Thematic Bible
Amos 5:1 (show verse)
"Hear this accusation that I am bringing against you: "A dirge, house of Israel:
Amos 5:2 (show verse)
Fallen is Israel the virgin never to rise again! She is abandoned on her own land, with no one to raise her up.'
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:3 (show verse)
"For this is what the Lord GOD says: "The city that is sending out a thousand will have a hundred left; The city that is sending out a hundred will have ten left of the house of Israel.'"
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:4 (show verse)
"For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live,
Amos 5:5 (show verse)
but don't seek Bethel. Don't go to Gilgal, and don't pass over to Beer-sheba. Because Gilgal will surely go into captivity, and Bethel will come to nothing.
Amos 5:6 (show verse)
"Seek the LORD and live! Otherwise, he may break out like a fire in the house of Joseph and devour Bethel, and there will be no one to extinguish it.
Amos 5:7 (show verse)
Those of you who are making justice taste bitter, and who have thrown righteousness to the ground:
Amos 5:8 (show verse)
Seek the one who fashions the Pleiades and Orion, who turns the deep darkness into morning, who darkens day into night, who calls out to the waters of the sea, pouring them out onto the surface of the earth the LORD is his name.
Astronomy » Moon » Pleiades,
Astronomy » Moon » Orion
Constellations » Orion
Days » Under the control of God
Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of severe calamities
Orion » The constellation of
Seven » Miscellany of sevens » Seven stars
Stars » Created by God
Stars » Orion
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Pleiades,
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Orion
Astronomy » Moon » Orion
Constellations » Orion
Days » Under the control of God
Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of severe calamities
Orion » The constellation of
Seven » Miscellany of sevens » Seven stars
Stars » Created by God
Stars » Orion
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Pleiades,
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Orion
Amos 5:9 (show verse)
It is he who is raining sudden destruction upon the strong like lightning, so that ruin comes upon the fortress.
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:10 (show verse)
They have hated those who are presenting their cases in court, detesting the one who speaks truthfully.
Amos 5:11 (show verse)
"Therefore, since you trample the poor continuously, taxing his grain, building houses of stone in which you won't live and planting fine vineyards from which you won't drink
Amos 5:12 (show verse)
and because I know that your transgressions are many, and your sins are numerous as you oppose the righteous, taking bribes as a ransom, and turning away the poor in court
Bribery » Condemned
Courts of justice » Corruption and bribery often practised in
Exposure » Of sin » Rendered doubly certain by God's infinite knowledge
Justice » The wicked » Afflict those who act with
Secret sins » Known to God
Sin » Internal » Known to God
Sin » Described as » Often manifold
Sin » Described as » Often mighty
The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
Courts of justice » Corruption and bribery often practised in
Exposure » Of sin » Rendered doubly certain by God's infinite knowledge
Justice » The wicked » Afflict those who act with
Secret sins » Known to God
Sin » Internal » Known to God
Sin » Described as » Often manifold
Sin » Described as » Often mighty
The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
Amos 5:13 (show verse)
therefore the prudent person remains silent at such a time, for the time is evil.
Amos 5:14 (show verse)
"Pursue good and not evil, so that you may live, and this is what will happen: The LORD God of the Heavenly Armies will be with you, as you have been claiming.
Amos 5:15 (show verse)
Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in court perhaps the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, will be gracious to the survivors of Joseph.'"
Amos 5:16 (show verse)
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, the Lord, says: "There will be dirges in all of the streets; and in all of the highways they will cry out in anguish. They will call the farmer to mourning and those who lament to grieve.
Amos 5:17 (show verse)
And in all of the vineyards there will be mourning when I pass through your midst,' says the LORD."
Amos 5:18 (show verse)
"Woe to those who are craving the Day of the LORD! How is it to your benefit, this Day of the LORD? It's a day of darkness to you, and not light.
Amos 5:19 (show verse)
It will be like a man who runs from a lion, only to encounter a bear; or who comes home, leans his hand against a wall, and a serpent bites him!
Amos 5:20 (show verse)
Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness, and not light pitch black at that, without a ray of sunshine?"
Amos 5:21 (show verse)
"I hate I despise your festival days, and your solemn convocations stink.
Amos 5:22 (show verse)
And if you send up burnt offerings to me as well as your grain offerings, I will not accept them, nor will I consider your peace offerings of fattened cattle.
Amos 5:23 (show verse)
Spare me your noisy singing I will not listen to your musical instruments.
Amos 5:24 (show verse)
"But let justice roll on like many waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing river.
Amos 5:25 (show verse)
"Was it to me that you brought offerings and gifts in the desert for 40 years, house of Israel?
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:26 (show verse)
And you carried the tent of your king and Saturn, your star god idols that you crafted for yourselves.
Chiun » Also called remphan, a God of the phoenicians
Idolatry » Punishment of » Banishment
Idolatry » Objects of, carried in procession
Idolatry » Idols, &c mentioned in scripture » Chiun
Stars » Worshiped
Stars » False gods frequently worshipped under the representation of
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Molech, moloch, or milcom, a God of the ammonites
Idolatry » Punishment of » Banishment
Idolatry » Objects of, carried in procession
Idolatry » Idols, &c mentioned in scripture » Chiun
Stars » Worshiped
Stars » False gods frequently worshipped under the representation of
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Molech, moloch, or milcom, a God of the ammonites
Amos 5:27 (show verse)
So I will cause you to be taken captive beyond Damascus," says the LORD, whose name is God of the Heavenly Armies.