Amos the Man
Amos worked with these before God called him to prophesy.
What are sheep and sycamore figs?
The capital city of the Northern Kingdom repeatedly condemned throughout Amos.
What is Samaria?
Amos' first vision showed these destroying the crops.
What are locusts?
Israel sold the righteous for this.
What is silver?
The fallen structure God promised to rebuild.
What is the Tabernacle (Tent/Sukkah) of David?
The Judean town where Amos was from.
What is Tekoa?
The priest who opposed Amos and reported him to King Jeroboam.
Who was Amaziah?
Amos' second vision showed this consuming judgment.
What is fire?
The people Amos repeatedly says Israel oppressed and trampled.
Who are the poor (or needy)?
The New Testament book that quotes Amos 9:11.
What is Acts?
The kingdom Amos primarily preached against.
What is the Northern Kingdom of Israel?
The two cities where Jeroboam I placed golden calves, leading Israel into generations of idolatry.
What are Bethel and Dan?
God stood beside a wall holding this tool.
What is a plumb line?
The famine Amos predicted was not of bread or water, but of this.
What is hearing the Word of the Lord?
Amos 9 teaches that God has not permanently rejected this nation.
What is Israel?
Amos said he was neither a prophet nor a prophet's son, but this instead.
What is a shepherd (or herdsman)?
The two kings reigning during Amos' ministry.
Who were Uzziah and Jeroboam II?
Amos saw a basket filled with this.
What is summer fruit?
The future day Israel desired but failed to realize would bring judgment upon them.
What is the Day of the Lord?
The city from which the Messiah will rule during the kingdom described at the end of Amos.
What is Jerusalem?
The nation to which Amos belonged, even though he primarily preached to Israel.
What is Judah?
The empire that conquered Samaria about forty years after Amos prophesied.
What is Assyria?
The first two visions revealed God's willingness to respond to this.
What is intercessory prayer?
In the Septuagint, the mysterious leader of the locusts.
Who is Gog?
The future kingdom described in Amos 9 fulfills God's promises made through these two unconditional covenants.
What are the Abrahamic and Davidic Covenants?