,EGYPT,ENTIRE,GOD,ISRAEL,NATION,PAST" Amos,3,1,"There are times when God speaks against Israel","AGAINST,GOD,ISRAEL,SPEAKS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,3,1,"There are times when God speaks against nations","AGAINST,GOD,NATIONS,SPEAKS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,3,1,"This prophecy came from God","GOD,PROPHECY" Amos,3,1,"This prophecy is against the entire nation of Israel","AGAINST,ENTIRE,ISRAEL,NATION,PROPHECY" Amos,3,1,"This prophecy is something that God spoke against Israel","AGAINST,GOD,ISRAEL,PROPHECY,SOMETHING,SPOKE" Amos,3,2,"God had a special relationship with Israel","GOD,ISRAEL,RELATIONSHIP,SPECIAL" Amos,3,2,"God said that Israel was the only family that He knew of all the nations in the world","ALL,FAMILY,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,KNEW,NATIONS,ONLY,SAID,WORLD" Amos,3,2,"God was going to punish Israel for all their sins","ALL,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PUNISH,SINS" Amos,3,2,"Since God had a special relationship with Israel, He was going to punish them for their sins","GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAEL,PUNISH,RELATIONSHIP,SINCE,SINS,SPECIAL" Amos,3,2,"The nation of Israel had sinned against God","AGAINST,GOD,ISRAEL,NATION,SINNED" Amos,3,2,"The relationship that God had with Israel was unlike the relationship that He had with any other nation","ANY,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,NATION,RELATIONSHIP,UNLIKE" Amos,3,2,"The special relationship that Israel had with God did not allow them to get away with their sins","ALLOW,AWAY,GOD,ISRAEL,NOT,RELATIONSHIP,SINS,SPECIAL" Amos,3,3,"If nations do not walk with God then God will not walk with them","DO,GOD,IF,NATIONS,NOT,WALK" Amos,3,3,"In order for two people to walk together they have to be in agreement","AGREEMENT,ORDER,PEOPLE,TWO,WALK" Amos,3,3,"When God said that people must be in agreement in order to walk together, He was talking about His relationship with Israel; since Israel was sinning against Him, He could no longer walk with them because they were no longer in agreement","AGAINST,AGREEMENT,BECAUSE,GOD,HE,HIM,HIS,ISRAEL,LONGER,MUST,NO,ORDER,PEOPLE,RELATIONSHIP,SAID,SINCE,SINNING,TALKING,WALK,WHEN" Amos,3,4,"A lion roars when he has prey","HE,LION,PREY,WHEN" Amos,3,4,"A young lion cries out when he has taken something","CRIES,HE,LION,SOMETHING,TAKEN,WHEN,YOUNG" Amos,3,4,"God did not cry out against Israel for no reason","AGAINST,CRY,GOD,ISRAEL,NO,NOT,REASON" Amos,3,4,"God did not cry out against Israel in vain","AGAINST,CRY,GOD,ISRAEL,NOT,VAIN" Amos,3,5,"A trap that has no bait is not going to capture any birds","ANY,BIRDS,CAPTURE,GOING,NO,NOT,TRAP" Amos,3,5,"A trap that is laid for birds needs some kind of bait in order to capture the bird","BIRD,BIRDS,CAPTURE,KIND,LAID,NEEDS,ORDER,SOME,TRAP" Amos,3,5,"In ancient times people laid traps for birds","ANCIENT,BIRDS,LAID,PEOPLE,TIMES,TRAPS" Amos,3,6,"In ancient times, when the trumpet was blown in the city the people became afraid; the trumpet was a sign of danger","AFRAID,ANCIENT,BECAME,BLOWN,CITY,DANGER,PEOPLE,SIGN,TIMES,TRUMPET,WHEN" Amos,3,6,"The Lord is the one who brings evil against cities","AGAINST,BRINGS,CITIES,EVIL,LORD,ONE,WHO" Amos,3,6,"There are times when the Lord brings evil against cities","AGAINST,BRINGS,CITIES,EVIL,LORD,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,3,7,"Before God does something He first reveals it to the prophets","BEFORE,FIRST,GOD,HE,PROPHETS,REVEALS,SOMETHING" Amos,3,7,"God reveals His secrets to the prophets","GOD,HIS,PROPHETS,REVEALS,SECRETS" Amos,3,7,"God reveals what He is doing to the prophets","DOING,GOD,HE,PROPHETS,REVEALS,WHAT" Amos,3,7,"The prophets are the servants of God","GOD,PROPHETS,SERVANTS" Amos,3,7,"There are times when God takes action in history","ACTION,GOD,HISTORY,TAKES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,3,7,"There is more than one prophet","ONE,PROPHET,THERE" Amos,3,8,"The roar of a lion brings fear","BRINGS,FEAR,LION,ROAR" Amos,3,8,"There are times when God speaks","GOD,SPEAKS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,3,8,"There are times when God speaks to prophets","GOD,PROPHETS,SPEAKS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,3,8,"When God speaks to prophets, they must prophecy","GOD,MUST,PROPHECY,PROPHETS,SPEAKS,WHEN" Amos,3,9,"God wanted a message to be published in the palaces of Ashdod (a Philistine city)","ASHDOD,CITY,GOD,MESSAGE,PALACES,PHILISTINE,PUBLISHED,WANTED" Amos,3,9,"God wanted a message to be published in the palaces of Egypt","EGYPT,GOD,MESSAGE,PALACES,PUBLISHED,WANTED" Amos,3,9,"God wanted the Egyptians to assemble in the mountains of Samaria","ASSEMBLE,EGYPTIANS,GOD,MOUNTAINS,SAMARIA,WANTED" Amos,3,9,"God wanted the Egyptians to view the great tumult (the violent action of an angry mob) in Samaria","ACTION,ANGRY,EGYPTIANS,GOD,GREAT,MOB,SAMARIA,TUMULT,VIEW,VIOLENT,WANTED" Amos,3,9,"God wanted the Egyptians to view the oppression that was going on in Samaria","EGYPTIANS,GOD,GOING,OPPRESSION,SAMARIA,VIEW,WANTED" Amos,3,9,"God wanted the Philistines to assemble in the mountains of Samaria","ASSEMBLE,GOD,MOUNTAINS,PHILISTINES,SAMARIA,WANTED" Amos,3,9,"God wanted the Philistines to view the great tumult (the violent action of an angry mob) in Samaria","ACTION,ANGRY,GOD,GREAT,MOB,PHILISTINES,SAMARIA,TUMULT,VIEW,VIOLENT,WANTED" Amos,3,9,"God wanted the Philistines to view the oppression that was going on in Samaria","GOD,GOING,OPPRESSION,PHILISTINES,SAMARIA,VIEW,WANTED" Amos,3,9,"There are times when God has messages for Gentile nations","GENTILE,GOD,MESSAGES,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,3,9,"There was a great tumult going on in Samaria","GOING,GREAT,SAMARIA,THERE,TUMULT" Amos,3,9,"There was great oppression going on in Samaria","GOING,GREAT,OPPRESSION,SAMARIA,THERE" Amos,3,10,"It is wrong to be violent","VIOLENT,WRONG" Amos,3,10,"It is wrong to oppress others","OPPRESS,WRONG" Amos,3,10,"It is wrong to steal","STEAL,WRONG" Amos,3,10,"The leaders of Samaria were thieves","LEADERS,SAMARIA,THIEVES" Amos,3,10,"The leaders of Samaria were violent","LEADERS,SAMARIA,VIOLENT" Amos,3,10,"The people who lived in Samaria did not do what was right in the sight of God","DO,GOD,LIVED,NOT,PEOPLE,RIGHT,SAMARIA,SIGHT,WHAT,WHO" Amos,3,10,"The people who lived in Samaria were thieves","LIVED,PEOPLE,SAMARIA,THIEVES,WHO" Amos,3,10,"The people who lived in Samaria were violent","LIVED,PEOPLE,SAMARIA,VIOLENT,WHO" Amos,3,11,"God was going to bring an adversary against Samaria","ADVERSARY,AGAINST,BRING,GOD,GOING,SAMARIA" Amos,3,11,"The adversary was going to destroy the strength of Samaria","ADVERSARY,DESTROY,GOING,SAMARIA,STRENGTH" Amos,3,11,"The adversary was going to loot the palaces of Samaria","ADVERSARY,GOING,LOOT,PALACES,SAMARIA" Amos,3,11,"The adversary was going to surround Samaria","ADVERSARY,GOING,SAMARIA,SURROUND" Amos,3,11,"The reason God was going to bring an adversary against Samaria was because of their sins","ADVERSARY,AGAINST,BECAUSE,BRING,GOD,GOING,REASON,SAMARIA,SINS" Amos,3,12,"After God brought an adversary against Samaria, all that would be left of the nation were a few small scraps","ADVERSARY,AFTER,AGAINST,ALL,BROUGHT,FEW,GOD,LEFT,NATION,SAMARIA,SMALL" Amos,3,12,"There are times when a lion eats a sheep and all that is left are two legs","ALL,EATS,LEFT,LEGS,LION,SHEEP,THERE,TIMES,TWO,WHEN" Amos,3,12,"There are times when a lion eats a sheep and all that is left is a piece of an ear","ALL,EAR,EATS,LEFT,LION,PIECE,SHEEP,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,3,13,"God is the God of armies","ARMIES,GOD" Amos,3,13,"God is the Lord","GOD,LORD" Amos,3,13,"God referred to Israel as the house of Jacob (for they were the descendants of Jacob)","DESCENDANTS,GOD,HOUSE,ISRAEL,JACOB,REFERRED" Amos,3,13,"God wanted Amos to testify against Israel","AGAINST,AMOS,GOD,ISRAEL,TESTIFY,WANTED" Amos,3,14,"At this time there were pagan altars in Bethel","ALTARS,BETHEL,PAGAN,THERE,TIME" Amos,3,14,"Israel had transgressed against God","AGAINST,GOD,ISRAEL" Amos,3,14,"The reason that God was bringing an adversary against Israel was because the nation had transgressed against Him","ADVERSARY,AGAINST,BECAUSE,BRINGING,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,NATION,REASON" Amos,3,14,"There was a day of judgment coming for Israel","COMING,DAY,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,THERE" Amos,3,14,"When God punished Israel for their sins, He was also going to destroy the altars of Bethel","ALTARS,BETHEL,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAEL,PUNISHED,SINS,WHEN" Amos,3,15,"God was going to bring destruction and death upon Israel to punish them for their sins","BRING,DEATH,DESTRUCTION,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PUNISH,SINS" Amos,3,15,"God was going to destroy the great houses of Israel","DESTROY,GOD,GOING,GREAT,HOUSES,ISRAEL" Amos,3,15,"God was going to smite the ivory houses in Israel","GOD,GOING,HOUSES,ISRAEL,IVORY,SMITE" Amos,3,15,"God was going to smite the summer houses in Israel","GOD,GOING,HOUSES,ISRAEL,SMITE,SUMMER" Amos,3,15,"God was going to smite the winter houses in Israel","GOD,GOING,HOUSES,ISRAEL,SMITE,WINTER" Amos,4,1,"God called the people in Samaria who were oppressing the poor 'cows' (as an insult)","CALLED,COWS,GOD,INSULT,OPPRESSING,PEOPLE,POOR,SAMARIA,WHO" Amos,4,1,"God cares about the poor and needy","CARES,GOD,NEEDY,POOR" Amos,4,1,"God defends the poor and needy","DEFENDS,GOD,NEEDY,POOR" Amos,4,1,"God takes note when the poor and needy are oppressed","GOD,NEEDY,NOTE,OPPRESSED,POOR,TAKES,WHEN" Amos,4,1,"It is bad for the rich to oppress the poor","BAD,OPPRESS,POOR,RICH" Amos,4,1,"It seems that there were mountains in Samaria","MOUNTAINS,SAMARIA,SEEMS,THERE" Amos,4,1,"The people of Samaria were crushing the needy","NEEDY,PEOPLE,SAMARIA" Amos,4,1,"The people of Samaria were living a comfortable life while oppressing the poor; this made God angry","ANGRY,COMFORTABLE,GOD,LIFE,LIVING,MADE,OPPRESSING,PEOPLE,POOR,SAMARIA,WHILE" Amos,4,1,"The people of Samaria were oppressing the poor","OPPRESSING,PEOPLE,POOR,SAMARIA" Amos,4,1,"There are times when God insults people","GOD,PEOPLE,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,4,1,"There are times when God insults people by comparing them to animals","ANIMALS,COMPARING,GOD,PEOPLE,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,4,1,"We should care about the poor and needy","CARE,NEEDY,POOR,SHOULD" Amos,4,1,"We should not crush the needy","CRUSH,NEEDY,NOT,SHOULD" Amos,4,1,"We should not oppress the poor","NOT,OPPRESS,POOR,SHOULD" Amos,4,2,"God has the power to enslave entire nations","ENSLAVE,ENTIRE,GOD,NATIONS,POWER" Amos,4,2,"God has the power to take away a nation's prosperity","AWAY,GOD,NATION,POWER,PROSPERITY,TAKE" Amos,4,2,"God is holy","GOD,HOLY" Amos,4,2,"God swore an oath by His holiness","GOD,HIS,HOLINESS,OATH,SWORE" Amos,4,2,"God was going to enslave the people of Samaria and lead them away with hooks","AWAY,ENSLAVE,GOD,GOING,HOOKS,LEAD,PEOPLE,SAMARIA" Amos,4,2,"God was going to take away the prosperity of the people of Samaria","AWAY,GOD,GOING,PEOPLE,PROSPERITY,SAMARIA,TAKE" Amos,4,2,"It is very bad for nations to oppress the poor and needy","BAD,NATIONS,NEEDY,OPPRESS,POOR" Amos,4,2,"The Lord swore an oath that He was going to punish the people in Samaria for what they had done","DONE,GOING,HE,LORD,OATH,PEOPLE,PUNISH,SAMARIA,SWORE,WHAT" Amos,4,2,"The reason God was going to punish the nation of Samaria was because they had oppressed the poor and needy","BECAUSE,GOD,GOING,NATION,NEEDY,OPPRESSED,POOR,PUNISH,REASON,SAMARIA" Amos,4,2,"There are times when God enslaves entire nations","ENTIRE,GOD,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,4,2,"There are times when God punishes nations that oppress the poor and needy","GOD,NATIONS,NEEDY,OPPRESS,POOR,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,4,2,"There are times when God takes away a nation's prosperity","AWAY,GOD,NATION,PROSPERITY,TAKES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,4,2,"There are times when the Lord swears oaths","LORD,OATHS,SWEARS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,4,3,"God once again called the people of Samaria cows","AGAIN,CALLED,COWS,GOD,ONCE,PEOPLE,SAMARIA" Amos,4,3,"In the coming judgment, the people of Samaria were going to be removed from the land and taken away","AWAY,COMING,GOING,JUDGMENT,LAND,PEOPLE,REMOVED,SAMARIA,TAKEN" Amos,4,4,"God talked about the Israelites transgressing at Bethel; (one of Jeroboam's golden calves were put at Bethel)","BETHEL,CALVES,GOD,GOLDEN,ISRAELITES,JEROBOAM,ONE,PUT,TALKED,TRANSGRESSING" Amos,4,4,"It seems that the people only tithed every three years","EVERY,ONLY,PEOPLE,SEEMS,THREE,TITHED,YEARS" Amos,4,4,"The people brought sacrifices to the golden calves every morning","BROUGHT,CALVES,EVERY,GOLDEN,MORNING,PEOPLE,SACRIFICES" Amos,4,4,"The people brought their tithes to the golden calves every three years","BROUGHT,CALVES,EVERY,GOLDEN,PEOPLE,THREE,TITHES,YEARS" Amos,4,4,"The people were multiplying their transgressions by worshiping idols instead of the Lord","IDOLS,INSTEAD,LORD,MULTIPLYING,PEOPLE,TRANSGRESSIONS,WORSHIPING" Amos,4,4,"The people were sacrificing, but they were sacrificing to idols and not to God","GOD,IDOLS,NOT,PEOPLE,SACRIFICING" Amos,4,4,"The people were tithing, but they were tithing to idols and not to God","GOD,IDOLS,NOT,PEOPLE,TITHING" Amos,4,4,"The people who God mocked as being 'cows' worshiped golden cows","BEING,COWS,GOD,GOLDEN,MOCKED,PEOPLE,WHO,WORSHIPED" Amos,4,4,"The worship of Jeroboam's golden calves was a transgression against God","AGAINST,CALVES,GOD,GOLDEN,JEROBOAM,TRANSGRESSION,WORSHIP" Amos,4,5,"It seems that when the people sacrificed to the golden calves, they put leaven in their sacrifices; (leaven is symbolic of sin, and was not permitted in sacrifices to God)","CALVES,GOD,GOLDEN,LEAVEN,NOT,PEOPLE,PERMITTED,PUT,SACRIFICED,SACRIFICES,SEEMS,SIN,SYMBOLIC,WHEN" Amos,4,5,"The Israelites worshiped idols instead of the Lord","IDOLS,INSTEAD,ISRAELITES,LORD,WORSHIPED" Amos,4,5,"The Lord was aware of the idolatry of the Israelites","AWARE,IDOLATRY,ISRAELITES,LORD" Amos,4,5,"The people gave offerings to idols","GAVE,IDOLS,OFFERINGS,PEOPLE" Amos,4,5,"The people publicly worshiped idols","IDOLS,PEOPLE,PUBLICLY,WORSHIPED" Amos,4,6,"God has control over a nation's food supply","CONTROL,FOOD,GOD,NATION,SUPPLY" Amos,4,6,"God is able to take food away from a nation","ABLE,AWAY,FOOD,GOD,NATION,TAKE" Amos,4,6,"God sent a famine upon Israel","FAMINE,GOD,ISRAEL,SENT" Amos,4,6,"God sent a famine upon Israel to punish them for their idolatry","FAMINE,GOD,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,PUNISH,SENT" Amos,4,6,"God sent a famine upon Israel to turn the nation back to Him","BACK,FAMINE,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,NATION,SENT,TURN" Amos,4,6,"God sent famine upon Israel and took away their food supply, and yet they still did not