Thematic Bible
Amos 8:1 (show verse)
The LORD God showed me this vision: and behold, there was a mound with summer fruit.
Amos 8:2 (show verse)
And he said, "Amos, what seest thou?" I answered, "A mound with summer fruit." Then said the LORD unto me, "The end cometh upon my people of Israel, I will no more oversee them.
Amos 8:3 (show verse)
In that day shall the songs of the temple be turned in to sorrow," sayeth the LORD God. "Many dead bodies shall lie in every place, and be cast forth secretly.
Amos 8:4 (show verse)
Hear this, O ye that oppress the poor, and destroy the needy in the lands, saying,
Amos 8:5 (show verse)
"When will the new month be gone, that we may sell victuals; and the Sabbath, that we may have scarceness of corn; to make the bushel less, and the Sicle greater?
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
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 shall set up false weights, that we may get the poor under us with their money, and the needy also for shoes: yea let us sell the chaff for corn."
Amos 8:7 (show verse)
The LORD hath sworn against the pride of Jacob, "These works of theirs will I never forget.
No Themes for this verse.
Amos 8:8 (show verse)
Shall not the land tremble; and all they that dwell therein, mourn for this? Shall not their destruction come upon them like a water stream; and flow over them, as the flood of Egypt?
Amos 8:9 (show verse)
At the same time," sayeth the LORD God, "I shall cause the sun to go down at noon, and the land to be dark in the clear day.
Amos 8:10 (show verse)
Your high feasts will I turn to sorrow, and your songs to mourning: I will bring sackcloth upon all backs, and baldness on every head. Yea, such a mourning will I send them, as is made upon an only begotten son, and they shall have a miserable end.
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
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)
"Behold, the time cometh," sayeth the LORD God, "that I shall send a hunger into the earth. Not the hunger of bread, nor the thirst of water: but a hunger to hear the word 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
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)
So that they shall go from the one sea to the other, yea from the north unto the east, running about to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
Amos 8:13 (show verse)
In that time, shall the fair virgins and the young men perish for thirst,
Amos 8:14 (show verse)
yea even they that swear in the offense of Samaria, and say, 'As truly as thy God liveth at Dan, and as truly as thy God liveth at Beersheba' These shall fall, and never rise up 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
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