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Themes in Amos 8

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Themes in Amos 8

Amos 8:1 (show verse)

This is what the Lord GOD showed me: Look! 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)

And he was asking, "What do you see, Amos?" I answered, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the LORD told me, "The end approaches 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)

At that time," declares the Lord GOD, "the temple songs will be wailing. Many bodies will accumulate everywhere.

Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

Amos 8:4 (show verse)

"Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, who intend to make the poor of the land fail,

Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

and who are saying, "When will the New Moon fade so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath conclude so we may market winnowed wheat? shortchanging the measure, raising the price, falsifying the scales by treachery,

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)

buying the poor for cash, and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling chaff mixed in with the wheat.'

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 anything they have done.

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Amos 8:8 (show verse)

Surely the land will tremble because of this, won't it? And all who live in it will mourn, won't they? The entire land will swell up like a flooded river. It will be stirred up and then will sink like the river of 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)

It will come about at that time," declares the Lord GOD, "I will cause the sun to set at noon and the earth to darken in the daylight.

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

Amos 8:10 (show verse)

I will turn your festivals into mourning, and all of your songs to dirges. I will cause all of you to put on sackcloth and to shave all of your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son, and its conclusion will be like the end of 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)

"Look! The days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "when I will send a famine throughout the land not a famine of food or a thirst for water but rather a famine 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, from north to east. They will run back and forth, searching for a message from the LORD, but they won't 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)

At that time, the beautiful virgins will faint, as will the strong young men 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 have been swearing oaths by the sin of Samaria, or who say, "As your god lives, Dan"' or who say, "As the way of Beer-sheba lives"' will fall, and will never 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