stop worshiping their idols; instead of worshiping God they continued to serve their idols instead","AWAY,CONTINUED,FAMINE,FOOD,GOD,IDOLS,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,NOT,SENT,SERVE,STOP,SUPPLY,TOOK,WORSHIPING" Amos,4,6,"God took away food from the nation of Israel","AWAY,FOOD,GOD,ISRAEL,NATION,TOOK" Amos,4,6,"God took food away from all of the cities in Israel","ALL,AWAY,CITIES,FOOD,GOD,ISRAEL,TOOK" Amos,4,6,"The Israelites refused to repent of their sins and turn back to God in spite of the judgment that He sent upon them","BACK,GOD,HE,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENT,REFUSED,REPENT,SENT,SINS,SPITE,TURN" Amos,4,6,"The reason God sent a famine upon Israel was to turn them back to Him","BACK,FAMINE,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,REASON,SENT,TURN" Amos,4,7,"God caused it to rain on one city in Israel but not in another","ANOTHER,CAUSED,CITY,GOD,ISRAEL,NOT,ONE,RAIN" Amos,4,7,"God caused the crops of Israel to wither","CAUSED,CROPS,GOD,ISRAEL,WITHER" Amos,4,7,"God controls which cities get rain","CITIES,CONTROLS,GOD,RAIN,WHICH" Amos,4,7,"God has control over the rain","CONTROL,GOD,RAIN" Amos,4,7,"God said that the crops withered; He did not say that they 'died'; (the Bible consistently says that plants wither, not that they die)","BIBLE,CONSISTENTLY,CROPS,DIE,DIED,GOD,HE,NOT,PLANTS,SAID,SAY,SAYS,WITHER,WITHERED" Amos,4,7,"God sent a drought upon Israel three months before the time of harvest","BEFORE,DROUGHT,GOD,HARVEST,ISRAEL,MONTHS,SENT,THREE,TIME" Amos,4,7,"There are times when God causes it to rain on one city but not on another","ANOTHER,CAUSES,CITY,GOD,NOT,ONE,RAIN,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,4,7,"There are times when God punishes a nation by withholding rain","GOD,NATION,PUNISHES,RAIN,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WITHHOLDING" Amos,4,7,"There are times when God withholds rain for the purposes of destroying crops","CROPS,DESTROYING,GOD,PURPOSES,RAIN,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WITHHOLDS" Amos,4,8,"Because God withheld rain from parts of Israel, the people of the cities that had no water went to the cities that did have water","BECAUSE,CITIES,GOD,ISRAEL,NO,PARTS,PEOPLE,RAIN,WATER,WENT,WITHHELD" Amos,4,8,"During the drought, people moved to cities that had water; however, there wasn't enough water to satisfy everyone","CITIES,DROUGHT,DURING,EVERYONE,MOVED,PEOPLE,SATISFY,THERE,WATER" Amos,4,8,"Even though God sent a drought upon Israel, the people refused to repent of their idolatry and turn back to Him","BACK,DROUGHT,GOD,HIM,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,PEOPLE,REFUSED,REPENT,SENT,TURN" Amos,4,8,"God sent a drought upon Israel in order to turn them back to Him","BACK,DROUGHT,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,ORDER,SENT,TURN" Amos,4,9,"Even though God destroyed the crops of the Israelites, they still refused to repent of their idolatry and turn back to Him","BACK,CROPS,DESTROYED,GOD,HIM,IDOLATRY,ISRAELITES,REFUSED,REPENT,TURN" Amos,4,9,"Figs grow on trees","FIGS,GROW,TREES" Amos,4,9,"God controls whether crops are eaten by insects","CONTROLS,CROPS,EATEN,GOD,INSECTS" Amos,4,9,"God controls whether crops become plagued with disease","BECOME,CONTROLS,CROPS,DISEASE,GOD,PLAGUED" Amos,4,9,"God has control over diseases","CONTROL,DISEASES,GOD" Amos,4,9,"God has control over insects","CONTROL,GOD,INSECTS" Amos,4,9,"God punished the Israelites by sending diseases upon their crops","CROPS,DISEASES,GOD,ISRAELITES,PUNISHED,SENDING" Amos,4,9,"God punished the Israelites by sending pests to eat their crops","CROPS,EAT,GOD,ISRAELITES,PESTS,PUNISHED,SENDING" Amos,4,9,"God sent diseases upon the crops of the Israelites","CROPS,DISEASES,GOD,ISRAELITES,SENT" Amos,4,9,"God sent mildew upon the crops of the Israelites","CROPS,GOD,ISRAELITES,MILDEW,SENT" Amos,4,9,"God sent pests upon the fig trees of the Israelites, which devoured them","DEVOURED,FIG,GOD,ISRAELITES,PESTS,SENT,TREES,WHICH" Amos,4,9,"God sent pests upon the gardens of the Israelites, which devoured them","DEVOURED,GARDENS,GOD,ISRAELITES,PESTS,SENT,WHICH" Amos,4,9,"God sent pests upon the olive trees of the Israelites, which devoured them","DEVOURED,GOD,ISRAELITES,OLIVE,PESTS,SENT,TREES,WHICH" Amos,4,9,"God sent pests upon the vineyards of the Israelites, which devoured them","DEVOURED,GOD,ISRAELITES,PESTS,SENT,VINEYARDS,WHICH" Amos,4,9,"Olives grow in trees","GROW,OLIVES,TREES" Amos,4,9,"The Israelites were unwilling to obey God","GOD,ISRAELITES,OBEY,UNWILLING" Amos,4,9,"The Israelites were unwilling to repent of their idolatry","IDOLATRY,ISRAELITES,REPENT,UNWILLING" Amos,4,9,"There are times when God sends disease upon crops in order to punish that nation for its sins","CROPS,DISEASE,GOD,NATION,ORDER,PUNISH,SENDS,SINS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,4,9,"There are times when God sends pests to eat crops in order to punish that nation for its sins","CROPS,EAT,GOD,NATION,ORDER,PESTS,PUNISH,SENDS,SINS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,4,9,"There were fig trees in ancient Israel","ANCIENT,FIG,ISRAEL,THERE,TREES" Amos,4,9,"There were gardens in ancient Israel","ANCIENT,GARDENS,ISRAEL,THERE" Amos,4,9,"There were olive trees in ancient Israel","ANCIENT,ISRAEL,OLIVE,THERE,TREES" Amos,4,9,"There were vineyards in ancient Israel","ANCIENT,ISRAEL,THERE,VINEYARDS" Amos,4,10,"God controls whether the inhabitants of a nation live or die","CONTROLS,DIE,GOD,INHABITANTS,LIVE,NATION" Amos,4,10,"God filled the camps of the Israelites with horrible smells","CAMPS,FILLED,GOD,HORRIBLE,ISRAELITES" Amos,4,10,"God killed the young men of Israel with the sword","GOD,ISRAEL,KILLED,MEN,SWORD,YOUNG" Amos,4,10,"God sent a whole series of judgments against Israel, but the Israelites refused to repent; in spite of all the terrible judgments that God sent upon the nation, they still refused to repent","AGAINST,ALL,GOD,ISRAEL,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENTS,NATION,REFUSED,REPENT,SENT,SPITE,TERRIBLE,WHOLE" Amos,4,10,"God sent diseases upon the Israelites themselves","DISEASES,GOD,ISRAELITES,SENT" Amos,4,10,"God sent the diseases of Egypt upon the Israelites","DISEASES,EGYPT,GOD,ISRAELITES,SENT" Amos,4,10,"God took away the horses of Israel","AWAY,GOD,HORSES,ISRAEL,TOOK" Amos,4,10,"God wanted the Israelites to repent of their sins and turn back to Him","BACK,GOD,HIM,ISRAELITES,REPENT,SINS,TURN,WANTED" Amos,4,10,"The purpose of all these judgments was to turn the Israelites back to Him; God was not trying to utterly destroy them","ALL,BACK,DESTROY,GOD,HIM,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENTS,NOT,PURPOSE,THESE,TRYING,TURN" Amos,4,10,"There are times when God punishes a nation by killing its inhabitants","GOD,INHABITANTS,KILLING,NATION,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,4,10,"There are times when God punishes a nation by making it stink","GOD,MAKING,NATION,PUNISHES,STINK,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,4,10,"There are times when God punishes a nation by taking away its horses","AWAY,GOD,HORSES,NATION,PUNISHES,TAKING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,4,10,"When God sent famine upon Israel, they did not repent; when God sent a drought upon Israel, they did not repent; when God destroyed their crops, they did not repent; when God killed them with the sword, they still did not repent; the Israelites ignored all of God's judgment and continued to worship the golden calves in spite of all of it","ALL,CALVES,CONTINUED,CROPS,DESTROYED,DROUGHT,FAMINE,GOD,GOLDEN,IGNORED,ISRAEL,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENT,KILLED,NOT,REPENT,SENT,SPITE,SWORD,WHEN,WORSHIP" Amos,4,11,"Even though God destroyed some of their cities, the Israelites still refused to repent of their idolatry and turn to Him","CITIES,DESTROYED,GOD,HIM,IDOLATRY,ISRAELITES,REFUSED,REPENT,SOME,TURN" Amos,4,11,"God compared His destruction of some cities in Israel to His destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah","CITIES,COMPARED,DESTRUCTION,GOD,GOMORRAH,HIS,ISRAEL,SODOM,SOME" Amos,4,11,"God compared the survivors who were still in Israel to a firebrand that was plucked out of a fire","COMPARED,FIRE,FIREBRAND,GOD,ISRAEL,PLUCKED,SURVIVORS,WHO" Amos,4,11,"God destroyed Gomorrah","DESTROYED,GOD,GOMORRAH" Amos,4,11,"God destroyed Sodom","DESTROYED,GOD,SODOM" Amos,4,11,"God destroyed some cities in Israel","CITIES,DESTROYED,GOD,ISRAEL,SOME" Amos,4,11,"God saved some of the Israelites out of the destruction that He poured out upon their cities","CITIES,DESTRUCTION,GOD,HE,ISRAELITES,POURED,SAVED,SOME" Amos,4,11,"God's punishments upon Israel continually escalated and yet they still refused to repent; even though they got worse and worse the people still refused to repent","CONTINUALLY,GOD,ISRAEL,PEOPLE,PUNISHMENTS,REFUSED,REPENT,WORSE" Amos,4,11,"Gomorrah was a real city that actually existed","ACTUALLY,CITY,EXISTED,GOMORRAH,REAL" Amos,4,11,"Gomorrah was destroyed","DESTROYED,GOMORRAH" Amos,4,11,"Sodom was a real city that actually existed","ACTUALLY,CITY,EXISTED,REAL,SODOM" Amos,4,11,"Sodom was destroyed","DESTROYED,SODOM" Amos,4,11,"The Bible's account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is true; it was a real historical event that actually happened","ACCOUNT,ACTUALLY,BIBLE,DESTRUCTION,EVENT,GOMORRAH,HAPPENED,HISTORICAL,REAL,SODOM,TRUE" Amos,4,11,"The only reason there were still survivors in Israel was because God saved them, but they still refused to repent of their idolatry and turn to Him","BECAUSE,GOD,HIM,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,ONLY,REASON,REFUSED,REPENT,SAVED,SURVIVORS,THERE,TURN" Amos,4,11,"There are times when God destroys cities","CITIES,DESTROYS,GOD,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,4,11,"There are times when God punishes a nation by destroying its cities","CITIES,DESTROYING,GOD,NATION,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,4,12,"God punishes nations for their sins","GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SINS" Amos,4,12,"God told the Israelites to prepare to meet Him because He was about to kill them for their sins","BECAUSE,GOD,HE,HIM,ISRAELITES,KILL,MEET,PREPARE,SINS,TOLD" Amos,4,12,"God was merciful to Israel; He sent judgments of increasing severity upon them to get them to repent; when they refused to repent in spite of everything, all that was left for them was death","ALL,DEATH,EVERYTHING,GOD,HE,INCREASING,ISRAEL,JUDGMENTS,LEFT,MERCIFUL,REFUSED,REPENT,SENT,SEVERITY,SPITE,WHEN" Amos,4,12,"Since the Israelites would not repent of their idolatry, even after all the judgments that God poured out upon them, God was going to destroy them","AFTER,ALL,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,IDOLATRY,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENTS,NOT,POURED,REPENT,SINCE" Amos,4,12,"Since the Israelites would not repent, God was going to kill them","GOD,GOING,ISRAELITES,KILL,NOT,REPENT,SINCE" Amos,4,12,"The verse that says 'prepare to meet thy God' is given in the context of judgment; God was telling a wicked and idolatrous nation to prepare to meet Him because they were about to die as punishment for their sins","BECAUSE,CONTEXT,DIE,GIVEN,GOD,HIM,IDOLATROUS,JUDGMENT,MEET,NATION,PREPARE,PUNISHMENT,SAYS,SINS,TELLING,VERSE,WICKED" Amos,4,13,"God created the morning","CREATED,GOD,MORNING" Amos,4,13,"God created the wind","CREATED,GOD,WIND" Amos,4,13,"God declared to people what they were thinking","DECLARED,GOD,PEOPLE,THINKING,WHAT" Amos,4,13,"God formed the mountains","FORMED,GOD,MOUNTAINS" Amos,4,13,"God is the God of hosts","GOD,HOSTS" Amos,4,13,"God is the Lord","GOD,LORD" Amos,4,13,"God knows our thoughts","GOD,KNOWS,OUR,THOUGHTS" Amos,4,13,"God told the Israelites that the God of armies was going to judge them for their sins; (in spite of that they did not repent)","ARMIES,GOD,GOING,ISRAELITES,JUDGE,NOT,REPENT,SINS,SPITE,TOLD" Amos,4,13,"God treads upon the high places of the earth","EARTH,GOD,HIGH,PLACES" Amos,4,13,"One of God's names is the God of hosts (the God of armies)","ARMIES,GOD,HOSTS,NAMES,ONE" Amos,4,13,"The God who was coming against Israel to kill them was the God who made the mountains and created the wind; they could not possibly defend themselves against such immense power, and yet they still did not repent of their idolatry","AGAINST,COMING,CREATED,DEFEND,GOD,IDOLATRY,IMMENSE,ISRAEL,KILL,MADE,MOUNTAINS,NOT,POSSIBLY,POWER,REPENT,WHO,WIND" Amos,4,13,"The God who was coming against Israel was a God who knew their very thoughts, and yet they still did not repent of their idolatry","AGAINST,COMING,GOD,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,KNEW,NOT,REPENT,THOUGHTS,WHO" Amos,5,1,"God gave Israel a chance to repent, but they did not repent","CHANCE,GAVE,GOD,ISRAEL,NOT,REPENT" Amos,5,1,"God told the Israelites about the coming judgment before it happened; however, they still refused to repent","BEFORE,COMING,GOD,HAPPENED,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENT,REFUSED,REPENT,TOLD" Amos,5,1,"The Lord referred to Israel as a house","HOUSE,ISRAEL,LORD,REFERRED" Amos,5,1,"The Lord spoke a prophecy against the house of Israel","AGAINST,HOUSE,ISRAEL,LORD,PROPHECY,SPOKE" Amos,5,1,"The word that the Lord spoke against Israel was a lamentation","AGAINST,ISRAEL,LAMENTATION,LORD,SPOKE,WORD" Amos,5,2,"God called Israel a virgin","CALLED,GOD,ISRAEL,VIRGIN" Amos,5,2,"In the coming judgment, Israel would fall","COMING,FALL,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT" Amos,5,2,"Israel would not recover after the coming judgment; instead she would be exiled from the land and would not return","AFTER,COMING,EXILED,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,LAND,NOT,RECOVER,RETURN,SHE" Amos,5,2,"When Israel fell in the judgment, there was no one to help her; she was alone and would not recover","ALONE,FELL,HELP,HER,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,NO,NOT,ONE,RECOVER,SHE,THERE,WHEN" Amos,5,3,"In the coming judgment, 90% of those who lived in the cities of Israel would be killed; only a tenth would remain","CITIES,COMING,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,KILLED,LIVED,ONLY,REMAIN,TENTH,WHO" Amos,5,3,"In the coming judgment, God was not going to kill everyone in Israel; He was going to leave a small remnant","COMING,EVERYONE,GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,KILL,LEAVE,NOT,REMNANT,SMALL" Amos,5,4,"God gave the Israelites a chance to repent and be saved","CHANCE,GAVE,GOD,ISRAELITES,REPENT,SAVED" Amos,5,4,"If the Israelites had repented and sought the Lord, they would have been saved","IF,ISRAELITES,LORD,REPENTED,SAVED,SOUGHT" Amos,5,4,"If you want to live then you must seek God","GOD,IF,LIVE,MUST,SEEK,WANT,YOU" Amos,5,4,"The national judgment that was coming upon Israel could have been prevented if they had repented","COMING,IF,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,NATIONAL,PREVENTED,REPENTED" Amos,5,4,"Those