Amos Verse by Verse

[tred]

Amos 3:9 NIV
9 Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod
and to the fortresses of Egypt:
"Assemble yourselves on the
mountains of Samaria:
see the great unrest within her
and the oppression among her
people."

 

[tred]

Amos 3:10 NIV
10 "They do not know how to do right,"
declares the LORD.
"who hoard plunder and loot in their
fortresses."

 

[tred]

Amos 3:11
11 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says; "An enemy will overrun the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses."

 

[meh]

Amos 3:12

Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.

 

[Tanis]

Amos 3:13

Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

 

[tred]

Amos 3:14
14 "on the day I punish Israel for her sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

 

[tred]

Amos 3:15
15 I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses adorned with ivory will be destroyed and the mansions will be demolished," declares the LORD.

 

[doc329]

Amos 4:1 (KJV) Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

 

[doc329]

Amos 4:2 (KJV) The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

 

[doc329]

Amos 4:3 (KJV) And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.

 

[doc329]

Amos 4:4 (KJV) Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:

 

[doc329]

Amos 4:5 (KJV) And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

 

[Joy]

Amos 4:6

"Also I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities.
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have not returned to Me," says the Lord.

 

[doc329]

Amos 4:7 (KJV) And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

 

[doc329]

Amos 4:8 (KJV) So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

 

[doc329]

Amos 4:9 (KJV) I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

 

[doc329]

Amos 4:10 (KJV) I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

 

[ChristianCandy]

Amos 4:11
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

 

[doc329]

Amos 4:12 (KJV) Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

 

[doc329]

Amos 4:13 (KJV) For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.