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  1. bitesizedexegesis.com › 2017/02/14 › a-series-ofA Series of Calamities – Amos 4:6-13 - Bite-Sized Exegesis

    Feb 14, 2017 · Amos 4:6-13 tells us how, in an effort to bring Israel to her senses, God sent a series of calamities, including famine, drought, blight, pestilence, disease, and violence. Nevertheless, Israel wouldn't turn back to God. This list of calamities is strongly reminiscent of the curse list in Deuteronomy 28, suggesting a covenant context for Amos….

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  2. thebiblesays.com › en › commentaryAmos 4:6-11 meaning - TheBibleSays.com

    Amos 4:6-11 meaning. Amos spells out several calamities that the LORD sent to Israel to catch their attention so that they might return to Him. But all this was done to no avail. The Israelites refuse to return to the LORD their God. The prophet now spells out several calamities the LORD had sent to Israel to get their attention: famine ...

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  4. www.gotquestions.org › Book-of-AmosSummary of the Book of Amos - Bible Survey - GotQuestions.org

    May 9, 2024 · Brief Summary: Amos can see that beneath Israel’s external prosperity and power, internally the nation is corrupt to the core. The sins for which Amos chastens the people are extensive: neglect of God’s Word, idolatry, pagan worship, greed, corrupted leadership, and oppression of the poor. Amos begins by pronouncing a judgment upon all the ...

  5. biblehub.com › commentaries › expositorsAmos Expositor's Bible Commentary

    Upon this mention of the king, the first in the book, there starts the narrative (Amos 7:10-17) of how Amaziah, priest at Bethel-obviously upon hearing the prophet’s threat-sent word to Jeroboam; and then (whether before or after getting a reply) proceeded to silence Amos, who, however, reiterates his prediction of doom, again described as captivity in a foreign land, and adds a FOURTH ...

  6. bibleproject.com › guides › book-of-amosBook of Amos | Guide with Key Information and Resources

    Guide to the Book of. Amos. One important aspect of the ancient TaNaK order of the Hebrew Bible is that the 12 prophetic works of Hosea through Malachi, sometimes referred to as the Minor Prophets, were designed as a single book called The Twelve. Amos is the third book of The Twelve. Amos was a shepherd and fig tree farmer (Amos 7:14 ) who ...

  7. biblehub.com › commentaries › amosAmos 5:8 Commentaries: He who made the Pleiades and Orion And ...

    Seek him; though this be not in the Hebrew, it is well supplied by our interpreters. That maketh the seven stars; a famous constellation, and whose rising about September was usually accompanied with rains and sweet showers, which, as Amos 4:7, had been withholden, whence want of water and bread; now the prophet adviseth to seek the Lord, who can give them rain and corn by the kindly ...

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  9. www.insight.org › bible › the-minor-prophetsBook of Amos Overview - Insight for Living Ministries

    More than almost any other book of Scripture, the book of Amos holds God’s people accountable for their ill-treatment of others. It repeatedly points out the failure of the people to fully embrace God’s idea of justice. They were selling off needy people for goods, taking advantage of the helpless, oppressing the poor, and the men were ...