who seek God will live","GOD,LIVE,SEEK,WHO" Amos,5,5,"God commanded Israel to not seek after the golden calf that was at Bethel","AFTER,BETHEL,CALF,COMMANDED,GOD,GOLDEN,ISRAEL,NOT,SEEK" Amos,5,5,"God is the one who decides the fate of nations","DECIDES,FATE,GOD,NATIONS,ONE,WHO" Amos,5,5,"The nation of Israel would not survive if it continued to worship idols","CONTINUED,IDOLS,IF,ISRAEL,NATION,NOT,SURVIVE,WORSHIP" Amos,5,5,"Those who followed after idols would be destroyed; those who sought the Lord would live","AFTER,DESTROYED,FOLLOWED,IDOLS,LIVE,LORD,SOUGHT,WHO" Amos,5,5,"Those who were in Bethel were going to be destroyed","BETHEL,DESTROYED,GOING,WHO" Amos,5,5,"Those who were in Gilgal were going to go into captivity; they would be enslaved and removed from the land","CAPTIVITY,ENSLAVED,GILGAL,GO,GOING,LAND,REMOVED,WHO" Amos,5,6,"God said that if the house of Joseph did not repent then He would destroy it","DESTROY,GOD,HE,HOUSE,IF,JOSEPH,NOT,REPENT,SAID" Amos,5,6,"God warned the nation of Israel that when He sent His judgment against them, no one would be able to save them; their only hope was to seek the Lord","ABLE,AGAINST,GOD,HE,HIS,HOPE,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,LORD,NATION,NO,ONE,ONLY,SAVE,SEEK,SENT,WARNED,WHEN" Amos,5,6,"If God's judgment fell upon Israel, there would be none to save them","FELL,GOD,IF,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,NONE,SAVE,THERE" Amos,5,6,"If the nation of Israel did not seek the Lord, He would destroy the nation","DESTROY,HE,IF,ISRAEL,LORD,NATION,NOT,SEEK" Amos,5,6,"If the nation of Israel sought the Lord, it would live","IF,ISRAEL,LIVE,LORD,NATION,SOUGHT" Amos,5,6,"Those who seek the Lord will live","LIVE,LORD,SEEK,WHO" Amos,5,7,"God cares about whether a nation is just","CARES,GOD,JUST,NATION" Amos,5,7,"God cares about whether a nation is righteous","CARES,GOD,NATION,RIGHTEOUS" Amos,5,7,"God destroys unjust nations","DESTROYS,GOD,NATIONS,UNJUST" Amos,5,7,"God destroys wicked nations","DESTROYS,GOD,NATIONS,WICKED" Amos,5,7,"God does not ignore the sins of nations","GOD,IGNORE,NATIONS,NOT,SINS" Amos,5,7,"God was against Israel because of their wickedness","AGAINST,BECAUSE,GOD,ISRAEL,WICKEDNESS" Amos,5,7,"God was going to send His judgment against Israel because they were unjust and evil","AGAINST,BECAUSE,EVIL,GOD,GOING,HIS,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,SEND,UNJUST" Amos,5,7,"The Israelites corrupted judgment","CORRUPTED,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENT" Amos,5,7,"The Israelites were not righteous","ISRAELITES,NOT,RIGHTEOUS" Amos,5,7,"The nation of Israel was very wicked and unjust","ISRAEL,NATION,UNJUST,WICKED" Amos,5,7,"We must do what is right","DO,MUST,RIGHT,WHAT" Amos,5,7,"We must not corrupt judgment","CORRUPT,JUDGMENT,MUST,NOT" Amos,5,8,"God created light","CREATED,GOD,LIGHT" Amos,5,8,"God has control over the sea","CONTROL,GOD,SEA" Amos,5,8,"God is the one who created the constellations","CONSTELLATIONS,CREATED,GOD,ONE,WHO" Amos,5,8,"God is the one who created the stars","CREATED,GOD,ONE,STARS,WHO" Amos,5,8,"God made Orion","GOD,MADE,ORION" Amos,5,8,"God made the seven stars","GOD,MADE,SEVEN,STARS" Amos,5,8,"God sends darkness","DARKNESS,GOD,SENDS" Amos,5,8,"God sends floods upon the world","FLOODS,GOD,SENDS,WORLD" Amos,5,8,"God turns the day into darkness","DARKNESS,DAY,GOD,TURNS" Amos,5,8,"God turns the shadow of death into morning","DEATH,GOD,MORNING,SHADOW,TURNS" Amos,5,8,"God's name is the Lord","GOD,LORD,NAME" Amos,5,8,"God's power is infinite and mighty; those who fight against Him are fools, for they cannot win","AGAINST,CANNOT,FIGHT,FOOLS,GOD,HIM,INFINITE,MIGHTY,POWER,WHO,WIN" Amos,5,8,"It seems that the constellation of Orion was recognized in the ancient world, when this prophecy was given","ANCIENT,CONSTELLATION,GIVEN,ORION,PROPHECY,RECOGNIZED,SEEMS,WHEN,WORLD" Amos,5,8,"The Bible refers to the constellation of Orion","BIBLE,CONSTELLATION,ORION,REFERS" Amos,5,9,"God empowers those who were robbed so that they can attack fortresses","ATTACK,CAN,FORTRESSES,GOD,ROBBED,WHO" Amos,5,9,"God gives strength to those who were robbed","GIVES,GOD,ROBBED,STRENGTH,WHO" Amos,5,9,"God has the ability to empower those who were weak and defeated to win","ABILITY,DEFEATED,GOD,WEAK,WHO,WIN" Amos,5,9,"If we want strength then we must seek it from God, for He is the one who empowers the weak","GOD,HE,IF,MUST,ONE,SEEK,STRENGTH,WANT,WEAK,WHO" Amos,5,10,"God punishes nations that hate righteousness","GOD,HATE,NATIONS,PUNISHES,RIGHTEOUSNESS" Amos,5,10,"God punishes nations that hate the truth","GOD,HATE,NATIONS,PUNISHES,TRUTH" Amos,5,10,"God punishes nations that love sin","GOD,LOVE,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SIN" Amos,5,10,"God was going to punish the nation of Israel because it abhorred those who spoke what was right","ABHORRED,BECAUSE,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,NATION,PUNISH,RIGHT,SPOKE,WHAT,WHO" Amos,5,10,"God was going to punish the nation of Israel because it hated those who rebuked sin","BECAUSE,GOD,GOING,HATED,ISRAEL,NATION,PUNISH,REBUKED,SIN,WHO" Amos,5,10,"It is good to rebuke sin","GOOD,REBUKE,SIN" Amos,5,10,"It is good to speak uprightly","GOOD,SPEAK,UPRIGHTLY" Amos,5,10,"The Israelites abhorred those who spoke uprightly","ABHORRED,ISRAELITES,SPOKE,UPRIGHTLY,WHO" Amos,5,10,"The Israelites hated those who rebuked sin","HATED,ISRAELITES,REBUKED,SIN,WHO" Amos,5,10,"We must not abhor those who speak righteousness","ABHOR,MUST,NOT,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SPEAK,WHO" Amos,5,10,"We must not hate those who rebuke sin","HATE,MUST,NOT,REBUKE,SIN,WHO" Amos,5,11,"Because the Israelites oppressed the poor, God would not allow the Israelites to enjoy the fruit of their vineyards","ALLOW,BECAUSE,ENJOY,FRUIT,GOD,ISRAELITES,NOT,OPPRESSED,POOR,VINEYARDS" Amos,5,11,"Because the Israelites oppressed the poor, God would not allow the Israelites to live in the houses they had built","ALLOW,BECAUSE,BUILT,GOD,HOUSES,ISRAELITES,LIVE,NOT,OPPRESSED,POOR" Amos,5,11,"God was angry at the Israelites for how they treated the poor","ANGRY,GOD,ISRAELITES,POOR,TREATED" Amos,5,11,"One of the punishments that God put upon Israel was not allowing them to drink the wine from their vineyards; not being able to drink wine was a punishment and a curse for sin","ABLE,ALLOWING,BEING,CURSE,DRINK,GOD,ISRAEL,NOT,ONE,PUNISHMENT,PUNISHMENTS,PUT,SIN,VINEYARDS,WINE" Amos,5,11,"The Israelites had built houses of stone","BUILT,HOUSES,ISRAELITES,STONE" Amos,5,11,"The Israelites had planted vineyards","ISRAELITES,PLANTED,VINEYARDS" Amos,5,11,"The Israelites oppressed the poor","ISRAELITES,OPPRESSED,POOR" Amos,5,11,"The Israelites stole the food of the poor","FOOD,ISRAELITES,POOR,STOLE" Amos,5,11,"There are times when God punishes nations because of what they did to the poor","BECAUSE,GOD,NATIONS,POOR,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHAT,WHEN" Amos,5,11,"There are times when God punishes those who oppress the poor","GOD,OPPRESS,POOR,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WHO" Amos,5,11,"We must not oppress the poor","MUST,NOT,OPPRESS,POOR" Amos,5,11,"We must not rob the poor","MUST,NOT,POOR,ROB" Amos,5,12,"God cares about justice","CARES,GOD,JUSTICE" Amos,5,12,"God cares about the just","CARES,GOD,JUST" Amos,5,12,"God cares about the poor","CARES,GOD,POOR" Amos,5,12,"God punishes nations for afflicting the just","AFFLICTING,GOD,JUST,NATIONS,PUNISHES" Amos,5,12,"God punishes nations for denying the poor their rights","DENYING,GOD,NATIONS,POOR,PUNISHES" Amos,5,12,"God punishes nations for taking bribes","BRIBES,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,TAKING" Amos,5,12,"God requires nations to not deny the poor their rights","DENY,GOD,NATIONS,NOT,POOR,REQUIRES" Amos,5,12,"The Israelites afflicted the just","AFFLICTED,ISRAELITES,JUST" Amos,5,12,"The Israelites denied the poor their rights","DENIED,ISRAELITES,POOR" Amos,5,12,"The Israelites had committed many transgressions","COMMITTED,ISRAELITES,MANY,TRANSGRESSIONS" Amos,5,12,"The Israelites had done terrible things and committed terrible sins","COMMITTED,DONE,ISRAELITES,SINS,TERRIBLE,THINGS" Amos,5,12,"The Israelites took bribes","BRIBES,ISRAELITES,TOOK" Amos,5,12,"We must not afflict the just","AFFLICT,JUST,MUST,NOT" Amos,5,12,"We must not deny the poor their rights","DENY,MUST,NOT,POOR" Amos,5,12,"We must not take bribes","BRIBES,MUST,NOT,TAKE" Amos,5,13,"It is not always a good idea to speak up; there are times when the best course of action is to remain silent","ACTION,ALWAYS,BEST,COURSE,GOOD,IDEA,NOT,REMAIN,SILENT,SPEAK,THERE,TIMES,UP,WHEN" Amos,5,13,"We must learn when it is not wise to speak","LEARN,MUST,NOT,SPEAK,WHEN,WISE" Amos,5,13,"We must learn when it is wise to speak","LEARN,MUST,SPEAK,WHEN,WISE" Amos,5,13,"We must seek to be prudent","MUST,PRUDENT,SEEK" Amos,5,13,"When the times are evil, it is prudent to keep silent","EVIL,KEEP,PRUDENT,SILENT,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,5,14,"God is not with those who seek evil","EVIL,GOD,NOT,SEEK,WHO" Amos,5,14,"God is the God of armies","ARMIES,GOD" Amos,5,14,"God is with those who seek good","GOD,GOOD,SEEK,WHO" Amos,5,14,"If we seek evil then God will not be with us","EVIL,GOD,IF,NOT,SEEK" Amos,5,14,"If we seek evil then we will not live","EVIL,IF,LIVE,NOT,SEEK" Amos,5,14,"If we seek good then God will be with us","GOD,GOOD,IF,SEEK" Amos,5,14,"If we seek good then we will live","GOOD,IF,LIVE,SEEK" Amos,5,14,"We must not seek evil","EVIL,MUST,NOT,SEEK" Amos,5,14,"We must seek good","GOOD,MUST,SEEK" Amos,5,15,"God did not destroy the nation of Israel without warning; He told them that judgment was coming and He told them what they had to do to be saved","COMING,DESTROY,DO,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,NATION,NOT,SAVED,TOLD,WARNING,WHAT" Amos,5,15,"God gave Israel a chance to repent and be saved, but they did not repent","CHANCE,GAVE,GOD,ISRAEL,NOT,REPENT,SAVED" Amos,5,15,"God is gracious to those who hate evil and love good","EVIL,GOD,GOOD,GRACIOUS,HATE,LOVE,WHO" Amos,5,15,"God is gracious to those who repent","GOD,GRACIOUS,REPENT,WHO" Amos,5,15,"God told Israel what they had to do in order to be saved, but they refused to listen to Him","DO,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,LISTEN,ORDER,REFUSED,SAVED,TOLD,WHAT" Amos,5,15,"God wants us to hate evil","EVIL,GOD,HATE,WANTS" Amos,5,15,"If Israel repented and did what was right, God would have been gracious to the house of Joseph","GOD,GRACIOUS,HOUSE,IF,ISRAEL,JOSEPH,REPENTED,RIGHT,WHAT" Amos,5,15,"It is not enough to hate evil; we must love good as well","EVIL,GOOD,HATE,LOVE,MUST,NOT" Amos,5,15,"It is not enough to love good; we must hate evil as well","EVIL,GOOD,HATE,LOVE,MUST,NOT" Amos,5,15,"We must establish judgment; nations must be just","ESTABLISH,JUDGMENT,JUST,MUST,NATIONS" Amos,5,15,"We must hate evil","EVIL,HATE,MUST" Amos,5,15,"We must love good","GOOD,LOVE,MUST" Amos,5,15,"We must never tolerate evil, or make peace with evil, or come to accept evil; instead we must hate evil","ACCEPT,COME,EVIL,HATE,INSTEAD,MAKE,MUST,NEVER,PEACE,TOLERATE" Amos,5,16,"In the coming judgment, people would wail in the streets","COMING,JUDGMENT,PEOPLE,STREETS,WAIL" Amos,5,16,"In the coming judgment, the people would mourn","COMING,JUDGMENT,MOURN,PEOPLE" Amos,5,16,"The coming judgment would be very terrible","COMING,JUDGMENT,TERRIBLE" Amos,5,16,"The coming judgment would bring tremendous grief upon the nation","BRING,COMING,GRIEF,JUDGMENT,NATION,TREMENDOUS" Amos,5,17,"In the coming judgment, God was going to pass through the nation of Israel and bring great distress upon the people","BRING,COMING,DISTRESS,GOD,GOING,GREAT,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,NATION,PASS,PEOPLE" Amos,5,17,"In the coming judgment, those who worked in the vineyards would wail","COMING,JUDGMENT,VINEYARDS,WAIL,WHO,WORKED" Amos,5,17,"When God passes through a wicked and vile nation, the people wail and mourn","GOD,MOURN,NATION,PASSES,PEOPLE,VILE,WAIL,WHEN,WICKED" Amos,5,18,"For the Jews, the day of the Lord would be a time of darkness, not a time of light","DARKNESS,DAY,JEWS,LIGHT,LORD,NOT,TIME" Amos,5,18,"God kept telling the Jews (in prophet after prophet) that the day of the Lord would be a very terrible time for the Jews, but the Jews did not listen","AFTER,DAY,GOD,JEWS,KEPT,LISTEN,LORD,NOT,PROPHET,TELLING,TERRIBLE,TIME" Amos,5,18,"It was very foolish for the Israelites to desire the day of the Lord","DAY,DESIRE,FOOLISH,ISRAELITES,LORD" Amos,5,18,"The book of Amos mentions the day of the Lord (the seven-year tribulation era)","AMOS,BOOK,DAY,ERA,LORD,MENTIONS,SEVEN-YEAR,TRIBULATION" Amos,5,18,"The day of the Lord is a day of darkness","DARKNESS,DAY,LORD" Amos,5,18,"The day of the Lord will bring woe, not light","BRING,DAY,LIGHT,LORD,NOT,WOE" Amos,5,18,"The day of the Lord would be a terrible day for the Jews","DAY,JEWS,LORD,TERRIBLE" Amos,5,18,"The Jews thought the day of the Lord was going to be a wonderful time for them, but they were very wrong","DAY,GOING,JEWS,LORD,THOUGHT,TIME,WONDERFUL,WRONG" Amos,5,18,"Those who desire the day of the Lord (the tribulation era) are very foolish, for it is a time of tremendous suffering and pain","DAY,DESIRE,ERA,FOOLISH,LORD,PAIN,SUFFERING,TIME,TREMENDOUS,TRIBULATION,WHO" Amos,5,19,"God compared the tribulation era to a man fleeing from a lion, and encountering a bear","BEAR,COMPARED,ERA,FLEEING,GOD,LION,MAN,TRIBULATION" Amos,5,19,"God compared the tribulation era to a man who entered his house and leaned on a wall, and got bitten by a serpent","BITTEN,COMPARED,ENTERED,ERA,GOD,HIS,HOUSE,LEANED,MAN,SERPENT,TRIBULATION,WALL,WHO" Amos,5,19,"God told the Jews not to desire the day of the Lord","DAY,DESIRE,GOD,JEWS,LORD,NOT,TOLD" Amos,5,19,"In the tribulation era there is no escape; those who flee one danger will be caught by another","ANOTHER,CAUGHT,DANGER,ERA,ESCAPE,FLEE,NO,ONE,THERE,TRIBULATION,WHO" Amos,5,19,"The tribulation will be an incredibly terrible time; it will be a time of great suffering, woe, and death","DEATH,GREAT,SUFFERING,TERRIBLE,TIME,TRIBULATION,WOE" Amos,5,20,"The day of the Lord is a day of intense darkness","DARKNESS,DAY,LORD" Amos,5,20,"The day of the Lord is not a day of light","DAY,LIGHT,LORD,NOT" Amos,5,20,"The day of the Lord is very dark; there is no brightness in it at all","ALL,BRIGHTNESS,DARK,DAY,LORD,NO,THERE" Amos,5,21,"God despised the feast days that Israel celebrated","CELEBRATED,DAYS,DESPISED,FEAST,GOD,ISRAEL" Amos,5,21,"God despises the celebrations of the wicked","CELEBRATIONS,DESPISES,GOD,WICKED" Amos,5,21,"God does not accept the worship of unrepentant idolaters; He hates the worship of the wicked and will not accept it","ACCEPT,GOD,HATES,HE,IDOLATERS,NOT,UNREPENTANT,WICKED,WORSHIP" Amos,5,21,"God hated it when the wicked and idolatrous Israelites gathered to worship Him; He despised it and wanted nothing to do with it","DESPISED,DO,GATHERED,GOD,HATED,HE,HIM,IDOLATROUS,ISRAELITES,NOTHING,WANTED,WHEN,WICKED,WORSHIP" Amos,5,21,"God