Amos

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Amos

• The Prophet of Social Injustice

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Amos 11

• The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders
  from Tekoa, which he envisioned in visions
  concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of
  Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash,
  king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

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• Amos was from Tekoa, south of Jerusalem
• His Prophecy is directed toward the Northern
  Kingdom of Israel.

ISRAEL
Tekoa
JUDAH
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Amos 714-15

• 14 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, "I am
  not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet for
  I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs. 15
  But the LORD took me from following the flock and
  the LORD said to me, 'Go prophesy to My people
  Israel.

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Amos 12

• And he said, "The LORD roars from Zion,
• And from Jerusalem He utters His voice
• And the shepherds' pasture grounds mourn,
• And the summit of Carmel dries up."

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Amos 31-2

• Hear this word which the LORD has spoken against
  you, sons of Israel, against the entire family
  which He brought up from the land of Egypt, 2 you
  only have I chosen among all the families of the
  earth therefore, I will punish you for all your
  iniquities."

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Covenant Lawsuit

• Parties Introduced (31).
• Covenant Indictment (32).
• Sovereignty of the Sovereign (33-8)
• Summons of the Guilty (39).
• Judgment (310-15).

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The houses of ivory will also perish... (Amos
315)
those who recline on beds of ivory (Amos 64)
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ISRAEL
Bashan
JUDAH
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Amos 46

• "But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all
  your cities
• And lack of bread in all your places,
• Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the
  LORD.

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Amos 51-2

• 1 Hear this word which I take up for you as a
  dirge,
• O house of Israel.
• 2 She has fallen, she will not rise again--
• The virgin Israel. She lies
• neglected on her land
• There is none to raise her up.

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Amos 5

• Seek Me that you may live (54)
• Seek the Lord that you may live (56)
• Seek good and not evil, that you may live (514)

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Amos 511

• Therefore, because you impose heavy rent on the
  poor
• And exact a tribute of grain from them,
• Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone,
• Yet you will not live in them
• You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will
  not drink their wine.

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Amos 512

• For I know your transgressions are many and your
  sins are great,
• You who distress the righteous and accept bribes,
• And turn aside the poor in the gate.

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Five Signs of Judgment

• Vision of Locusts

• Vision of Fire

• Vision of Plumbline

• Vision of Ripe Fruit

• Vision of the Lord by the Altar

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Amos 911-12

• 11 "In that day I will raise up the fallen booth
  of David,
• And wall up its breaches
• I will also raise up its ruins,
• And rebuild it as in the days of old
• 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom
• And all the nations who are called by My name,
• Declares the LORD who does this.

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Amos 913

• "Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD,
• "When the plowman will overtake the reaper
• And the treader of grapes him who sows seed
• When the mountains will drip sweet wine,
• And all the hills will be dissolved.

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Amos 914

• "Also I will restore the captivity of My people
  Israel,
• And they will rebuild the ruined cities and live
  in them,
• They will also plant vineyards and drink their
  wine,
• And make gardens and eat their fruit.

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Amos 915

• "I will also plant them on their land,
• And they will not again be rooted out from their
  land
• Which I have given them," Says the LORD your God.

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