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The shepherd of Tekoa's rhetorical trap on Israel's golden prosperity: eight oracles that close on the audience cheering them, five visions of vanishing intercession, and the…
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- Amos, a person of Scripture.Shepherd and dresser of sycomore trees from Tekoa (Amos 1:1; 7:14), sent from Judah to prophesy against Israel's prosperity-era injustice; his fallen-tabernacle-of-David oracle…
- Amos, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Amos: the Study Guide, a featured study.The shepherd of Tekoa's rhetorical trap on Israel's golden prosperity: eight oracles that close on the audience cheering them, five visions of vanishing intercession, and the fallen tabernacle of…
Verses
985 results- VersePsalms 102:6I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
- VersePsalms 88:4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
- VerseMatthew 18:2Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.
- VersePsalms 44:14You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
- VerseProverbs 30:30a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;
People
3 results- PersonAmosShepherd and dresser of sycomore trees from Tekoa (Amos 1:1; 7:14), sent from Judah to prophesy against Israel's prosperity-era injustice; his fallen-tabernacle-of-David oracle…
- PersonUzziahJudah's powerful king (2 Chr 26), struck with leprosy for usurping the priesthood; the year of his death frames Isaiah's throne vision (Isa 6:1) and his reign dates Amos…
- PersonJeroboam IIIsrael's long-reigning northern king (2 Kings 14:23-29) whose military success and prosperity form the golden backdrop Amos and Hosea prophesied against.
Places
7 results- PlacePhilistiaThe coastal plain of the five Philistine cities, Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron and Gath, judged in Zephaniah 2 and Amos 1.
- PlaceGilgalIsrael's first Canaan camp where the stones were set and the reproach rolled away (Josh 4-5); later a corrupted shrine the prophets name with Bethel (Amos 4:4; Hos 4:15).
- PlaceGazaChief Philistine city of the coastal road, judged in Amos 1:6-8 and Zephaniah 2:4; scene of Samson's end (Judg 16).
- PlaceTyrePhoenician island-fortress and merchant power, judged in Amos 1:9-10 and at length in Ezekiel 26-28.
- PlaceAmmonKingdom east of the Jordan descended from Lot, judged alongside Moab in Zephaniah 2:8-11 and Amos 1:13-15.
Words (Strong's)
5 results- WordH5986 עָמוֹס · ʻÂmôwç (Hebrew)Amos, an Israelite prophet. The Hebrew word stands 7 times in the original text.
- WordG301 Ἀμώς · Amṓs (Greek)Amos, an Israelite. The Greek word stands 3 times in the original text.
- WordG2563 κάλαμος · kálamos (Greek)a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant). The Greek word stands 12 times in the original text.
- WordG4010 Πέργαμος · Pérgamos (Greek)fortified. The Greek word stands 2 times in the original text.
- WordG2766 κέραμος · kéramos (Greek)earthenware, i.e. a tile (by analogy, a thin roof or awning). The Greek word stands 1 time in the original text.
Concepts
19 results- ConceptSeedOne word that carries the whole promise: a line of descent that narrows, verse by verse, to one Person.
- ConceptGloryThe weight of God made visible: כָּבוֹד, literally heaviness: filling a tabernacle, a temple, and finally a body.
- ConceptLightGod's first spoken word and his own self-description: light before the sun, and a Light no darkness can put out.
- ConceptEdenThe garden God planted eastward: a sanctuary with a river, two trees, and a job description, lost by one command broken.
- ConceptTreesThe Bible's story turns at trees: two in the garden, one bearing a curse, one bearing healing for the nations.
Themes
3 results- ThemeJusticeScripture's justice vocabulary runs on two paired Hebrew terms: *mishpat* (H4941), the right verdict rendered at the city gate — a legal, courtroom word — and *tsedaqah*…
- ThemeJudgmentJudgment in Scripture is not a stray topic but a load-bearing theme, running from Eden to the lake of fire. It begins with a question, not a threat: Abraham asks whether the…
- ThemeKingdom of God"The kingdom of God" names not a place first but a reign — God's kingly rule breaking in, which then produces a people and a realm who live under it. The storyline starts long…
Topics
3 resultsProphecies
3 results- ProphecyFall of Samaria to AssyriaHosea and Amos predicted the destruction of Samaria and the northern kingdom's capital by foreign invaders.
- ProphecyDesolate Land Becomes Like EdenEzekiel, Isaiah, and Amos predicted that Israel's desolate land would be reclaimed, cultivated, and transformed into fruitful fields and cities.
- ProphecyRabbah of the Ammonites to Be DestroyedEzekiel and Amos predicted Rabbah (the Ammonite capital, modern Amman, Jordan) would become a pasture for camels and flocks.
Featured studies
5 results- StudyAmos: the Study GuideThe shepherd of Tekoa's rhetorical trap on Israel's golden prosperity: eight oracles that close on the audience cheering them, five visions of vanishing intercession, and the fallen tabernacle of…
- StudyThe TwelveHosea to Malachi: twelve short prophets the Hebrew canon read as one scroll, threaded by the Day of the LORD.
- StudyThe Jerusalem CouncilMust a Gentile become a Jew to be saved? Four voices answered it in Acts 15: and the letter that left the room set the church free of the yoke.
- StudyJustice and RighteousnessMishpat and tsedaqah as a word-pair across the canon (let justice roll on like a river (Amos 5:24), what does the LORD require of you (Micah 6:8), the throne's own foundation (Ps 89:14)) to the…
- StudyThe Day of the LORDYom YHWH traced as the spine of the Twelve (Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Zephaniah's term-by-term cascade, Zechariah, Malachi) into the NT's Pentecost citation, the thief in the night, and the day the…