hated the feast days that Israel celebrated","CELEBRATED,DAYS,FEAST,GOD,HATED,ISRAEL" Amos,5,21,"God hates the celebrations of the wicked","CELEBRATIONS,GOD,HATES,WICKED" Amos,5,21,"God refused to have anything to do with the solemn assemblies of Israel","ANYTHING,ASSEMBLIES,DO,GOD,ISRAEL,REFUSED,SOLEMN" Amos,5,21,"In order to worship God we must first repent and become right with Him; our sins must be forgiven before He will accept us","ACCEPT,BECOME,BEFORE,FIRST,FORGIVEN,GOD,HE,HIM,MUST,ORDER,OUR,REPENT,RIGHT,SINS,WORSHIP" Amos,5,22,"God does not accept the offerings of the wicked; He will not accept sacrifices from those who have not repented","ACCEPT,GOD,HE,NOT,OFFERINGS,REPENTED,SACRIFICES,WHO,WICKED" Amos,5,22,"God only accepts the offerings of those who are righteous","ACCEPTS,GOD,OFFERINGS,ONLY,RIGHTEOUS,WHO" Amos,5,22,"God rejected Israel's burnt offerings","BURNT,GOD,ISRAEL,OFFERINGS,REJECTED" Amos,5,22,"God rejected Israel's meat offerings","GOD,ISRAEL,MEAT,OFFERINGS,REJECTED" Amos,5,22,"God rejected Israel's peace offerings","GOD,ISRAEL,OFFERINGS,PEACE,REJECTED" Amos,5,22,"God rejects the gifts of the wicked","GIFTS,GOD,REJECTS,WICKED" Amos,5,22,"God rejects the sacrifices of the wicked","GOD,REJECTS,SACRIFICES,WICKED" Amos,5,22,"If you want God to accept you and your gifts then you must first repent","ACCEPT,FIRST,GIFTS,GOD,IF,MUST,REPENT,WANT,YOU,YOUR" Amos,5,22,"The expensive gifts of the wicked do not impress God","DO,EXPENSIVE,GIFTS,GOD,NOT,WICKED" Amos,5,22,"The Israelites offered God burnt offerings","BURNT,GOD,ISRAELITES,OFFERED,OFFERINGS" Amos,5,22,"The Israelites offered God meat offerings","GOD,ISRAELITES,MEAT,OFFERED,OFFERINGS" Amos,5,22,"The Israelites offered God peace offerings","GOD,ISRAELITES,OFFERED,OFFERINGS,PEACE" Amos,5,22,"The Israelites were offering fat beasts to God, but He did not accept them; even though the sacrifices were expensive, God rejected them because the Israelites were wicked and vile","ACCEPT,BEASTS,BECAUSE,EXPENSIVE,FAT,GOD,HE,ISRAELITES,NOT,OFFERING,REJECTED,SACRIFICES,VILE,WICKED" Amos,5,22,"Those who are wicked cannot become right with God by offering Him sacrifices or gifts","BECOME,CANNOT,GIFTS,GOD,HIM,OFFERING,RIGHT,SACRIFICES,WHO,WICKED" Amos,5,22,"We should not be impressed by expensive gifts from the wicked; we must understand that the wicked cannot gain favor from God by giving expensive gifts, and the gifts they give are not a sign that their heart is right with God; instead the gifts of the wicked are offensive to God and make Him angry","ANGRY,CANNOT,EXPENSIVE,FAVOR,GAIN,GIFTS,GIVE,GIVING,GOD,HEART,HIM,IMPRESSED,INSTEAD,MAKE,MUST,NOT,OFFENSIVE,RIGHT,SHOULD,SIGN,UNDERSTAND,WICKED" Amos,5,23,"God commanded the wicked Israelites to stop singing to Him; He did not want to hear their songs","COMMANDED,GOD,HE,HEAR,HIM,ISRAELITES,NOT,SINGING,SONGS,STOP,WANT,WICKED" Amos,5,23,"God has no respect for the songs of the wicked","GOD,NO,RESPECT,SONGS,WICKED" Amos,5,23,"God is offended by the praise of the wicked; their songs of praise offend Him","GOD,HIM,OFFEND,OFFENDED,PRAISE,SONGS,WICKED" Amos,5,23,"God refused to listen to the melody of the instruments that the wicked were playing","GOD,INSTRUMENTS,LISTEN,MELODY,PLAYING,REFUSED,WICKED" Amos,5,23,"God refused to listen to the songs of the wicked","GOD,LISTEN,REFUSED,SONGS,WICKED" Amos,5,23,"God rejects the songs of the wicked; He will not listen to their praise","GOD,HE,LISTEN,NOT,PRAISE,REJECTS,SONGS,WICKED" Amos,5,23,"If you want God to listen to your songs and accept them then you must repent; your sins must be forgiven and you must be right with God","ACCEPT,FORGIVEN,GOD,IF,LISTEN,MUST,REPENT,RIGHT,SINS,SONGS,WANT,YOU,YOUR" Amos,5,23,"It is a very evil thing for the church to encourage the wicked to give to the Lord, for the Lord hates their gifts","CHURCH,ENCOURAGE,EVIL,GIFTS,GIVE,HATES,LORD,THING,WICKED" Amos,5,23,"It is a very evil thing for the church to encourage the wicked to join them in worship and song and praise, for the Lord wants nothing to do with them","CHURCH,DO,ENCOURAGE,EVIL,JOIN,LORD,NOTHING,PRAISE,SONG,THING,WANTS,WICKED,WORSHIP" Amos,5,23,"It is a very evil thing for the church to encourage the wicked to sing to the Lord, for the Lord hates their songs and will not listen to them","CHURCH,ENCOURAGE,EVIL,HATES,LISTEN,LORD,NOT,SING,SONGS,THING,WICKED" Amos,5,23,"The church must not give approval to things that God hates","APPROVAL,CHURCH,GIVE,GOD,HATES,MUST,NOT,THINGS" Amos,5,23,"The church must not have wicked in its midst, for the wicked are poison; God commands the church to be pure, and its praise to be pure, and the church cannot be pure if there are evildoers in its midst; it is wrong for the church to accept gifts from the wicked, for God does not accept them; it is wrong for the church to allow the wicked to join them in songs of praise, for that is a great offense to God; the church must exclude the wicked entirely","ACCEPT,ALLOW,CANNOT,CHURCH,COMMANDS,ENTIRELY,EVILDOERS,EXCLUDE,GIFTS,GOD,GREAT,IF,JOIN,MIDST,MUST,NOT,OFFENSE,POISON,PRAISE,PURE,SONGS,THERE,WICKED,WRONG" Amos,5,23,"The church should not have respect for the songs of the wicked; when wicked people right worship music, or sing it, or play it, we must not have regard for it and we must not use it in churches, for God hates it","CHURCH,CHURCHES,GOD,HATES,MUSIC,MUST,NOT,PEOPLE,PLAY,REGARD,RESPECT,RIGHT,SHOULD,SING,SONGS,USE,WHEN,WICKED,WORSHIP" Amos,5,23,"The Israelites sang songs to the Lord","ISRAELITES,LORD,SANG,SONGS" Amos,5,23,"We must get right with God before He will accept our praise and our songs","ACCEPT,BEFORE,GOD,HE,MUST,OUR,PRAISE,RIGHT,SONGS" Amos,5,23,"We should not be impressed when the wicked sing praises to God; God hates the songs of the wicked and does not accept them; when the wicked sing praises to God, that is not a sign that they are right with God or that God approves of what they are doing","ACCEPT,DOING,GOD,HATES,IMPRESSED,NOT,PRAISES,RIGHT,SHOULD,SIGN,SING,SONGS,WHAT,WHEN,WICKED" Amos,5,24,"God commanded Israel to do what was just","COMMANDED,DO,GOD,ISRAEL,JUST,WHAT" Amos,5,24,"God commanded Israel to do what was right","COMMANDED,DO,GOD,ISRAEL,RIGHT,WHAT" Amos,5,24,"God holds nations accountable for their actions","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,GOD,HOLDS,NATIONS" Amos,5,24,"God requires nations to be just","GOD,JUST,NATIONS,REQUIRES" Amos,5,24,"God requires nations to be righteous","GOD,NATIONS,REQUIRES,RIGHTEOUS" Amos,5,24,"If a nation wants to be saved then it must do what is just","DO,IF,JUST,MUST,NATION,SAVED,WANTS,WHAT" Amos,5,24,"If a nation wants to be saved then it must do what is right","DO,IF,MUST,NATION,RIGHT,SAVED,WANTS,WHAT" Amos,5,24,"We must be just","JUST,MUST" Amos,5,24,"We must be righteous","MUST,RIGHTEOUS" Amos,5,25,"Israel offered God sacrifices while they were in the wilderness for 40 years","GOD,ISRAEL,OFFERED,SACRIFICES,WHILE,WILDERNESS,YEARS" Amos,5,25,"The Israelites were in the wilderness for 40 years","ISRAELITES,WILDERNESS,YEARS" Amos,5,25,"The story of the exodus is true; God Himself testifies to its truth","EXODUS,GOD,HIMSELF,STORY,TESTIFIES,TRUE,TRUTH" Amos,5,25,"When the Israelites were in the wilderness for 40 years they offered sacrifices, but God did not believe they were truly offering them to Him; even in those days Israel was idolatrous, and their heart was far from Him","BELIEVE,DAYS,FAR,GOD,HEART,HIM,IDOLATROUS,ISRAEL,ISRAELITES,NOT,OFFERED,OFFERING,SACRIFICES,TRULY,WHEN,WILDERNESS,YEARS" Amos,5,26,"God does not accept the worship of idolaters; those who seek to worship God must first repent of their idolatry, and worship Him alone","ACCEPT,ALONE,FIRST,GOD,HIM,IDOLATERS,IDOLATRY,MUST,NOT,REPENT,SEEK,WHO,WORSHIP" Amos,5,26,"The Israelites made idols to Chiun","CHIUN,IDOLS,ISRAELITES,MADE" Amos,5,26,"The Israelites made idols to Moloch","IDOLS,ISRAELITES,MADE,MOLOCH" Amos,5,26,"The Israelites made idols; they created them themselves, with their own hands, and worshiped them","CREATED,HANDS,IDOLS,ISRAELITES,MADE,OWN,WORSHIPED" Amos,5,26,"The Israelites tried to worship God and idols at the same time","GOD,IDOLS,ISRAELITES,SAME,TIME,TRIED,WORSHIP" Amos,5,26,"The Israelites worshiped gods that they made themselves","GODS,ISRAELITES,MADE,WORSHIPED" Amos,5,26,"The Israelites worshiped idols","IDOLS,ISRAELITES,WORSHIPED" Amos,5,27,"Because the Israelites were idolatrous, God was going to send them into captivity; He was going to exile them from the promised land and turn them into slaves","BECAUSE,CAPTIVITY,EXILE,GOD,GOING,HE,IDOLATROUS,ISRAELITES,LAND,PROMISED,SEND,SLAVES,TURN" Amos,5,27,"God decides the fate of nations","DECIDES,FATE,GOD,NATIONS" Amos,5,27,"God said that His name was the God of hosts (the God of armies)","ARMIES,GOD,HIS,HOSTS,NAME,SAID" Amos,5,27,"God was the one who was going to enslave Israel","ENSLAVE,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,ONE,WHO" Amos,5,27,"God was the one who was going to remove Israel from the promised land","GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,LAND,ONE,PROMISED,REMOVE,WHO" Amos,5,27,"God was the one who was going to send the Israelites beyond Damascus","BEYOND,DAMASCUS,GOD,GOING,ISRAELITES,ONE,SEND,WHO" Amos,5,27,"When the Israelites were conquered and enslaved, they would be taken beyond Damascus","BEYOND,CONQUERED,DAMASCUS,ENSLAVED,ISRAELITES,TAKEN,WHEN" Amos,6,1,"At this time in history the people in Zion were at ease","EASE,HISTORY,PEOPLE,TIME,ZION" Amos,6,1,"Even though a nation may be called the chief of the nations, that does not mean God is with them","CALLED,CHIEF,GOD,MEAN,NATION,NATIONS,NOT" Amos,6,1,"Even though the people of Samaria were wicked, they were called the chief of the nations","CALLED,CHIEF,NATIONS,PEOPLE,SAMARIA,WICKED" Amos,6,1,"Even though the people of Zion were wicked, they were at ease; they had rich and prosperous lives","EASE,LIVES,PEOPLE,PROSPEROUS,RICH,WICKED,ZION" Amos,6,1,"God pronounces woe upon those who were at ease in Zion","EASE,GOD,PRONOUNCES,WHO,WOE,ZION" Amos,6,1,"Having a life of ease and comfort does not mean God is with you","COMFORT,EASE,GOD,LIFE,MEAN,NOT,YOU" Amos,6,1,"Samaria was considered to be the chief of the nations, and yet they were the enemies of God","CHIEF,CONSIDERED,ENEMIES,GOD,NATIONS,SAMARIA" Amos,6,1,"The people of Samaria were called the chief of the nations","CALLED,CHIEF,NATIONS,PEOPLE,SAMARIA" Amos,6,1,"The people of Zion did not look to God for victory; instead they trusted in Samaria","GOD,INSTEAD,LOOK,NOT,PEOPLE,SAMARIA,TRUSTED,VICTORY,ZION" Amos,6,1,"The people of Zion trusted in Samaria to save them","PEOPLE,SAMARIA,SAVE,TRUSTED,ZION" Amos,6,1,"There may be times when the enemies of God are at ease","EASE,ENEMIES,GOD,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,6,1,"There may be times when the enemies of God are well respected and have a good reputation","ENEMIES,GOD,GOOD,REPUTATION,RESPECTED,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,6,2,"Gath was in Philistine territory","GATH,PHILISTINE,TERRITORY" Amos,6,2,"God told the people of Zion to go see Calneh (a city founded by Nimrod)","CALNEH,CITY,FOUNDED,GO,GOD,NIMROD,PEOPLE,SEE,TOLD,ZION" Amos,6,2,"God told the people of Zion to go see Gath","GATH,GO,GOD,PEOPLE,SEE,TOLD,ZION" Amos,6,2,"God told the people of Zion to go see Hamath (a city of Syria)","CITY,GO,GOD,HAMATH,PEOPLE,SEE,SYRIA,TOLD,ZION" Amos,6,2,"God wants us to look at history and understand that even mighty cities and kingdoms can be destroyed","CAN,CITIES,DESTROYED,GOD,HISTORY,KINGDOMS,LOOK,MIGHTY,UNDERSTAND,WANTS" Amos,6,2,"In ancient times Hamath was called Hamath the great","ANCIENT,CALLED,GREAT,HAMATH,TIMES" Amos,6,2,"It is foolish to think that a certain city can never fall, since much greater cities have fallen in the past","CAN,CERTAIN,CITIES,CITY,FALL,FALLEN,FOOLISH,GREATER,MUCH,NEVER,PAST,SINCE,THINK" Amos,6,2,"It seems that Calneh was greater than Zion, and yet it had been destroyed","CALNEH,DESTROYED,GREATER,SEEMS,ZION" Amos,6,2,"It seems that Gath was greater than Zion, and yet it had been destroyed","DESTROYED,GATH,GREATER,SEEMS,ZION" Amos,6,2,"It seems that Hamath was greater than Zion, and yet it had been destroyed","DESTROYED,GREATER,HAMATH,SEEMS,ZION" Amos,6,2,"It was foolish for Zion to think that they could never fall","FALL,FOOLISH,NEVER,THINK,ZION" Amos,6,2,"Just because a city is great does not mean it will endure forever; many great cities have been destroyed","BECAUSE,CITIES,CITY,DESTROYED,ENDURE,FOREVER,GREAT,JUST,MANY,MEAN,NOT" Amos,6,2,"There have been cities that were great, but which were ultimately destroyed by God","CITIES,DESTROYED,GOD,GREAT,THERE,WHICH" Amos,6,3,"It seems that the people of Zion were violent","PEOPLE,SEEMS,VIOLENT,ZION" Amos,6,3,"It seems that the people of Zion were wealthy and prosperous; they were not in any immediate danger","ANY,DANGER,IMMEDIATE,NOT,PEOPLE,PROSPEROUS,SEEMS,WEALTHY,ZION" Amos,6,3,"Just because a person is wealthy and prosperous does not mean that God approves of them or is with them","BECAUSE,GOD,JUST,MEAN,NOT,PERSON,PROSPEROUS,WEALTHY" Amos,6,3,"There are times when wicked people are wealthy and prosperous, and are not in immediate danger","DANGER,IMMEDIATE,NOT,PEOPLE,PROSPEROUS,THERE,TIMES,WEALTHY,WHEN,WICKED" Amos,6,4,"Even though the people of Zion were wicked, they were very wealthy","PEOPLE,WEALTHY,WICKED,ZION" Amos,6,4,"In ancient times people made beds of ivory","ANCIENT,BEDS,IVORY,MADE,PEOPLE,TIMES" Amos,6,4,"Just because a person is wealthy does not mean that God is with them","BECAUSE,GOD,JUST,MEAN,NOT,PERSON,WEALTHY" Amos,6,4,"The people of Zion ate calves","ATE,CALVES,PEOPLE,ZION" Amos,6,4,"The people of Zion ate lambs","ATE,LAMBS,PEOPLE,ZION" Amos,6,4,"The people of Zion had beds of ivory","BEDS,IVORY,PEOPLE,ZION" Amos,6,4,"The people of Zion had couches","COUCHES,PEOPLE,ZION" Amos,6,4,"The people of Zion had extravagant beds, extravagant furniture, and ate extravagant food","ATE,BEDS,EXTRAVAGANT,FOOD,FURNITURE,PEOPLE,ZION" Amos,6,4,"The people of Zion were very wealthy","PEOPLE,WEALTHY,ZION" Amos,6,4,"There are times when the wicked are wealthy","THERE,TIMES,WEALTHY,WHEN,WICKED" Amos,6,4,"There are times when the wicked lead extremely prosperous lives, and have the best furniture and food","BEST,EXTREMELY,FOOD,FURNITURE,LEAD,LIVES,PROSPEROUS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED" Amos,6,5,"David invented musical instruments","DAVID,INSTRUMENTS,INVENTED,MUSICAL" Amos,6,5,"The people of Zion chanted to music","MUSIC,PEOPLE,ZION" Amos,6,5,"The people of Zion had musical instruments","INSTRUMENTS,MUSICAL,PEOPLE,ZION" Amos,6,5,"The people of Zion had viols","PEOPLE,VIOLS,ZION" Amos,6,5,"The people of Zion invented new musical instruments","INSTRUMENTS,INVENTED,MUSICAL,NEW,PEOPLE,ZION" Amos,6,5,"The people of Zion played music","MUSIC,PEOPLE,PLAYED,ZION" Amos,6,5,"There are times when the wicked play music","MUSIC,PLAY,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED" Amos,6,6,"Although