Amos and The Nations
The name of the nation, the capital city of which is mentioned towards the very beginning of the Book of Amos
What is Aram? ("For three sins of Damascus..." Amos 1:3)
The English translation of: רַק אֶתְכֶם יָדַעְתִּי מִכֹּל מִשְׁפְּחוֹת הָאֲדָמָה עַל־כֵּן אֶפְקֹד עֲלֵיכֶם אֵת כָּל־עֲוֹנֹתֵיכֶם׃
What is "You alone have I singled out / Of all the families of the earth— / That is why I will call you to account/ For all your iniquities" (Amos 3:2)
The name of the kohen of Beth El who begins an indictment against Amos
Who is Amaziah (Amos 7:10)
Early on, the reason Amos states why God may have tolerated three sins of Israel, but not four.
What is "Because they have sold for silver those whose cause was just...."
The other nation to which Amos compares the Israelites towards the end of the book.
What is Ethiopia? (Amos 9:7, "To Me, O Israelites, you are just like the Ethiopians")
Amos condemns this nation, which is the closest kindred people of any he indicts in the first chapter of the book.
What is Edom? (Amos 1:11)
The English translation of: עַל־מִכְרָם בַּכֶּסֶף צַדִּיק וְאֶבְיוֹן בַּעֲבוּר נַעֲלָיִם׃
What is: "Because they have sold for silver/ Those whose cause was just,/ And the needy for a pair of sandals" (Amos 2:6)
The name of the temple where Amos confronts the Northern Kingdom
What is Beth El? (Amos 7:10)
Early on, the reason Amos states why God may have tolerated three sins of Judah, but not four.
What is "…because they have spurned the Torah/Teaching of the LORD and have not observed [God's] laws" (Amos 2:4)
The event that will happen "on the day" when God again has compassion upon Israel.
What is "I will set up again the fallen booth of David" (Amos 9:11)
According to the denunciation of the prophet, Rabbah, this nation's capital city, will be set ablaze.
What is Ammon (or Who are the Ammonites, Amos 1:14)?
The English translation of וְיִגַּל כַּמַּיִם מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה כְּנַחַל אֵיתָן׃
What is "But let justice well up like water,/Righteousness like an unfailing stream" (Amos 5:24)
The words Amos uses to object being called what the priest of the north calls him.
The two cities to which Amos compares Israel on account of its great sinfulness.
What are Sodom and Gomorrah ("I have wrought a destruction along you as when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah," Almost 4:11).
Amos' response when God shows him a vision of a plague of locusts destroying the crops.
What is "O LORD God, pray forgive; how will Jacob survive? He is so small!" (Amos 7:2)
Alone among the foreign nations condemned by the prophet, this nation is not accused of a moral crime.
What is Judah? (Amos 2:4-5)
The English translation of "הַשֹּׁתִים בְּמִזְרְקֵי יַיִן וְרֵאשִׁית שְׁמָנִים יִמְשָׁחוּ וְלֹא נֶחְלוּ עַל־שֵׁבֶר יוֹסֵף׃"
What is: "They drink [straight] from the wine bowls/And anoint themselves with the choicest oils—But they are not concerned about the ruin of Joseph." (Amos 6:6).
The technical reason the northern priest gives for forbidding Amos to prophecy in the northern temple.
What is "It is a king's sanctuary and a royal palace" (Amos 7:13)
The reason Amos condemns the "cows of Bashan."
What is "they have defrauded the poor and robbed the needy, and have said to their husbands 'bring and let's carouse' " (Amos 4:1).
The wonderful things that will happen when God restores the people of Israel in its Land.
What is "They shall rebuild ruined cities and inhabit them;/They shall plant vineyards and drink their wine;/They shall till gardens and eat their fruit" (Amos 9:14)
The prophet condemns this nation for "ignoring the covenant of brotherhood."
What is Tyre (Amos 1:9)
The English translation of: כַּאֲשֶׁר יַצִּיל הָרֹעֶה מִפִּי הָאֲרִי שְׁתֵּי כְרָעַיִם אוֹ בְדַל־אֹזֶן כֵּן יִנָּצְלוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הַיֹּשְׁבִים בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן בִּפְאַת מִטָּה וּבִדְמֶשֶׁק עָרֶשׂ׃
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As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s jaws/Two shank bones or the tip of an ear,/So shall the Israelites escape/Who dwell in Samaria—With the corner of a bed or the leg/head of a couch (Amos 3:12).
The words with which Amos condemns the northern priest himself and Israel at the conclusion of the chapter.
What are "…you yourself shall die on unclean soil; for Israel shall be exiled from its soil” (Amos 7:17)
The places to which Amos urges the people not go to worship God.
What are Beth-El, Gilgal and Beersheba ("Do not seek Beth-El, nor go to Gilgal, nor cross over to Beersheba," Amos 5:5).
The thing that will happen to the festivals of Israel and its songs when God finally carries out the punishment long predicted.
What is "I will turn your festivals into mourning and all your songs into dirges" (Amos 8:10)