Thematic Bible
Amos 5:1 (show verse)
Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel:
Amos 5:2 (show verse)
Fallen, not again to rise, hath the virgin of Israel, Left on her land -- she hath no raiser up.'
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:3 (show verse)
For thus said the Lord Jehovah: The city that is going out a thousand, Doth leave an hundred, And that which is going out an hundred, Doth leave ten to the house of Israel.
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:4 (show verse)
For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live,
Amos 5:5 (show verse)
And seek not Beth-El, and Gilgal enter not, And Beer-Sheba pass not through, For Gilgal doth utterly remove, And Beth-El doth become vanity.
Amos 5:6 (show verse)
Seek ye Jehovah, and live, Lest He prosper as fire against the house of Joseph, And it hath consumed, And there is no quencher for Beth-El.
Amos 5:7 (show verse)
Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,
Amos 5:8 (show verse)
The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day as night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah 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)
Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, And the spoiled against a fortress cometh.
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:10 (show verse)
They have hated a reprover in the gate, And a plain speaker they abominate.
Amos 5:11 (show verse)
Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.
Amos 5:12 (show verse)
For I have known -- many are your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.
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 is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it is.
Amos 5:14 (show verse)
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, And it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, is with you, as ye said.
Amos 5:15 (show verse)
Hate evil, and love good, And set up judgment in the gate, It may be Jehovah, God of Hosts, doth pity the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 5:16 (show verse)
Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, the Lord, In all broad places is lamentation, And in all out-places they say, 'Alas, alas,' And called the husbandman to mourning, And to lamentation the skilful of wailing.
Amos 5:17 (show verse)
And in all vineyards is lamentation, For I pass into thy midst, said Jehovah.
Amos 5:18 (show verse)
Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why is this to you -- the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,
Amos 5:19 (show verse)
As when one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him.
Amos 5:20 (show verse)
Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?
Amos 5:21 (show verse)
I have hated -- I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.
Amos 5:22 (show verse)
For though ye cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, I am not pleased, And the peace-offering of your fatlings I behold not.
Amos 5:23 (show verse)
Turn aside from Me the noise of thy songs, Yea, the praise of thy psaltery I hear not.
Amos 5:24 (show verse)
And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.
Amos 5:25 (show verse)
Sacrifices and offering did ye bring nigh to Me, In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 5:26 (show verse)
And ye bare Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that ye made 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)
And I removed you beyond Damascus, Said Jehovah, God of Hosts is His name.