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In This Chapter 4 people 8 places 23 terms 1 resource

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Israel 6 Jacob (Patriarch) 2 David 2 Jeshurun (Israel)

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    Sinful 6 Dispossess 3 To Sin Sin Guilt (State) Transgression Sin (Act) Sin (Incur Guilt) Guilty (Responsible) Guilt (Consequence) Guiltiness Trespass (Sin) Sin (Offense) To Stand Guilty Sin (Guilty) Sin (Wrongdoing) Guilty Considered Guilty Guilty Of Sin Previously Sin Against Take Possession Inherit

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    Amos Book Overview

    The Destruction of Israel

    1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said:

    “Strike the tops of the pillarsso that the thresholds shake.Topple them on the heads of all the people,and I will kill the rest with the sword.None of those who flee will get away;none of the fugitives will escape.
    ⓘ God is inescapable (cp. Ps 139:7–12). When people...

    God is inescapable (cp. Ps 139:7–12). When people trust, believe, and obey God, his inescapability is a great blessing. But because Israel rejected God’s revelation, his presence would mean judgment, not comfort.
    2Though they dig down to Sheol,from there My hand will take them;and though they climb up to heaven,from there I will pull them down.3Though they hide themselves atop Carmel,there I will track them and seize them;and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea,there I will command the serpent† to bite them.4Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity,there I will command the sword to slay them.I will fix My eyes upon themfor harm and not for good.”
    ⓘ Amos uses a third hymn fragment (also 4:13;...

    Amos uses a third hymn fragment (also 4:13; 5:8–9) to remind Israel that God’s domain is universal.
    5The Lord GOD of Hosts,He who touches the earth and it melts,and all its dwellers mourn—all the land rises like the Nile,then sinks like the river of Egypt—6He builds His upper rooms in the heavensand founds His vault upon the earth.He summons the waters of the seaand pours them over the face of the earth.The LORD is His name.
    7“Are you not like the Cushites† to Me,O children of Israel?”declares the LORD.“Did I not bring Israelup from the land of Egypt,the Philistines from Caphtor,†and the Arameans from Kir?8Surely the eyes of the Lord GODare on the sinful kingdom,and I will destroy it from the face of the earth.Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”declares the LORD.
    ⓘ Even the Lord’s most severe judgment is just....

    Even the Lord’s most severe judgment is just. Only the sinners are destroyed, but not one true kernel will be lost; God will save the righteous, who are faithful to him.
    9“For surely I will give the command,and I will shake the house of Israelamong all the nationsas grain is sifted in a sieve;but not a pebble will reach the ground.10All the sinners among My peoplewill die by the sword—all those who say,‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”

    A Promise of Restoration

    (Acts 15:5–21)

    ⓘ Amos portrays true worship of God as built...

    Amos portrays true worship of God as built around the Jerusalem Temple, with a descendant of David ruling over a united kingdom including both Israel and Judah (cp. Isa 9:6–7; 11:1–5).
    ⓘ As the prophets often did, Amos closes his...

    As the prophets often did, Amos closes his litany of judgments with a message of hope and restoration. Though Jerusalem and its Temple would be destroyed, David’s line of kings cut off (Ps 89:38–51), and its people taken into captivity, God would restore a remnant of Israel (see also Isa 2:2–4; 4:2; 11:1–5).
    11“In that day I will restorethe fallen tent of David.I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins,and rebuild it as in the days of old,12that they may possess the remnant of Edomand all the nations that bear My name,”†declares the LORD, who will do this.
    ⓘ The coming age would restore the natural harmony...

    The coming age would restore the natural harmony lost in Eden (Gen 3) and would bring a new era of prosperity.
    13“Behold, the days are coming,”declares the LORD,“when the plowman will overtake the reaperand the treader of grapes, the sower of seed.The mountains will drip with sweet wine,with which all the hills will flow.
    ⓘ God promised not to completely destroy his people...

    God promised not to completely destroy his people (9:8) but to bring the surviving remnant back to the land (see Hos 2:23).
    14I will restore My people Israel from captivity;†they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities.They will plant vineyards and drink their wine;they will make gardens and eat their fruit.15I will firmly plant them in their own land,never again to be uprootedfrom the land that I have given them,”says the LORD your God.