the people of Zion were extremely wealthy and could have afforded to help others, they refused to do so; they cared for no one but themselves","ALTHOUGH,CARED,DO,EXTREMELY,HELP,NO,ONE,PEOPLE,REFUSED,WEALTHY,ZION" Amos,6,6,"It is possible for a wicked nation to be extremely prosperous and have the best of everything","BEST,EVERYTHING,EXTREMELY,NATION,POSSIBLE,PROSPEROUS,WICKED" Amos,6,6,"It seems that at this point in history the tribes of Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh) were being afflicted","AFFLICTED,BEING,EPHRAIM,HISTORY,JOSEPH,MANASSEH,POINT,SEEMS,TRIBES" Amos,6,6,"The people of Zion anointed themselves extravagantly","ANOINTED,PEOPLE,ZION" Amos,6,6,"The people of Zion did not care about the suffering of others","CARE,NOT,PEOPLE,SUFFERING,ZION" Amos,6,6,"The people of Zion drank extravagant amounts of wine","AMOUNTS,DRANK,EXTRAVAGANT,PEOPLE,WINE,ZION" Amos,6,6,"The people of Zion drank so much wine that it was served in bowls, not cups","BOWLS,CUPS,DRANK,MUCH,NOT,PEOPLE,SERVED,WINE,ZION" Amos,6,6,"The people of Zion drank wine","DRANK,PEOPLE,WINE,ZION" Amos,6,7,"God wants us to care about the affliction of others","AFFLICTION,CARE,GOD,WANTS" Amos,6,7,"Since the people of Zion did not care about the affliction of others, God would put an end to their banquets","AFFLICTION,CARE,END,GOD,NOT,PEOPLE,PUT,SINCE,ZION" Amos,6,7,"Since the people of Zion did not care about the affliction of others, they would be among the first who were sent into captivity","AFFLICTION,AMONG,CAPTIVITY,CARE,FIRST,NOT,PEOPLE,SENT,SINCE,WHO,ZION" Amos,6,7,"Since the people of Zion did not care about the affliction of others, they would be sent into captivity","AFFLICTION,CAPTIVITY,CARE,NOT,PEOPLE,SENT,SINCE,ZION" Amos,6,7,"We are not allowed to only care about ourselves","ALLOWED,CARE,NOT,ONLY,OURSELVES" Amos,6,8,"Because the people of Zion only cared about themselves, God hated them; He hated their wealth, and promised to send destruction upon them","BECAUSE,CARED,DESTRUCTION,GOD,HATED,HE,ONLY,PEOPLE,PROMISED,SEND,WEALTH,ZION" Amos,6,8,"God has the power to turn cities over to their enemies","CITIES,ENEMIES,GOD,POWER,TURN" Amos,6,8,"God hated the excellency of Jacob; He hated their wealth and their extravagance","EXCELLENCY,GOD,HATED,HE,JACOB,WEALTH" Amos,6,8,"God hated the palaces of Jacob","GOD,HATED,JACOB,PALACES" Amos,6,8,"God holds cities accountable for their actions","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,CITIES,GOD,HOLDS" Amos,6,8,"God is the God of hosts (armies)","ARMIES,GOD,HOSTS" Amos,6,8,"God is the Lord","GOD,LORD" Amos,6,8,"God swore that He would turn over Zion to their enemies","ENEMIES,GOD,HE,SWORE,TURN,ZION" Amos,6,8,"There are times when God punishes cities by turning them over to their enemies","CITIES,ENEMIES,GOD,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,TURNING,WHEN" Amos,6,8,"There are times when God swears by Himself","GOD,HIMSELF,SWEARS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,6,9,"God promised that if 10 men remained in a house, all of them would die","ALL,DIE,GOD,HOUSE,IF,MEN,PROMISED,REMAINED" Amos,6,9,"God was going to kill the inhabitants of Zion","GOD,GOING,INHABITANTS,KILL,ZION" Amos,6,9,"The reason God was going to kill the inhabitants of Zion was because they only cared about themselves","BECAUSE,CARED,GOD,GOING,INHABITANTS,KILL,ONLY,REASON,ZION" Amos,6,10,"The bones of those who die in the house will be taken out by the person's uncle","BONES,DIE,HOUSE,PERSON,TAKEN,UNCLE,WHO" Amos,6,10,"The bones of those who die in the house will not be buried; instead they will be burned","BONES,BURIED,BURNED,DIE,HOUSE,INSTEAD,NOT,WHO" Amos,6,10,"The commandment to not speak of God did not come from the Lord; instead it came from men","COME,COMMANDMENT,GOD,INSTEAD,LORD,MEN,NOT,SPEAK" Amos,6,10,"Those who die in the house will become bones","BECOME,BONES,DIE,HOUSE,WHO" Amos,6,10,"When judgment comes upon Zion, bones will be burned instead of buried","BONES,BURIED,BURNED,COMES,INSTEAD,JUDGMENT,WHEN,ZION" Amos,6,10,"When judgment comes upon Zion, people will forbid others from talking about God","COMES,FORBID,GOD,JUDGMENT,PEOPLE,TALKING,WHEN,ZION" Amos,6,10,"When the uncle comes to retrieve and burn the bones, he will ask the survivor if there was anyone else left; the survivor will say no","ANYONE,ASK,BONES,BURN,COMES,HE,IF,LEFT,NO,SAY,SURVIVOR,THERE,UNCLE,WHEN" Amos,6,10,"When the uncle comes to retrieve and burn the bones, he will tell the sole survivor to not mention the name of the Lord","BONES,BURN,COMES,HE,LORD,MENTION,NAME,NOT,SOLE,SURVIVOR,TELL,UNCLE,WHEN" Amos,6,11,"Although the people of Zion were wealthy and at ease, God was going to smite their houses and put them to death","ALTHOUGH,DEATH,EASE,GOD,GOING,HOUSES,PEOPLE,PUT,SMITE,WEALTHY,ZION" Amos,6,11,"No one would be spared in the coming judgment; it would impact both the small and the great","COMING,GREAT,IMPACT,JUDGMENT,NO,ONE,SMALL,SPARED" Amos,6,11,"The great would not be spared; their greatness would not save them","GREAT,GREATNESS,NOT,SAVE,SPARED" Amos,6,11,"The Lord is going to smite all the houses of Zion, both great and small","ALL,GOING,GREAT,HOUSES,LORD,SMALL,SMITE,ZION" Amos,6,11,"The Lord is going to smite the great houses of Zion with breaches","GOING,GREAT,HOUSES,LORD,SMITE,ZION" Amos,6,11,"The Lord is going to smite the small houses of Zion with clefts","CLEFTS,GOING,HOUSES,LORD,SMALL,SMITE,ZION" Amos,6,11,"The reason that all the houses would be impacted by the judgment was because the Lord commanded it","ALL,BECAUSE,COMMANDED,HOUSES,IMPACTED,JUDGMENT,LORD,REASON" Amos,6,11,"Zion had great houses","GREAT,HOUSES,ZION" Amos,6,11,"Zion had small houses","HOUSES,SMALL,ZION" Amos,6,12,"A rock cannot be plowed with oxen","CANNOT,OXEN,PLOWED,ROCK" Amos,6,12,"Horses cannot run through a rocky field","CANNOT,FIELD,HORSES,RUN" Amos,6,12,"In ancient times people used oxen to plow fields","ANCIENT,FIELDS,OXEN,PEOPLE,PLOW,TIMES,USED" Amos,6,12,"It is wrong to pervert justice","JUSTICE,PERVERT,WRONG" Amos,6,12,"It is wrong to pervert righteousness","PERVERT,RIGHTEOUSNESS,WRONG" Amos,6,12,"Since the people of Zion had perverted justice, God was going to destroy them","DESTROY,GOD,GOING,JUSTICE,PEOPLE,PERVERTED,SINCE,ZION" Amos,6,12,"Since the people of Zion had perverted righteousness, God was going to destroy them","DESTROY,GOD,GOING,PEOPLE,PERVERTED,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SINCE,ZION" Amos,6,12,"The people of Zion had turned judgment and justice into something terrible and vile","JUDGMENT,JUSTICE,PEOPLE,SOMETHING,TERRIBLE,TURNED,VILE,ZION" Amos,6,12,"The people of Zion had turned righteousness into poison","PEOPLE,POISON,RIGHTEOUSNESS,TURNED,ZION" Amos,6,12,"The people of Zion were utterly corrupt and vile; they lacked both justice and righteousness","CORRUPT,JUSTICE,LACKED,PEOPLE,RIGHTEOUSNESS,VILE,ZION" Amos,6,12,"There are times when God destroys nations for being unjust","BEING,DESTROYS,GOD,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,UNJUST,WHEN" Amos,6,12,"There are times when God destroys nations for being unrighteous","BEING,DESTROYS,GOD,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,UNRIGHTEOUS,WHEN" Amos,6,13,"The people of Zion boasted that they had become strong by their own efforts; they gave themselves all the credit for their wealth and power","ALL,BECOME,BOASTED,EFFORTS,GAVE,OWN,PEOPLE,POWER,STRONG,WEALTH,ZION" Amos,6,13,"The people of Zion boasted that they were strong","BOASTED,PEOPLE,STRONG,ZION" Amos,6,13,"The people of Zion thought that they were strong, but they were wrong","PEOPLE,STRONG,THOUGHT,WRONG,ZION" Amos,6,13,"The people of Zion were proud","PEOPLE,PROUD,ZION" Amos,6,13,"There are times when the wicked are proud","PROUD,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED" Amos,6,13,"There are times when the wicked boast","BOAST,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED" Amos,6,13,"There are times when the wicked think that they are strong, but in reality they are not","NOT,REALITY,STRONG,THERE,THINK,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED" Amos,6,14,"God controls whether a nation has enemies","CONTROLS,ENEMIES,GOD,NATION" Amos,6,14,"God controls whether a nation is afflicted","AFFLICTED,CONTROLS,GOD,NATION" Amos,6,14,"God has the power to afflict nations","AFFLICT,GOD,NATIONS,POWER" Amos,6,14,"God has the power to raise up enemies to fight against a nation","AGAINST,ENEMIES,FIGHT,GOD,NATION,POWER,RAISE,UP" Amos,6,14,"God promised that He was going to raise up an enemy nation against Israel","AGAINST,ENEMY,GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAEL,NATION,PROMISED,RAISE,UP" Amos,6,14,"God said that an enemy nation would afflict Israel","AFFLICT,ENEMY,GOD,ISRAEL,NATION,SAID" Amos,6,14,"God said that an enemy nation would triumph over Israel","ENEMY,GOD,ISRAEL,NATION,SAID,TRIUMPH" Amos,6,14,"Israel would be afflicted from Hemath to the river of the wilderness","AFFLICTED,HEMATH,ISRAEL,RIVER,WILDERNESS" Amos,6,14,"Since the people of Zion were wicked and corrupt, God was going to raise up an enemy against them","AGAINST,CORRUPT,ENEMY,GOD,GOING,PEOPLE,RAISE,SINCE,UP,WICKED,ZION" Amos,6,14,"There are times when God punishes a nation by afflicting them","AFFLICTING,GOD,NATION,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,6,14,"There are times when God punishes nations by raising up enemies against them","AGAINST,ENEMIES,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,RAISING,THERE,TIMES,UP,WHEN" Amos,7,1,"God is able to create a plague of grasshoppers","ABLE,CREATE,GOD,GRASSHOPPERS,PLAGUE" Amos,7,1,"God showed Amos a plague of grasshoppers","AMOS,GOD,GRASSHOPPERS,PLAGUE,SHOWED" Amos,7,1,"God showed Amos a vision where He was going to send a plague of grasshoppers upon Israel","AMOS,GOD,GOING,GRASSHOPPERS,HE,ISRAEL,PLAGUE,SEND,SHOWED,VISION,WHERE" Amos,7,1,"In seems that in ancient times, the first of the crops were given to the king","ANCIENT,CROPS,FIRST,GIVEN,KING,SEEMS,TIMES" Amos,7,1,"The grasshoppers were going to be sent after the king got his share of the crops but before the people got theirs; this means it would not affect the king but it would be devastating to the people","AFFECT,AFTER,BEFORE,CROPS,GOING,GRASSHOPPERS,HIS,KING,MEANS,NOT,PEOPLE,SENT,SHARE" Amos,7,1,"The grasshoppers were going to be sent in the 'latter growth', after the king's mowings","AFTER,GOING,GRASSHOPPERS,GROWTH,KING,LATTER,MOWINGS,SENT" Amos,7,2,"Amos did not want God to send His judgment upon Israel","AMOS,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,NOT,SEND,WANT" Amos,7,2,"Amos interceded on behalf of his nation even though they were wicked and violent and completely unrepentant","AMOS,BEHALF,COMPLETELY,HIS,INTERCEDED,NATION,UNREPENTANT,VIOLENT,WICKED" Amos,7,2,"Amos said that the nation of Israel was small","AMOS,ISRAEL,NATION,SAID,SMALL" Amos,7,2,"Amos wanted God to forgive Israel even though Israel was completely idolatrous and had no intention of ever repenting","AMOS,COMPLETELY,FORGIVE,GOD,IDOLATROUS,INTENTION,ISRAEL,NO,REPENTING,WANTED" Amos,7,2,"The grasshoppers were going to get all the grass of the land, but only after the king got his share; this means it would impact the animals owned by the common people, since they would have no food","AFTER,ALL,ANIMALS,COMMON,FOOD,GOING,GRASS,GRASSHOPPERS,HIS,IMPACT,KING,LAND,MEANS,NO,ONLY,OWNED,PEOPLE,SHARE,SINCE" Amos,7,2,"When Amos saw the vision of the grasshoppers, he interceded for Israel; he prayed that God would forgive Israel and not send this plague","AMOS,FORGIVE,GOD,GRASSHOPPERS,HE,INTERCEDED,ISRAEL,NOT,PLAGUE,PRAYED,SAW,SEND,VISION,WHEN" Amos,7,3,"God listened to Amos and agreed to not send the plague of grasshoppers upon Israel","AGREED,AMOS,GOD,GRASSHOPPERS,ISRAEL,LISTENED,NOT,PLAGUE,SEND" Amos,7,3,"It is not wrong to intercede on behalf of wicked nations, and ask God not to send judgments upon them","ASK,BEHALF,GOD,INTERCEDE,JUDGMENTS,NATIONS,NOT,SEND,WICKED,WRONG" Amos,7,3,"Sometimes interceding for a nation stops God from sending certain judgments upon them","CERTAIN,GOD,INTERCEDING,JUDGMENTS,NATION,SENDING,SOMETIMES,STOPS" Amos,7,3,"There are times when God did not send certain judgments upon a nation because a prophet interceded on behalf of that nation","BECAUSE,BEHALF,CERTAIN,GOD,INTERCEDED,JUDGMENTS,NATION,NOT,PROPHET,SEND,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,7,4,"God is able to create a plague of fire","ABLE,CREATE,FIRE,GOD,PLAGUE" Amos,7,4,"God showed Amos a plague of fire","AMOS,FIRE,GOD,PLAGUE,SHOWED" Amos,7,4,"God showed Amos a vision where He was going to send fire upon Israel","AMOS,FIRE,GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAEL,SEND,SHOWED,VISION,WHERE" Amos,7,4,"The fire was going to consume part of Israel","CONSUME,FIRE,GOING,ISRAEL,PART" Amos,7,5,"When Amos saw the vision of the fire, he interceded for Israel; he prayed that God would forgive Israel and not send this plague","AMOS,FIRE,FORGIVE,GOD,HE,INTERCEDED,ISRAEL,NOT,PLAGUE,PRAYED,SAW,SEND,VISION,WHEN" Amos,7,6,"God listened to Amos and agreed to not send the plague of fire upon Israel","AGREED,AMOS,FIRE,GOD,ISRAEL,LISTENED,NOT,PLAGUE,SEND" Amos,7,7,"Amos saw God in a vision","AMOS,GOD,SAW,VISION" Amos,7,7,"God showed Amos a vision of a plumbline (a line used to measure a wall and see if it was straight)","AMOS,GOD,IF,LINE,MEASURE,PLUMBLINE,SEE,SHOWED,STRAIGHT,USED,VISION,WALL" Amos,7,7,"In the vision, God was holding a plumbline in His hand","GOD,HAND,HIS,HOLDING,PLUMBLINE,VISION" Amos,7,7,"When Amos saw God in a vision, it seems that he saw a being who looked like a human and had a hand; this indicates that Amos probably had a vision of the pre-incarnate Christ","AMOS,BEING,CHRIST,GOD,HAND,HE,HUMAN,INDICATES,LIKE,LOOKED,SAW,SEEMS,VISION,WHEN,WHO" Amos,7,8,"Although Amos was able to intercede and stop the judgments of grasshoppers and fire, he was not able to save Israel; Israel was still going to be judged because they would not repent","ABLE,ALTHOUGH,AMOS,BECAUSE,FIRE,GOING,GRASSHOPPERS,HE,INTERCEDE,ISRAEL,JUDGED,JUDGMENTS,NOT,REPENT,SAVE,STOP" Amos,7,8,"Although God was not going to send the grasshoppers or fire upon Israel, His judgment was still going to come all the same; this is because Israel was wicked and God could not simply overlook their sin and allow their wickedness to continue","ALL,ALLOW,ALTHOUGH,BECAUSE,COME,CONTINUE,FIRE,GOD,GOING,GRASSHOPPERS,HIS,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,NOT,SAME,SEND,SIMPLY,SIN,WICKED,WICKEDNESS" Amos,7,8,"God asked Amos what he saw in the vision","AMOS,ASKED,GOD,HE,SAW,VISION,WHAT" Amos,7,8,"God does not ignore the actions of nations","ACTIONS,GOD,IGNORE,NATIONS,NOT" Amos,7,8,"God holds nations accountable for their sin","ACCOUNTABLE,GOD,HOLDS,NATIONS,SIN" Amos,7,8,"God measures nations according to His standard","ACCORDING,GOD,HIS,MEASURES,NATIONS,STANDARD" Amos,7,8,"God said that He was going to set a plumbline in the midst of Israel; this means that God was going to hold