Chapter |
Verse/s |
Verse Summary |
1. | (1) | Words of Amos who was among the herdmen of Tekoa |
| (2) | The Lord will roar from Zion |
| (3-5) | For three transgressions of Damascus |
| (6-8) | For three transgressions of Gaza |
| (9-10) | For three transgressions of Tyrus |
| (11-12) | For three transgressions of Edom |
| (13-15) | For three transgressions of the children of Ammon |
2. | (1-3) | For three transgressions of Moab |
| (4-5) | For three transgressions of Judah |
| (6-8) | For three transgressions of Israel |
| (9-16) | I am pressed under you as a cart full of sheaves |
3. | (1-8) | You only have I known of all the families of the Earth |
| (9-11) | Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, Egypt |
| (12-15) | Hear ye and testify in the house of Jacob |
4. | (1-3) | Hear this word ye kine of Bashan ... in the mountain of Samaria |
| (4-5) | Come to Bethel and transgress, at Gilgal multiply transgressions |
| (6-12) | Prepare to meet thy God O Israel |
| (13) | The Lord the God of hosts is his name |
5. | (1-3) | The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise |
| (4-9) | Seek him that maketh the seven starts and Orion |
| (10-13) | I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins |
| (14-15) | Seek good and not evil that ye may live |
| (16-20) | Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord |
| (21-27) | But let judgment run down as waters |
6. | (1-6) | Woe to them that are at ease in Zion |
| (7-8) | I abhor the excellency of Jacob |
| (9-11) | For ye may not make mention of the name of the Lord |
| (12-14) | Turned judgment into gall, fruit of righteousness into hemlock |
7. | (1-3) | By whom shall Jacob arise for he is small |
| (4-6) | Behold the Lord God called to contend by fire |
| (7-9) | I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel |
| (10-11) | Amos ... conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel |
| (12-13) | But prophesy not again any more at Bethel |
| (14-17) | I was not prophet neither was I a prophet's son |
8. | (1-2) | The end is come upon my people Israel |
| (3-10) | I will turn your feasts into mourning |
| (11-14) | They shall run to and fro to seek the world of the Lord |
9. | (1-4) | Though they into Hell thence shall my hand take them |
| (5-6) | It is he that buildeth his stones in the heaven |
| (7-10) | I will command and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations |
| (11-15) | In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen |