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Themes in Amos 8

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Themes in Amos 8

Amos 8:1 (show verse)

The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw 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 said, "What do you see, Amos?" I replied, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the Lord said to me, "The end has come for my people Israel! I will no longer overlook their sins.

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)

The women singing in the temple will wail in that day." The sovereign Lord is speaking. "There will be many corpses littered everywhere! Be quiet!"

Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

Amos 8:4 (show verse)

Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.

Visions » Mentioned in scripture » To amos

You say, "When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We're eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged 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're eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!"

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 confirms this oath by the arrogance of Jacob: "I swear I will never forget all you have done!

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Amos 8:8 (show verse)

Because of this the earth will quake, and all who live in it will mourn. The whole earth will rise like the River Nile, it will surge upward and then grow calm, 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)

In that day," says the sovereign Lord, "I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.

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 funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been 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)

Be certain of this, the time is coming," says the sovereign Lord, "when I will send a famine through the land -- not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation!

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 from the north around to the east. They will wander about looking for a revelation from the Lord, but they will not find any.

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 your beautiful young women and your young men 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)

These are the ones who now take oaths in the name of the sinful idol goddess of Samaria. They vow, 'As surely as your god lives, O Dan,' or 'As surely as your beloved one lives, O Beer Sheba!' But they will fall down and not get 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