Israel accountable to His standard","ACCOUNTABLE,GOD,GOING,HE,HIS,HOLD,ISRAEL,MEANS,MIDST,PLUMBLINE,SAID,SET,STANDARD" Amos,7,8,"God said that He was not going to ignore Israel's sins any longer; instead it was time for judgment","ANY,GOD,GOING,HE,IGNORE,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,LONGER,NOT,SAID,SINS,TIME" Amos,7,8,"It seems that if a nation is wicked and will not repent, it is impossible to save them through intercession; judgment is still going to come because God cannot ignore sin","BECAUSE,CANNOT,COME,GOD,GOING,IF,IGNORE,IMPOSSIBLE,INTERCESSION,JUDGMENT,NATION,NOT,REPENT,SAVE,SEEMS,SIN,WICKED" Amos,7,8,"The vision that God gave Amos contained a wall and a plumbline, and the Lord as well; Amos told God that what he saw was the plumbline, and did not mention anything else","AMOS,ANYTHING,CONTAINED,GAVE,GOD,HE,LORD,MENTION,NOT,PLUMBLINE,SAW,TOLD,VISION,WALL,WHAT" Amos,7,9,"God held the leaders of Israel responsible for the nation","GOD,HELD,ISRAEL,LEADERS,NATION,RESPONSIBLE" Amos,7,9,"In ancient times there were high places in Israel","ANCIENT,HIGH,ISRAEL,PLACES,THERE,TIMES" Amos,7,9,"In the coming judgment, God was going to kill the house of Jeroboam","COMING,GOD,GOING,HOUSE,JEROBOAM,JUDGMENT,KILL" Amos,7,9,"In the coming judgment, the high places of Israel (places of idolatry) would be desolate","COMING,DESOLATE,HIGH,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,PLACES" Amos,7,9,"In the coming judgment, the sanctuaries of Israel (places of idolatry) would be laid waste","COMING,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,LAID,PLACES,SANCTUARIES,WASTE" Amos,7,9,"There are times when God rises against the idolatry of a nation, and destroys their pagan idols and their pagan temples","AGAINST,DESTROYS,GOD,IDOLATRY,IDOLS,NATION,PAGAN,RISES,TEMPLES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,7,9,"There are times when God rises against the leaders of a nation and kills them","AGAINST,GOD,KILLS,LEADERS,NATION,RISES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,7,10,"Amaziah heard what God said through Amos, and he hated it","AMAZIAH,AMOS,GOD,HATED,HE,HEARD,SAID,WHAT" Amos,7,10,"Amaziah lied to the king and said that Amos had conspired against him","AGAINST,AMAZIAH,AMOS,CONSPIRED,HIM,KING,LIED,SAID" Amos,7,10,"Amaziah proved that God was right: the people of Israel were violent and wicked, and they really did try to silence prophets and stop people from speaking of God","AMAZIAH,GOD,ISRAEL,PEOPLE,PROPHETS,PROVED,RIGHT,SILENCE,SPEAKING,STOP,TRY,VIOLENT,WICKED" Amos,7,10,"Amaziah rejected what God said through Amos","AMAZIAH,AMOS,GOD,REJECTED,SAID,WHAT" Amos,7,10,"Amaziah tried to get Amos killed","AMAZIAH,AMOS,KILLED,TRIED" Amos,7,10,"Amaziah used lies to try to get Amos killed","AMAZIAH,AMOS,KILLED,LIES,TRY,USED" Amos,7,10,"Amaziah was a priest of Bethel; this means he was a pagan priest of the golden calves","AMAZIAH,BETHEL,CALVES,GOLDEN,HE,MEANS,PAGAN,PRIEST" Amos,7,10,"At the time Amos prophesied, Jeroboam was king of Israel","AMOS,ISRAEL,JEROBOAM,KING,PROPHESIED,TIME" Amos,7,11,"Amaziah heard the words of the Lord but he rejected them and refused to believe them","AMAZIAH,BELIEVE,HE,HEARD,LORD,REFUSED,REJECTED,WORDS" Amos,7,11,"Amaziah knew that God had said that Israel would be led away as captives; however, he rejected it","AMAZIAH,AWAY,CAPTIVES,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,KNEW,LED,REJECTED,SAID" Amos,7,11,"Amaziah knew that God had said that Jeroboam would be killed; however, he rejected it","AMAZIAH,GOD,HE,JEROBOAM,KILLED,KNEW,REJECTED,SAID" Amos,7,11,"Amaziah told Jeroboam what Amos had said about him","AMAZIAH,AMOS,HIM,JEROBOAM,SAID,TOLD,WHAT" Amos,7,11,"Amaziah told Jeroboam what Amos had said about the fate of Israel","AMAZIAH,AMOS,FATE,ISRAEL,JEROBOAM,SAID,TOLD,WHAT" Amos,7,12,"Amaziah knew that Amos was a prophet","AMAZIAH,AMOS,KNEW,PROPHET" Amos,7,12,"Amaziah tried to drive Amos out of Israel","AMAZIAH,AMOS,DRIVE,ISRAEL,TRIED" Amos,7,12,"Amaziah tried to get Amos to stop prophesying in Israel","AMAZIAH,AMOS,ISRAEL,PROPHESYING,STOP,TRIED" Amos,7,12,"Amaziah wanted Israel to prophesy in Judah","AMAZIAH,ISRAEL,JUDAH,PROPHESY,WANTED" Amos,7,12,"Even though Amaziah knew that Amos was a prophet, he still tried to silence him","AMAZIAH,AMOS,HE,HIM,KNEW,PROPHET,SILENCE,TRIED" Amos,7,12,"The people of Israel really did try to silence the prophets of God (which was one of the reasons why God was going to destroy that nation)","DESTROY,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,NATION,ONE,PEOPLE,PROPHETS,REASONS,SILENCE,TRY,WHICH,WHY" Amos,7,13,"Amaziah said that Bethel (a place of paganism and idolatry) was the king's chapel","AMAZIAH,BETHEL,CHAPEL,IDOLATRY,KING,PAGANISM,PLACE,SAID" Amos,7,13,"Amaziah said that Bethel (a place of paganism and idolatry) was the king's court","AMAZIAH,BETHEL,COURT,IDOLATRY,KING,PAGANISM,PLACE,SAID" Amos,7,13,"Amaziah told Amos to stop prophesying at Bethel","AMAZIAH,AMOS,BETHEL,PROPHESYING,STOP,TOLD" Amos,7,13,"It seems that Amos had been prophesying at Bethel (a place of sin and idolatry)","AMOS,BETHEL,IDOLATRY,PLACE,PROPHESYING,SEEMS,SIN" Amos,7,13,"It seems that Jeroboam was very closely associated with the paganism and idolatry of Bethel","ASSOCIATED,BETHEL,IDOLATRY,JEROBOAM,PAGANISM,SEEMS" Amos,7,14,"Before God called Amos, he spent his time gathering sycamore fruit (figs)","AMOS,BEFORE,CALLED,FIGS,FRUIT,GATHERING,GOD,HE,HIS,SPENT,SYCAMORE,TIME" Amos,7,14,"Before God called Amos, he was a herdman (which means he tended a flock)","AMOS,BEFORE,CALLED,FLOCK,GOD,HE,HERDMAN,MEANS,WHICH" Amos,7,14,"Before God called Amos, he was not a prophet","AMOS,BEFORE,CALLED,GOD,HE,NOT,PROPHET" Amos,7,14,"It seems that in ancient times, people gathered sycamore fruit (figs)","ANCIENT,FIGS,FRUIT,GATHERED,PEOPLE,SEEMS,SYCAMORE,TIMES" Amos,7,14,"The father of Amos was not a prophet","AMOS,FATHER,NOT,PROPHET" Amos,7,15,"Amos did not claim to have impressive credentials or an impressive family history; instead he said that he had a right to prophesy in Israel because that is what God commanded him to do","AMOS,BECAUSE,CLAIM,COMMANDED,DO,FAMILY,GOD,HE,HIM,HISTORY,IMPRESSIVE,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,NOT,PROPHESY,RIGHT,SAID,WHAT" Amos,7,15,"Even though Israel was idolatrous and wicked, God still said that the Israelites were His people","GOD,HIS,IDOLATROUS,ISRAEL,ISRAELITES,PEOPLE,SAID,WICKED" Amos,7,15,"The reason Amos was in Israel prophesying was because God commanded him to do that","AMOS,BECAUSE,COMMANDED,DO,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,PROPHESYING,REASON" Amos,7,15,"When Amaziah fought against Amos and tried to get him killed, he was actually fighting against God","ACTUALLY,AGAINST,AMAZIAH,AMOS,FIGHTING,FOUGHT,GOD,HE,HIM,KILLED,TRIED,WHEN" Amos,7,15,"When Amaziah tried to silence Amos, he was actually trying to silence God","ACTUALLY,AMAZIAH,AMOS,GOD,HE,SILENCE,TRIED,TRYING,WHEN" Amos,7,15,"When Amos was tending a flock, God called Amos and commanded Him to go to Israel and prophesy","AMOS,CALLED,COMMANDED,FLOCK,GO,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,PROPHESY,WHEN" Amos,7,15,"When God called Amos, he obeyed; he left his flock and went to Israel and prophesied","AMOS,CALLED,FLOCK,GOD,HE,HIS,ISRAEL,LEFT,OBEYED,PROPHESIED,WENT,WHEN" Amos,7,16,"God noticed that Amaziah had commanded Amos to not prophesy against Israel","AGAINST,AMAZIAH,AMOS,COMMANDED,GOD,ISRAEL,NOT,NOTICED,PROPHESY" Amos,7,16,"God wanted Amos to prophesy against Israel","AGAINST,AMOS,GOD,ISRAEL,PROPHESY,WANTED" Amos,7,16,"God was angry that Amaziah had tried to stop Amos from prophesying","AMAZIAH,AMOS,ANGRY,GOD,PROPHESYING,STOP,TRIED" Amos,7,17,"Even though Amaziah tried to fight against God, it did not accomplish anything; it did not save the nation, and it only brought judgment upon him and his family","ACCOMPLISH,AGAINST,AMAZIAH,ANYTHING,BROUGHT,FAMILY,FIGHT,GOD,HIM,HIS,JUDGMENT,NATION,NOT,ONLY,SAVE,TRIED" Amos,7,17,"Even though Amaziah tried to silence Amos, God was still going to send His judgment upon Israel; the nation was going to be conquered and the people were going to be taken away as captives","AMAZIAH,AMOS,AWAY,CAPTIVES,CONQUERED,GOD,GOING,HIS,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,NATION,PEOPLE,SEND,SILENCE,TAKEN,TRIED" Amos,7,17,"God said that the place where Amaziah would die was a polluted place","AMAZIAH,DIE,GOD,PLACE,POLLUTED,SAID,WHERE" Amos,7,17,"God was going to punish Amaziah by doing something terrible to his daughters","AMAZIAH,DAUGHTERS,DOING,GOD,GOING,HIS,PUNISH,SOMETHING,TERRIBLE" Amos,7,17,"God was going to punish Amaziah by doing something terrible to his sons","AMAZIAH,DOING,GOD,GOING,HIS,PUNISH,SOMETHING,SONS,TERRIBLE" Amos,7,17,"God was going to punish Amaziah by doing something terrible to his wife","AMAZIAH,DOING,GOD,GOING,HIS,PUNISH,SOMETHING,TERRIBLE,WIFE" Amos,7,17,"God was going to punish Amaziah for trying to silence Amos","AMAZIAH,AMOS,GOD,GOING,PUNISH,SILENCE,TRYING" Amos,7,17,"It is a bad thing to be a prostitute","BAD,PROSTITUTE,THING" Amos,7,17,"It is a bad thing to try to silence God's message","BAD,GOD,MESSAGE,SILENCE,THING,TRY" Amos,7,17,"It is possible for a land to be polluted in the sight of God","GOD,LAND,POLLUTED,POSSIBLE,SIGHT" Amos,7,17,"It seems that Amaziah had daughters","AMAZIAH,DAUGHTERS,SEEMS" Amos,7,17,"It seems that Amaziah had sons","AMAZIAH,SEEMS,SONS" Amos,7,17,"Since Amaziah tried to silence God's message against Israel, God was going to kill his daughters","AGAINST,AMAZIAH,DAUGHTERS,GOD,GOING,HIS,ISRAEL,KILL,MESSAGE,SILENCE,SINCE,TRIED" Amos,7,17,"Since Amaziah tried to silence God's message against Israel, God was going to kill his sons","AGAINST,AMAZIAH,GOD,GOING,HIS,ISRAEL,KILL,MESSAGE,SILENCE,SINCE,SONS,TRIED" Amos,7,17,"Since Amaziah tried to silence God's message against Israel, God was going to turn Amaziah's wife into a prostitute","AGAINST,AMAZIAH,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,MESSAGE,PROSTITUTE,SILENCE,SINCE,TRIED,TURN,WIFE" Amos,7,17,"Since Amaziah tried to silence God's message against Israel, he would be taken captive and would die in a foreign country","AGAINST,AMAZIAH,CAPTIVE,COUNTRY,DIE,FOREIGN,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,MESSAGE,SILENCE,SINCE,TAKEN,TRIED" Amos,7,17,"Since Amaziah tried to silence God's message against Israel, his land in Israel would be taken away from him","AGAINST,AMAZIAH,AWAY,GOD,HIM,HIS,ISRAEL,LAND,MESSAGE,SILENCE,SINCE,TAKEN,TRIED" Amos,7,17,"There are times when a person's family suffers because of what that person did","BECAUSE,FAMILY,PERSON,SUFFERS,THERE,TIMES,WHAT,WHEN" Amos,7,17,"There are times when God punishes people by doing terrible things to their family","DOING,FAMILY,GOD,PEOPLE,PUNISHES,TERRIBLE,THERE,THINGS,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,7,17,"There are times when God punishes people who try to silence His message","GOD,HIS,MESSAGE,PEOPLE,PUNISHES,SILENCE,THERE,TIMES,TRY,WHEN,WHO" Amos,8,1,"God gave Amos a vision of a basket of summer fruit","AMOS,BASKET,FRUIT,GAVE,GOD,SUMMER,VISION" Amos,8,2,"Amos told God that in the vision he saw a basket of summer fruit","AMOS,BASKET,FRUIT,GOD,HE,SAW,SUMMER,TOLD,VISION" Amos,8,2,"Even though Israel was idolatrous and wicked, and even though God was about to punish them, He still called them His people","CALLED,GOD,HE,HIS,IDOLATROUS,ISRAEL,PEOPLE,PUNISH,WICKED" Amos,8,2,"Even when the Israelites were wicked God still considered them to be His people","CONSIDERED,GOD,HIS,ISRAELITES,PEOPLE,WHEN,WICKED" Amos,8,2,"God asked Amos what he saw","AMOS,ASKED,GOD,HE,SAW,WHAT" Amos,8,2,"God gave the interpretation of the vision: it meant that judgment was coming upon the people of Israel","COMING,GAVE,GOD,INTERPRETATION,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,MEANT,PEOPLE,VISION" Amos,8,2,"God was no longer going to ignore Israel's sins; it was now time for judgment","GOD,GOING,IGNORE,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,LONGER,NO,NOW,SINS,TIME" Amos,8,2,"God will not ignore the sins of a nation forever","FOREVER,GOD,IGNORE,NATION,NOT,SINS" Amos,8,2,"There are times when God does not punish a nation for its sins, but allows it to continue; however, that period of grace eventually comes to an end, and then judgment comes","ALLOWS,COMES,CONTINUE,END,EVENTUALLY,GOD,GRACE,JUDGMENT,NATION,NOT,PUNISH,SINS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,8,3,"God told Israel in advance what the coming judgment would be like, and yet the people still did not repent; they ignored God and continued on in their sins, and so the judgment came","ADVANCE,COMING,CONTINUED,GOD,IGNORED,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,LIKE,NOT,PEOPLE,REPENT,SINS,TOLD,WHAT" Amos,8,3,"In the past, the people sung in the temple","PAST,PEOPLE,SUNG,TEMPLE" Amos,8,3,"When God sent His judgment upon Israel, many people would die","DIE,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,MANY,PEOPLE,SENT,WHEN" Amos,8,3,"When God sent His judgment upon Israel, people would no longer sing in the temple; instead they would howl","GOD,HIS,HOWL,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,LONGER,NO,PEOPLE,SENT,SING,TEMPLE,WHEN" Amos,8,3,"When God sent His judgment upon Israel, there would be dead bodies in every place","BODIES,DEAD,EVERY,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,PLACE,SENT,THERE,WHEN" Amos,8,4,"God becomes angry with nations when they oppress and destroy the poor","ANGRY,BECOMES,DESTROY,GOD,NATIONS,OPPRESS,POOR,WHEN" Amos,8,4,"God was going to punish Israel for the way they treated the poor and needy","GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,NEEDY,POOR,PUNISH,TREATED" Amos,8,4,"The Israelites were destroying the needy","DESTROYING,ISRAELITES,NEEDY" Amos,8,4,"The Israelites were oppressing the poor","ISRAELITES,OPPRESSING,POOR" Amos,8,4,"There were needy people in Israel","ISRAEL,NEEDY,PEOPLE,THERE" Amos,8,4,"There were poor people in Israel","ISRAEL,PEOPLE,POOR,THERE" Amos,8,4,"We must not destroy the needy","DESTROY,MUST,NEEDY,NOT" Amos,8,4,"We must not oppress the poor","MUST,NOT,OPPRESS,POOR" Amos,8,5,"God hated the insincerity of the Israelites","GOD,HATED,ISRAELITES" Amos,8,5,"God hated the rampant fraud that was going on in Israel","FRAUD,GOD,GOING,HATED,ISRAEL" Amos,8,5,"God hates false weights and false balances","BALANCES,FALSE,GOD,HATES,WEIGHTS" Amos,8,5,"God is opposed to people who defraud one another","ANOTHER,DEFRAUD,GOD,ONE,OPPOSED,PEOPLE,WHO" Amos,8,5,"God saw the fraud that was going on in Israel, and He hated it","FRAUD,GOD,GOING,HATED,HE,ISRAEL,SAW" Amos,8,5,"It is wrong to keep the Law while wishing you were doing something else","DOING,KEEP,LAW,SOMETHING,WHILE,WISHING,WRONG,YOU" Amos,8,5,"The Israelites did not fear the Lord; they kept the Sabbath on one day and then stole from people the rest of the week","DAY,FEAR,ISRAELITES,KEPT,LORD,NOT,ONE,PEOPLE,REST,SABBATH,STOLE,WEEK" Amos,8,5,"The Israelites did