- Yahweh says, For the 3 crimes, the 4 crimes of Damascus, I will not turn away the punishment thereof. I will send fire into the house of Hazael & palaces of Benhadad. For the 3 crimes, the 4 crimes of Gaza & Ashdod, I will hurl fire on it. So also for Tyre, Edom & Ammon. #Amos1
- Moab shall die with tumult for its transgressions. For Judah’s sins, I have made my decree & will not relent, because they have despised the law of the Lord. For Israel’s sins, I am pressed under like a cart filled with sheaves. The flight shall perish from the swift. #Amos2
- Hear the word that the Lord has spoken against the sins of the children of Israel. The lion has roared! The Lord God reveals his secrets to his servants the prophets. In the day I shall visit the transgressions of Israel, I will also cut the horns of the altars of Bethel. #Amos3
- Hear this you cows of Bashan, the day comes when the Lord will take you with fish hooks. You sin at Bethel & Gilgal. I have withheld the rain, yet you have not returned to me. I have slain your young men with the sword, yet you do not return to me. Prepare to meet thy God. #Amos4
- The virgin of Israel is fallen & shall rise no more. Seek me & ye shall live; seek not Bethel or Beersheba. The prudent keep silent in evil times. There will be wailing in the vineyard. I hate & despise your feast days & burnt offerings. Let judgment flow down like water. #Amos5
- Woe to the rich & complacent of Zion & Samaria. They eat lamb, play harps & drink wine in bowls, & will be the first to go into captivity. I abhor the palaces of Jacob & will deliver up the city. They rejoice in nothing; I will raise up against them a nation of affliction. #Amos6
- Yahweh shows Amos a vision of a locust swarm, a fire devouring the abyss, & a plumb line to measure Israel. Amos protests, How can Jacob survive, it is so small? Priest Amaziah tells Amos to return to Judah, & Amos replies, Thy wife shall be a harlot & thy children slain. #Amos7
- Yahweh shows Amos a vision of ripe fruit, as the people of Israel are ripe for destruction. Swindlers and thieves are condemned, & idolators shall fall. I will cause the Sun to go down at noon; I will send famine & drought. But the drought will be of the word of the Lord. #Amos8
- In this vision, the Lord destroys the altar & sanctuary & pledges to let none escape, even if they dig to hell or climb to heaven. After a doxology, Lord Yahweh reveals his universal nature. He will sift but not destroy Jacob totally & will restore the tabernacle of David. #Amos9