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Themes in Amos 8

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Themes in Amos 8

Amos 8:1 (show verse)

The Lord God showed me this: A basket of summer fruit.

natural Fruit » General references to
Summer » Fruits of
Symbols and similitudes » Basket of fruit
Vision » Of amos » Of summer fruit
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

Amos 8:2 (show verse)

He asked me, “What do you see, Amos?”

I replied, “A basket of summer fruit.”

The Lord said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.

Amos » Vision of
Food » List of articles » Fruit
Summer » Fruits of
Symbols and similitudes » Basket of fruit
Victuals » List of articles » Fruit
Vision » Of amos » Of summer fruit
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

Amos 8:3 (show verse)

In that day the temple songs will become wailing”—this is the Lord God’s declaration. “Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere! Silence!”

Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

Amos 8:4 (show verse)

Hear this, you who trample on the needy
and do away with the poor of the land,

Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

Amos 8:5 (show verse)

asking, “When will the New Moon be over
so we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath,
so we may market wheat?
We can reduce the measure
while increasing the price
and cheat with dishonest scales.

Balances » False balance used
Feast of the new moon » Disliked by the unGodly
Injustice » Punishment of
Measure » An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half
Money » Value of, varied corruptly
Moon » Feast of the new moon » Traffic at the time of, prohibited
New moon » Traffic at time of, suspended
The poor » The wicked » Defraud
The sabbath » The wicked » Wearied by
Shekel » Corrupted
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

Amos 8:6 (show verse)

We can buy the poor with silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and even sell the chaff!”

Courts of justice » Corruption and bribery often practised in
Men » Traffic in
The poor » The wicked » Defraud
Servant » Bond » Bought and sold
Shoe » Poor people sold for a pair of
Shoes » Often given as bribes
Silver » Used for money
Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

Amos 8:7 (show verse)

The Lord has sworn by the Pride of Jacob:

I will never forget all their deeds.

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Amos 8:8 (show verse)

Because of this, won’t the land quake
and all who dwell in it mourn?
All of it will rise like the Nile;
it will surge and then subside
like the Nile in Egypt.

Egypt » Overflowed by the nile river
Egypt » Inundations of, alluded to
Injustice » Punishment of
Nile » Called the river
River Nile » Annual overflow of its banks alluded to

Amos 8:9 (show verse)

And in that day—
this is the declaration of the Lord God—
I will make the sun go down at noon;
I will darken the land in the daytime.

Days » Under the control of God
Eclipse » Of the sun and moon
The sun » Figurative
The sun » Illustrative » (going down at noon,) of premature destruction

I will turn your feasts into mourning
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth
and every head to be shaved.
I will make that grief
like mourning for an only son
and its outcome like a bitter day.

Baldness » Artificial, a sign of mourning
Israel » Under the special protection of jehovah humbled » Joy of, departed
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Lost the joy of divine favour
Joy » Christ's joy » Israel lost the joy of divine favour
Music » Songs » Idle
Singing » Songs » Idle
Songs » Idle

Amos 8:11 (show verse)

Hear this! The days are coming—
this is the declaration of the Lord God—
when I will send a famine through the land:
not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the Lord.

Desires » Select readings, psalms 42; 84 ps 42; 84 » Spiritual thirst, examples of
Famine » Illustrative of » A dearth of the means of grace
Famine » Figurative
Hunger » Spiritual
Judgments » Different kinds of » Famine of hearing the word
Poverty, spiritual » Destitution of the truth
Prophets » The jews » Often left without, on account of sin
national Sins » Cause the withdrawal of privileges
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Destitution of the truth
Spiritual » Poverty » Destitution of the truth
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » Thirst
The word of God » The time when there is a word of God famine
Thirst » Figurative of the ardent desire of the devout mind
spiritual Thirst » Examples of

Amos 8:12 (show verse)

People will stagger from sea to sea
and roam from north to east,
seeking the word of the Lord,
but they will not find it.

Famine » Illustrative of » A dearth of the means of grace
Hunger » Spiritual
Prophets » The jews » Often left without, on account of sin
The word of God » The time when there is a word of God famine
Thirst » Figurative of the ardent desire of the devout mind

Amos 8:13 (show verse)

In that day the beautiful young women,
the young men also, will faint from thirst.

Dearth » Spiritual
Hunger » Spiritual
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Drought
The word of God » The time when there is a word of God famine
Thirst » Figurative of the ardent desire of the devout mind
Woman » Of distinction » Fair and graceful

Amos 8:14 (show verse)

Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria
and say, “As your god lives, Dan,”
or “As the way

of Beer-sheba lives”—

they will fall, never to rise again.

Beer-sheba » The most southern city of palestine » Became a seat of idolatrous worship
Dan » A city » A city of the tribe of dan » Idolatry established at
Idolatry » They who practice » Swear by their idols
Insecurity of the wicked » Fall of the wicked foretold
Resurrection » Who falls, and never rises up again
ancient Samaria » People of characterized as » Idolatrous
Swearing/vowing » Those that swear by idols
The word of God » The time when there is a word of God famine
The wicked » Devices of » Fall of the wicked foretold