not sell corn during the new moon, and this bothered them a great deal; they did not want to keep the Law and they hated keeping it, which greatly displeased the Lord","BOTHERED,CORN,DEAL,DISPLEASED,DURING,GREAT,GREATLY,HATED,ISRAELITES,KEEP,KEEPING,LAW,LORD,MOON,NEW,NOT,SELL,WANT,WHICH" Amos,8,5,"The Israelites did not sell wheat during the Sabbath, and this bothered them a great deal; they did not want to keep the Law and they hated keeping it, which greatly displeased the Lord","BOTHERED,DEAL,DISPLEASED,DURING,GREAT,GREATLY,HATED,ISRAELITES,KEEP,KEEPING,LAW,LORD,NOT,SABBATH,SELL,WANT,WHEAT,WHICH" Amos,8,5,"The Israelites sold corn","CORN,ISRAELITES,SOLD" Amos,8,5,"The Israelites sold wheat","ISRAELITES,SOLD,WHEAT" Amos,8,5,"The Israelites wanted the feasts of God to quickly be over so they could go back to stealing from the people; they outwardly celebrated the feasts, but all the while they were burning to get back to their fraud and their wickedness","ALL,BACK,BURNING,CELEBRATED,FEASTS,FRAUD,GO,GOD,ISRAELITES,OUTWARDLY,PEOPLE,QUICKLY,STEALING,WANTED,WHILE,WICKEDNESS" Amos,8,5,"The Israelites wanted the Sabbath to quickly be over so they could go back to stealing from the people; they outwardly kept the Sabbath, but all the while they were burning to get back to their fraud and their wickedness","ALL,BACK,BURNING,FRAUD,GO,ISRAELITES,KEPT,OUTWARDLY,PEOPLE,QUICKLY,SABBATH,STEALING,WANTED,WHILE,WICKEDNESS" Amos,8,5,"The Israelites were habitually dishonest; they used false weights to defraud people","DEFRAUD,DISHONEST,FALSE,ISRAELITES,PEOPLE,USED,WEIGHTS" Amos,8,5,"The Israelites were outwardly obeying the Law, but their heart wasn't in it","HEART,ISRAELITES,LAW,OBEYING,OUTWARDLY" Amos,8,5,"There are times when God punishes nations because their people are guilty of rampant fraud","BECAUSE,FRAUD,GOD,GUILTY,NATIONS,PEOPLE,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,8,5,"We must keep the Law of God with sincerity, with our heart","GOD,HEART,KEEP,LAW,MUST,OUR,SINCERITY" Amos,8,5,"We must not defraud one another","ANOTHER,DEFRAUD,MUST,NOT,ONE" Amos,8,5,"We must not use false weights and false balances","BALANCES,FALSE,MUST,NOT,USE,WEIGHTS" Amos,8,6,"The Israelites defrauded people by selling the worst parts of the wheat","DEFRAUDED,ISRAELITES,PARTS,PEOPLE,SELLING,WHEAT,WORST" Amos,8,6,"The Israelites defrauded the poor and then sold them in exchange for a pair of shoes","DEFRAUDED,EXCHANGE,ISRAELITES,PAIR,POOR,SHOES,SOLD" Amos,8,6,"The Israelites defrauded the poor and then sold them in exchange for silver","DEFRAUDED,EXCHANGE,ISRAELITES,POOR,SILVER,SOLD" Amos,8,6,"The Israelites enriched themselves through fraud","ENRICHED,FRAUD,ISRAELITES" Amos,8,6,"The Israelites openly despised the poor","DESPISED,ISRAELITES,OPENLY,POOR" Amos,8,6,"The Israelites oppressed the poor for the most trivial of reasons","ISRAELITES,OPPRESSED,POOR,REASONS" Amos,8,6,"The Israelites oppressed the poor through fraud","FRAUD,ISRAELITES,OPPRESSED,POOR" Amos,8,6,"The Israelites used their wealth, which was obtained by fraud, to buy and sell the poor (who they oppressed and robbed) as slaves","BUY,FRAUD,ISRAELITES,OBTAINED,OPPRESSED,POOR,ROBBED,SELL,SLAVES,USED,WEALTH,WHICH,WHO" Amos,8,7,"God becomes very angry when people defraud others","ANGRY,BECOMES,DEFRAUD,GOD,PEOPLE,WHEN" Amos,8,7,"God becomes very angry when people oppress the poor","ANGRY,BECOMES,GOD,OPPRESS,PEOPLE,POOR,WHEN" Amos,8,7,"God swore an oath by the excellency of Jacob","EXCELLENCY,GOD,JACOB,OATH,SWORE" Amos,8,7,"God swore an oath that He would never forget the wickedness of that generation of Israelites; He would never forget their wicked deeds","DEEDS,FORGET,GENERATION,GOD,HE,ISRAELITES,NEVER,OATH,SWORE,WICKED,WICKEDNESS" Amos,8,7,"One of the ways that God punishes evildoers is by refusing to forget their sins","EVILDOERS,FORGET,GOD,ONE,PUNISHES,REFUSING,SINS" Amos,8,7,"There are times when God swears oaths","GOD,OATHS,SWEARS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,8,8,"God compared the coming judgment to a flood that would rise up, cast the people out, and kill them","CAST,COMING,COMPARED,FLOOD,GOD,JUDGMENT,KILL,PEOPLE,RISE,UP" Amos,8,8,"God compared the coming judgment to the time when He collapsed the Red Sea upon the Egyptians, killing them","COLLAPSED,COMING,COMPARED,EGYPTIANS,GOD,HE,JUDGMENT,KILLING,RED,SEA,TIME,WHEN" Amos,8,8,"In the coming judgment, many people would die","COMING,DIE,JUDGMENT,MANY,PEOPLE" Amos,8,8,"One of the sins that causes God to destroy nations is fraud","CAUSES,DESTROY,FRAUD,GOD,NATIONS,ONE,SINS" Amos,8,8,"One of the sins that causes God to destroy nations is oppressing the poor","CAUSES,DESTROY,GOD,NATIONS,ONE,OPPRESSING,POOR,SINS" Amos,8,8,"Since the Israelites were guilty of fraud and oppression, everyone would mourn","EVERYONE,FRAUD,GUILTY,ISRAELITES,MOURN,OPPRESSION,SINCE" Amos,8,8,"Since the Israelites were guilty of fraud and oppression, the land would tremble","FRAUD,GUILTY,ISRAELITES,LAND,OPPRESSION,SINCE,TREMBLE" Amos,8,8,"The story of the parting of the Red Sea really happened; it was a historical event","EVENT,HAPPENED,HISTORICAL,PARTING,RED,SEA,STORY" Amos,8,9,"God gave Israel a sign in the sky that would warn them that the time of judgment was upon them","GAVE,GOD,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,SIGN,SKY,TIME,WARN" Amos,8,9,"God said that when He punished Israel for their sins, He would cause the sun to go down at noon and would bring darkness upon Israel in the middle of the day; this indicates that the judgment God is talking about is related to the end times, since nothing like this happened in ancient times","ANCIENT,BRING,CAUSE,DARKNESS,DAY,DOWN,END,GO,GOD,HAPPENED,HE,INDICATES,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,LIKE,MIDDLE,NOON,NOTHING,PUNISHED,RELATED,SAID,SINCE,SINS,SUN,TALKING,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,8,9,"In one of the end times judgments that God will send upon Israel, He will cause the sun to go down at noon; (this is exactly like the crucifixion, where the sun went down at the sixth hour, which was noon; however, the crucifixion was not immediately followed by a judgment upon Israel or a famine of the words of the Lord, so the event that Amos speaks of is something different)","AMOS,CAUSE,CRUCIFIXION,DIFFERENT,DOWN,END,EVENT,EXACTLY,FAMINE,FOLLOWED,GO,GOD,HE,HOUR,IMMEDIATELY,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,JUDGMENTS,LIKE,LORD,NOON,NOT,ONE,SEND,SIXTH,SOMETHING,SPEAKS,SUN,TIMES,WENT,WHERE,WHICH,WORDS" Amos,8,9,"One of the end times signs is the darkening of the sun at noon","END,NOON,ONE,SIGNS,SUN,TIMES" Amos,8,9,"The Israelites will know that this judgment is upon then when God darkens the sun at noon","GOD,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENT,KNOW,NOON,SUN,WHEN" Amos,8,10,"God compared the mourning of the people to those who mourned the death of an only son","COMPARED,DEATH,GOD,MOURNED,MOURNING,ONLY,PEOPLE,SON,WHO" Amos,8,10,"God has the power to make entire nations mourn","ENTIRE,GOD,MAKE,MOURN,NATIONS,POWER" Amos,8,10,"God has the power to turn feasting into mourning","FEASTING,GOD,MOURNING,POWER,TURN" Amos,8,10,"In the coming judgment, God would turn their feasts into times of mourning","COMING,FEASTS,GOD,JUDGMENT,MOURNING,TIMES,TURN" Amos,8,10,"In the coming judgment, God would turn their songs into laments","COMING,GOD,JUDGMENT,SONGS,TURN" Amos,8,10,"In the coming judgment, the people would become bald","BALD,BECOME,COMING,JUDGMENT,PEOPLE" Amos,8,10,"In the coming judgment, the people would mourn bitterly","BITTERLY,COMING,JUDGMENT,MOURN,PEOPLE" Amos,8,10,"In the coming judgment, the people would wear sackcloth","COMING,JUDGMENT,PEOPLE,SACKCLOTH,WEAR" Amos,8,10,"The end of the coming judgment would be very bitter","BITTER,COMING,END,JUDGMENT" Amos,8,10,"There are times when God punishes nations by sending bitter judgments upon them that make people mourn","BITTER,GOD,JUDGMENTS,MAKE,MOURN,NATIONS,PEOPLE,PUNISHES,SENDING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,8,11,"God compares not having His Words to being in a famine","BEING,COMPARES,FAMINE,GOD,HIS,NOT,WORDS" Amos,8,11,"God was going to punish Israel by taking His Word away from them","AWAY,GOD,GOING,HIS,ISRAEL,PUNISH,TAKING,WORD" Amos,8,11,"In the coming judgment, God was going to take His Word away from Israel","AWAY,COMING,GOD,GOING,HIS,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,TAKE,WORD" Amos,8,11,"Nations need the word of God","GOD,NATIONS,NEED,WORD" Amos,8,11,"Nations that do not have the word of God are in the midst of a terrible famine","DO,FAMINE,GOD,MIDST,NATIONS,NOT,TERRIBLE,WORD" Amos,8,11,"Since the Israelites refused to listen to His Word, and since they tried to silence His prophets, God was going to take His Word away from them","AWAY,GOD,GOING,HIS,ISRAELITES,LISTEN,PROPHETS,REFUSED,SILENCE,SINCE,TAKE,TRIED,WORD" Amos,8,11,"There are times when God punishes nations by taking His Word away from them","AWAY,GOD,HIS,NATIONS,PUNISHES,TAKING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WORD" Amos,8,12,"Even though the Israelites would travel great distances to find the word of God, the Lord was going to hide it from them so they would not find it","FIND,GOD,GOING,GREAT,HIDE,ISRAELITES,LORD,NOT,TRAVEL,WORD" Amos,8,12,"God does not always give His Word to those who are looking for it","ALWAYS,GIVE,GOD,HIS,LOOKING,NOT,WHO,WORD" Amos,8,12,"In the coming judgment, the Israelites would run to and fro looking for the word of God, and they would not find it","COMING,FIND,GOD,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENT,LOOKING,NOT,RUN,WORD" Amos,8,12,"In the coming judgment, the Israelites would wander from sea to sea looking for the word of God, and they would not find it","COMING,FIND,GOD,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENT,LOOKING,NOT,SEA,WANDER,WORD" Amos,8,12,"In the coming judgment, the Israelites would wander from the north to the east looking for the word of God, and they would not find it","COMING,EAST,FIND,GOD,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENT,LOOKING,NORTH,NOT,WANDER,WORD" Amos,8,12,"There are times when God deliberately hides His Word from those who are looking for it","DELIBERATELY,GOD,HIDES,HIS,LOOKING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WHO,WORD" Amos,8,13,"In the coming judgment, the young men would collapse from thirst","COLLAPSE,COMING,JUDGMENT,MEN,THIRST,YOUNG" Amos,8,13,"In the coming judgment, the young women would collapse from thirst","COLLAPSE,COMING,JUDGMENT,THIRST,WOMEN,YOUNG" Amos,8,14,"God becomes angry when people swear by false gods","ANGRY,BECOMES,FALSE,GOD,GODS,PEOPLE,SWEAR,WHEN" Amos,8,14,"In ancient Israel, people swore oaths by false gods","ANCIENT,FALSE,GODS,ISRAEL,OATHS,PEOPLE,SWORE" Amos,8,14,"In ancient Israel, there was a famous idol in Beersheba","ANCIENT,BEERSHEBA,FAMOUS,IDOL,ISRAEL,THERE" Amos,8,14,"In ancient Israel, there was a famous idol in Dan","ANCIENT,DAN,FAMOUS,IDOL,ISRAEL,THERE" Amos,8,14,"In the coming judgment, those who swore by false gods would be destroyed and would never rise again","AGAIN,COMING,DESTROYED,FALSE,GODS,JUDGMENT,NEVER,RISE,SWORE,WHO" Amos,8,14,"The false gods that the Israelites worshiped would not save them in the coming judgment; those who worshiped them would fall and would never rise again","AGAIN,COMING,FALL,FALSE,GODS,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENT,NEVER,NOT,RISE,SAVE,WHO,WORSHIPED" Amos,8,14,"We must not swear by false gods","FALSE,GODS,MUST,NOT,SWEAR" Amos,9,1,"Amos was given a vision of the Lord standing upon the altar; (this seems to have been a vision of the pre-incarnate Jesus)","ALTAR,AMOS,GIVEN,JESUS,LORD,SEEMS,STANDING,VISION" Amos,9,1,"Even those who escaped in the coming judgment would not be delivered","COMING,DELIVERED,ESCAPED,JUDGMENT,NOT,WHO" Amos,9,1,"Even those who fled in the coming judgment would not escape","COMING,ESCAPE,FLED,JUDGMENT,NOT,WHO" Amos,9,1,"The judgment of God upon a nation is a very serious matter","GOD,JUDGMENT,MATTER,NATION,SERIOUS" Amos,9,1,"The Lord gave the command to kill the Israelites","COMMAND,GAVE,ISRAELITES,KILL,LORD" Amos,9,1,"The Lord gave the command to smite the temple; (the first temple was ultimately destroyed)","COMMAND,DESTROYED,FIRST,GAVE,LORD,SMITE,TEMPLE" Amos,9,1,"The Lord is the one who gave the command to destroy the temple","COMMAND,DESTROY,GAVE,LORD,ONE,TEMPLE,WHO" Amos,9,1,"The Lord said that the Israelites would not escape","ESCAPE,ISRAELITES,LORD,NOT,SAID" Amos,9,1,"There are times when God destroys nations because of their sin","BECAUSE,DESTROYS,GOD,NATIONS,SIN,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,9,1,"There are times when God puts people to death because of their sin","BECAUSE,DEATH,GOD,PEOPLE,PUTS,SIN,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,9,1,"There was no way to escape the judgment that was coming upon the Israelites","COMING,ESCAPE,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENT,NO,THERE" Amos,9,2,"God was going to pursue the Israelites and punish them no matter where they went","GOD,GOING,ISRAELITES,MATTER,NO,PUNISH,PURSUE,WENT,WHERE" Amos,9,2,"If the Israelites tried to escape to heaven, God would find them there and punish them","ESCAPE,FIND,GOD,HEAVEN,IF,ISRAELITES,PUNISH,THERE,TRIED" Amos,9,2,"If the Israelites tried to escape to hell, God would find them there and punish them","ESCAPE,FIND,GOD,HELL,IF,ISRAELITES,PUNISH,THERE,TRIED" Amos,9,2,"It is impossible to escape from God","ESCAPE,GOD,IMPOSSIBLE" Amos,9,2,"It is impossible to hide from God","GOD,HIDE,IMPOSSIBLE" Amos,9,2,"There was no safe place for Israel to go to hide from God; no matter where they went, God would find them and punish them","FIND,GO,GOD,HIDE,ISRAEL,MATTER,NO,PLACE,PUNISH,SAFE,THERE,WENT,WHERE" Amos,9,3,"God spoke of a serpent that lived at the bottom of the sea","BOTTOM,GOD,LIVED,SEA,SERPENT,SPOKE" Amos,9,3,"God was going to punish the Israelites who tried to escape captivity","CAPTIVITY,ESCAPE,GOD,GOING,ISRAELITES,PUNISH,TRIED,WHO" Amos,9,3,"If the Israelites tried to hide at the bottom of the sea, God would find them there and punish them","BOTTOM,FIND,GOD,HIDE,IF,ISRAELITES,PUNISH,SEA,THERE,TRIED" Amos,9,3,"If the Israelites tried to hide at the top of mount Carmel, God would find them there and punish them","CARMEL,FIND,GOD,HIDE,IF,ISRAELITES,MOUNT,PUNISH,THERE,TOP,TRIED" Amos,9,3,"There was absolutely no way for the Israelites to hide from the judgment that was coming; there was no place they could go where they would be safe","COMING,GO,HIDE,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENT,NO,PLACE,SAFE,THERE,WHERE" Amos,9,4,"God was going to kill the Israelites who went into captivity","CAPTIVITY,GOD,GOING,ISRAELITES,KILL,WENT,WHO" Amos,9,4,"God was going to make sure that terrible things happened to the Israelites who went into captivity","CAPTIVITY,GOD,GOING,HAPPENED,ISRAELITES,MAKE,SURE,TERRIBLE,THINGS,WENT,WHO" Amos,9,4,"God was going to punish the Israelites who were in