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money; apparently he was quite comfortable himself. He was preaching against greed
and the misuse of money—when those who have more refuse to help those who have
less—and against acquiring wealth through dishonest means.
Amos has a strong message: Prosperity can be one of the greatest destroyers of a person’s
relationship with God. But he provides some valuable lessons for us no matter what our
financial situation is. Be honest in all your dealings. Be compassionate with those who
have less than you do. In all things, remember what God wants you to be and do.
Wealth or no wealth, complacency toward God and his moral standards is a sin that
leads to disaster.
Key verses in Amos
3:10 “My people have forgotten
how to do right,” says the Lord.
4:12 “Therefore, I will bring
upon you all the disasters I have
announced. Prepare to meet your
God in judgment, you people of
Israel!”
turns darkness into morning and
day into night. He draws up water
from the oceans and pours it down
as rain on the land. The Lord is
his name!
5:15 Hate evil and love what is
good; turn your courts into true
halls of justice. Perhaps even yet
5:6 Come back to the Lord and live!
the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies
5:8 It is the Lord who created the will have mercy on the remnant
stars, the Pleiades and Orion. He
of his people.
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This message was given to Amos, a shepherd from the town of Tekoa in Judah. He
received this message in visions two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of
Judah and Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash,* was
king of Israel.
2 This is what he saw and heard:
“The Lord’s voice will roar from Zion
and thunder from Jerusalem!
The lush pastures of the shepherds will
dry up;
the grass on Mount Carmel will wither
and die.”
God’s Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors
3 This is what the Lord says:
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“The people of Damascus have sinned
again and again,*
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They beat down my people in Gilead
as grain is threshed with iron sledges.
So I will send down fire on King Hazael’s
palace,
and the fortresses of King Ben-hadad
will be destroyed.
I will break down the gates of Damascus
and slaughter the people in the valley
of Aven.
1:1 Hebrew Joash, a variant spelling of Jehoash. 1:3 Hebrew
have committed three sins, even four; also in 1:6, 9, 11, 13.
5:24 “I want to see a mighty
flood of justice, an endless river of righteous
living.”
7:8 And the Lord said to me,
“Amos, what do you see?”
I answered, “A plumb line.”
And the Lord replied, “I will
test my people with this plumb
line. I will no longer ignore all
their sins.”
I will destroy the ruler in Beth-eden,
and the people of Aram will go as
captives to Kir,”
says the Lord.
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is what the Lord says:
“The people of Gaza have sinned again
and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They sent whole villages into exile,
selling them as slaves to Edom.
So I will send down fire on the walls
of Gaza,
and all its fortresses will be destroyed.
I will slaughter the people of Ashdod
and destroy the king of Ashkelon.
Then I will turn to attack Ekron,
and the few Philistines still left will
be killed,”
says the Sovereign Lord.
is what the Lord says:
“The people of Tyre have sinned again
and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They broke their treaty of brotherhood
with Israel,
selling whole villages as slaves to Edom.
So I will send down fire on the walls of Tyre,
and all its fortresses will be destroyed.”