captivity","CAPTIVITY,GOD,GOING,ISRAELITES,PUNISH,WHO" Amos,9,4,"God was not going to bless the Israelites who went into captivity","BLESS,CAPTIVITY,GOD,GOING,ISRAELITES,NOT,WENT,WHO" Amos,9,4,"The Israelites were going to be enslaved by their enemies","ENEMIES,ENSLAVED,GOING,ISRAELITES" Amos,9,4,"The Israelites were going to be taken into captivity by their enemies","CAPTIVITY,ENEMIES,GOING,ISRAELITES,TAKEN" Amos,9,4,"There are times when God punishes people by handing them over to their enemies","ENEMIES,GOD,PEOPLE,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Amos,9,4,"When the Israelites were taken into captivity, God would still kill them even when they were in captivity; even there they would not be safe","CAPTIVITY,GOD,ISRAELITES,KILL,NOT,SAFE,TAKEN,THERE,WHEN" Amos,9,5,"God said that in the coming judgment all those who lived in Israel would melt","ALL,COMING,GOD,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,LIVED,MELT,SAID,WHO" Amos,9,5,"God said that in the coming judgment He would touch the land and make it melt","COMING,GOD,HE,JUDGMENT,LAND,MAKE,MELT,SAID,TOUCH" Amos,9,5,"God said that in the coming judgment the people would be drowned, as the Egyptians had drowned in the Red Sea","COMING,DROWNED,EGYPTIANS,GOD,JUDGMENT,PEOPLE,RED,SAID,SEA" Amos,9,5,"In the coming judgment, many people in Israel would die","COMING,DIE,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,MANY,PEOPLE" Amos,9,5,"The coming judgment was going to be very severe","COMING,GOING,JUDGMENT,SEVERE" Amos,9,6,"God builds His stories (chambers or houses) in Heaven","BUILDS,CHAMBERS,GOD,HEAVEN,HIS,HOUSES,STORIES" Amos,9,6,"God calls for the waters of the sea and pours them onto the earth","CALLS,EARTH,GOD,POURS,SEA,WATERS" Amos,9,6,"God has an army","ARMY,GOD" Amos,9,6,"God has control over heaven","CONTROL,GOD,HEAVEN" Amos,9,6,"God has control over the earth","CONTROL,EARTH,GOD" Amos,9,6,"God has control over the sea","CONTROL,GOD,SEA" Amos,9,6,"God has founded His troop (army) in the earth","ARMY,EARTH,FOUNDED,GOD,HIS,TROOP" Amos,9,6,"God has the power to command the sea, and it will obey Him","COMMAND,GOD,HIM,OBEY,POWER,SEA" Amos,9,6,"God is building dwelling places in Heaven","BUILDING,DWELLING,GOD,HEAVEN,PLACES" Amos,9,6,"God's name is the Lord","GOD,LORD,NAME" Amos,9,6,"Heaven is not empty","EMPTY,HEAVEN,NOT" Amos,9,7,"God brought the Israelites out of Egypt and gave their territory","BROUGHT,EGYPT,GAVE,GOD,ISRAELITES,TERRITORY" Amos,9,7,"God brought the Philistines out of Caphtor","BROUGHT,CAPHTOR,GOD,PHILISTINES" Amos,9,7,"God brought the Syrians out of Kir","BROUGHT,GOD,KIR,SYRIANS" Amos,9,7,"God compares the Israelites to the children of the Ethiopians; (commentators seem to think that this is a negative comparison)","CHILDREN,COMPARES,COMPARISON,ETHIOPIANS,GOD,ISRAELITES,SEEM,THINK" Amos,9,7,"It seems that Israel was not the only nation that God rescued and brought into existence; there were others as well","BROUGHT,EXISTENCE,GOD,ISRAEL,NATION,NOT,ONLY,RESCUED,SEEMS,THERE" Amos,9,7,"It seems that the reason the Philistine nation existed was because God rescued them and gave them territory","BECAUSE,EXISTED,GAVE,GOD,NATION,PHILISTINE,REASON,RESCUED,SEEMS,TERRITORY" Amos,9,7,"It seems that the reason the Syrian nation existed was because God rescued them and gave them territory","BECAUSE,EXISTED,GAVE,GOD,NATION,REASON,RESCUED,SEEMS,SYRIAN,TERRITORY" Amos,9,7,"There was a time when God delivered the Philistines","DELIVERED,GOD,PHILISTINES,THERE,TIME,WHEN" Amos,9,7,"There was a time when God delivered the Syrians","DELIVERED,GOD,SYRIANS,THERE,TIME,WHEN" Amos,9,8,"Although God was going to destroy the kingdom of Israel, God was not going to utterly destroy the Jews; their nation would be destroyed, but a remnant of the Jews would be spared","ALTHOUGH,DESTROY,DESTROYED,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,JEWS,KINGDOM,NATION,NOT,REMNANT,SPARED" Amos,9,8,"God said that He was going to utterly destroy the kingdom of Israel","DESTROY,GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAEL,KINGDOM,SAID" Amos,9,8,"God saw the sinfulness of the kingdom of Israel","GOD,ISRAEL,KINGDOM,SAW" Amos,9,8,"God told the Israelites in advance that He was going to destroy their kingdom","ADVANCE,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAELITES,KINGDOM,TOLD" Amos,9,8,"God told the Israelites in advance that when the judgment came, they would not all be killed; the Jews would not be wiped out as a people","ADVANCE,ALL,GOD,ISRAELITES,JEWS,JUDGMENT,KILLED,NOT,PEOPLE,TOLD,WHEN,WIPED" Amos,9,8,"The kingdom of Israel was sinful","ISRAEL,KINGDOM,SINFUL" Amos,9,9,"Although God was going to scatter the Israelites through the nations, He was not going to lose any of them","ALTHOUGH,ANY,GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAELITES,LOSE,NATIONS,NOT,SCATTER" Amos,9,9,"God said that He was going to sift the Israelites as corn was sifted","CORN,GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAELITES,SAID,SIFT,SIFTED" Amos,9,9,"God said that He was going to sift the Israelites through all nations; He was going to drive them out of Israel and scatter them through the nations of the world","ALL,DRIVE,GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAEL,ISRAELITES,NATIONS,SAID,SCATTER,SIFT,WORLD" Amos,9,9,"God was going to scatter the Israelites through the nations, but this was not for the purpose of destroying them or losing them; even when the Jews were scattered they would still remain a distinct people","DESTROYING,GOD,GOING,ISRAELITES,JEWS,LOSING,NATIONS,NOT,PEOPLE,PURPOSE,REMAIN,SCATTER,SCATTERED,WHEN" Amos,9,9,"In ancient times corn was sifted in a sieve","ANCIENT,CORN,SIEVE,SIFTED,TIMES" Amos,9,10,"All of the Israelites who boasted that God's judgment would never impact them would be killed by the sword","ALL,BOASTED,GOD,IMPACT,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENT,KILLED,NEVER,SWORD,WHO" Amos,9,10,"All of the Israelites who were sinners would be killed by the sword","ALL,ISRAELITES,KILLED,SINNERS,SWORD,WHO" Amos,9,10,"Although people may boast that God's judgment will never touch them, that boasting will not stop the judgment of God from coming upon them","ALTHOUGH,BOAST,BOASTING,COMING,GOD,JUDGMENT,NEVER,NOT,PEOPLE,STOP,TOUCH" Amos,9,10,"God referred to the Israelites as His people","GOD,HIS,ISRAELITES,PEOPLE,REFERRED" Amos,9,10,"God was going to punish the sinners in Israel with death","DEATH,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PUNISH,SINNERS" Amos,9,10,"The Israelites boasted that they were immune from God's judgment; they were very wrong","BOASTED,GOD,IMMUNE,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENT,WRONG" Amos,9,10,"The Israelites had heard about the judgment of God, but they ignored it and boasted that it would never affect them; they were very wrong","AFFECT,BOASTED,GOD,HEARD,IGNORED,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENT,NEVER,WRONG" Amos,9,10,"The wages of sin is death","DEATH,SIN,WAGES" Amos,9,11,"Although Israel will be in ruins, God will one day heal Israel and build it again","AGAIN,ALTHOUGH,BUILD,DAY,GOD,HEAL,ISRAEL,ONE,RUINS" Amos,9,11,"God calls Israel the tabernacle of David","CALLS,DAVID,GOD,ISRAEL,TABERNACLE" Amos,9,11,"God has a glorious future planned for Israel; the reason it will come to pass is because He will bring it to pass","BECAUSE,BRING,COME,FUTURE,GLORIOUS,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,PASS,PLANNED,REASON" Amos,9,11,"God has the power to raise up nations and build them","BUILD,GOD,NATIONS,POWER,RAISE,UP" Amos,9,11,"God is not planning on ultimately destroying the Jews; instead He is planning on saving the Jews and raising them up, and building their nation again","AGAIN,BUILDING,DESTROYING,GOD,HE,INSTEAD,JEWS,NATION,NOT,PLANNING,RAISING,SAVING,UP" Amos,9,11,"God's ultimate goal is not to destroy Israel, but to save them","DESTROY,GOAL,GOD,ISRAEL,NOT,SAVE" Amos,9,11,"In the day when Israel is raised up again, they will be fallen as a nation and will be in ruins","AGAIN,DAY,FALLEN,ISRAEL,NATION,RAISED,RUINS,UP,WHEN" Amos,9,11,"It seems that the judgments in this book are talking about the end times, since that is when God will melt the land, and when God will build up the nation of Israel again","AGAIN,BOOK,BUILD,END,GOD,ISRAEL,JUDGMENTS,LAND,MELT,NATION,SEEMS,SINCE,TALKING,TIMES,UP,WHEN" Amos,9,11,"The day is coming when God will raise up the nation of Israel again","AGAIN,COMING,DAY,GOD,ISRAEL,NATION,RAISE,UP,WHEN" Amos,9,11,"The day is coming when God will repair the ruined nation of Israel","COMING,DAY,GOD,ISRAEL,NATION,REPAIR,RUINED,WHEN" Amos,9,11,"The day is coming when God will stop punishing Israel and will build them up instead","BUILD,COMING,DAY,GOD,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,PUNISHING,STOP,UP,WHEN" Amos,9,12,"After God restored the nation of Israel, they would rule over all of the heathen; (this seems to be a reference to the Gentiles)","AFTER,ALL,GENTILES,GOD,HEATHEN,ISRAEL,NATION,REFERENCE,RESTORED,RULE,SEEMS" Amos,9,12,"After God restored the nation of Israel, they would rule over the remnant of Edom","AFTER,EDOM,GOD,ISRAEL,NATION,REMNANT,RESTORED,RULE" Amos,9,12,"After the coming time of judgment would be a time of great blessing; (this seems to be talking about the tribulation and the millennium)","AFTER,BLESSING,COMING,GREAT,JUDGMENT,MILLENNIUM,SEEMS,TALKING,TIME,TRIBULATION" Amos,9,12,"God referred to non-Israelites who were called by His name, and said that one day Israel would rule over all of them","ALL,CALLED,DAY,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,NAME,ONE,REFERRED,RULE,SAID,WHO" Amos,9,12,"God speaks of a remnant of Edom that Israel will one day rule over","DAY,EDOM,GOD,ISRAEL,ONE,REMNANT,RULE,SPEAKS" Amos,9,12,"God was going to give Israel control over all the world","ALL,CONTROL,GIVE,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,WORLD" Amos,9,12,"God was going to give Israel control over Edom","CONTROL,EDOM,GIVE,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL" Amos,9,12,"It seems that in the millennium, Israel will rule over all the nations of the world","ALL,ISRAEL,MILLENNIUM,NATIONS,RULE,SEEMS,WORLD" Amos,9,13,"In the millennium there will be mountains in Israel","ISRAEL,MILLENNIUM,MOUNTAINS,THERE" Amos,9,13,"In the millennium, all the hills will melt; (it's not entirely clear what this means, since there will clearly be mountains in the world at that time)","ALL,CLEAR,CLEARLY,ENTIRELY,HILLS,MEANS,MELT,MILLENNIUM,MOUNTAINS,NOT,SINCE,THERE,TIME,WHAT,WORLD" Amos,9,13,"In the millennium, crops will grow with tremendous speed","CROPS,GROW,MILLENNIUM,SPEED,TREMENDOUS" Amos,9,13,"In the millennium, God promised to bless Israel with sweet wine","BLESS,GOD,ISRAEL,MILLENNIUM,PROMISED,SWEET,WINE" Amos,9,13,"In the millennium, people will still grow grapes","GRAPES,GROW,MILLENNIUM,PEOPLE" Amos,9,13,"In the millennium, people will still harvest fields","FIELDS,HARVEST,MILLENNIUM,PEOPLE" Amos,9,13,"In the millennium, people will still plant crops","CROPS,MILLENNIUM,PEOPLE,PLANT" Amos,9,13,"One of the blessings that God will give Israel during the millennium is wine; God considers wine to be a blessing","BLESSING,BLESSINGS,CONSIDERS,DURING,GIVE,GOD,ISRAEL,MILLENNIUM,ONE,WINE" Amos,9,14,"Before the millennium, the Israelites will be in captivity","BEFORE,CAPTIVITY,ISRAELITES,MILLENNIUM" Amos,9,14,"Before the millennium, the Israelites will be scattered throughout the world","BEFORE,ISRAELITES,MILLENNIUM,SCATTERED,WORLD" Amos,9,14,"God considers it to be a great blessing to be able to enjoy the results of your labors - to enjoy the fruit of your vineyard and garden","ABLE,BLESSING,CONSIDERS,ENJOY,FRUIT,GARDEN,GOD,GREAT,LABORS,RESULTS,VINEYARD,YOUR" Amos,9,14,"In the millennium, God will bless the gardens of Israel","BLESS,GARDENS,GOD,ISRAEL,MILLENNIUM" Amos,9,14,"In the millennium, God will bless the vineyards of Israel","BLESS,GOD,ISRAEL,MILLENNIUM,VINEYARDS" Amos,9,14,"In the millennium, God will bring the Israelites back to Israel","BACK,BRING,GOD,ISRAEL,ISRAELITES,MILLENNIUM" Amos,9,14,"In the millennium, the Israelites will drink the wine that comes from the vineyards that they planted; God considers this to be a great blessing, and not something that is wicked or sinful","BLESSING,COMES,CONSIDERS,DRINK,GOD,GREAT,ISRAELITES,MILLENNIUM,NOT,PLANTED,SINFUL,SOMETHING,VINEYARDS,WICKED,WINE" Amos,9,14,"In the millennium, the Israelites will eat the fruit that comes from the gardens that they plant","COMES,EAT,FRUIT,GARDENS,ISRAELITES,MILLENNIUM,PLANT" Amos,9,14,"In the millennium, the Israelites will inhabit cities that had previously been destroyed","CITIES,DESTROYED,INHABIT,ISRAELITES,MILLENNIUM,PREVIOUSLY" Amos,9,14,"In the millennium, the Israelites will plant gardens","GARDENS,ISRAELITES,MILLENNIUM,PLANT" Amos,9,14,"In the millennium, the Israelites will plant vineyards","ISRAELITES,MILLENNIUM,PLANT,VINEYARDS" Amos,9,14,"In the millennium, the Israelites will rebuild the cities that had been destroyed","CITIES,DESTROYED,ISRAELITES,MILLENNIUM,REBUILD" Amos,9,14,"In the millennium, the Israelites will turn the grapes from their vineyards into wine","GRAPES,ISRAELITES,MILLENNIUM,TURN,VINEYARDS,WINE" Amos,9,14,"The Israelites will always be the people of God; God considers them to be His","ALWAYS,CONSIDERS,GOD,HIS,ISRAELITES,PEOPLE" Amos,9,15,"After God gathers the Israelites back to the land of Israel in the millennium, the Israelites will never be removed from their land again; they will never again be turned over to their enemies and go into captivity","AFTER,AGAIN,BACK,CAPTIVITY,ENEMIES,GATHERS,GO,GOD,ISRAEL,ISRAELITES,LAND,MILLENNIUM,NEVER,REMOVED,TURNED" Amos,9,15,"After God gathers the Israelites back to the land of Israel in the millennium, the Israelites will never rebel against God again, or serve idols; instead they will be faithful forever","AFTER,AGAIN,AGAINST,BACK,FAITHFUL,FOREVER,GATHERS,GOD,IDOLS,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,ISRAELITES,LAND,MILLENNIUM,NEVER,REBEL,SERVE" Amos,9,15,"Although this book is a book of judgment and condemnation, it ends with a promise of future restoration and blessing; the judgments that were coming would not be the end of the Israelites, for one day God would greatly bless them","ALTHOUGH,BLESS,BLESSING,BOOK,COMING,CONDEMNATION,DAY,END,ENDS,FUTURE,GOD,GREATLY,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENT,JUDGMENTS,NOT,ONE,PROMISE" Amos,9,15,"God considers the promised land to belong to the Israelites; it is their land, even when they are exiled from it","BELONG,CONSIDERS,EXILED,GOD,ISRAELITES,LAND,PROMISED,WHEN" Amos,9,15,"God is the one who gave Israel the promised land","GAVE,GOD,ISRAEL,LAND,ONE,PROMISED,WHO" Amos,9,15,"God is the one who will one day plant Israel back in the promised land","BACK,DAY,GOD,ISRAEL,LAND,ONE,PLANT,PROMISED,WHO" Amos,9,15,"In the millennium, God will plant the Israelites in the promised land","GOD,ISRAELITES,LAND,MILLENNIUM,PLANT,PROMISED"