the prophet amos?

Question

can someone tell me what the prophet Amos condemned? Also what the scripture Amos 9:9-15 is about? I dont understand it

Answer 1

In chapter 8, Amos condemns the people of the Northern kingdom who seem to be very good about performing the prescribed acts of worship but ignoring the social justice it is supposed to foster. It's just lip service. They aren't interested in being righteous, just looking good. Amos relays God's warning that a time will come when they'll miss the opportunity they had to listen to God because God will be silent (8:11-12). Essentially, Amos is saying God will be doing some house-cleaning and the house of Israel is not exempt. The ones who confidently deny the possibility are the most guilty. They won't even be able to hide (9:2-5). 9:7 says Israel isn't particularly special among the nations, only God's choice gives it value. But God isn't reluctant to give it a good scrubbing to get out the dirt. (9:8)

Verse 9 changes to a more hopeful direction. God reassures the people who are trying to be honest and just, that they will be preserved despite the coming disaster. And when the job is done, God will put everything back together as good as new (9:11). The part about the reaper overtaking the plowman means the restoration will happen quickly. The faithful remnant won't have to worry about surviving a hungry "growing season" to be restored. Ultimately, God promises that this time, the replanting of Israel from exile will last.

Answer 2

Amos was the first prophet in the Bible whose message has been fully recorded,he came from a town in Judah and preached to the Northern Kingdom of Israel.#this was a time of great prosperity and Amos saw that this prosperity was limited to the wealthy and fed on injustice and oppression of the poor classes.
so he warned that the Lord would punish the nation, and he called for justice to flow as a stream, and said that perhaps the Lord will be merciful and spare those left alive after the nation is visited by a scourge.

Answer 3

Amos was apparently referring to the restoration of the nation of Israel in their own land, a prophecy fulfilled on May 14th, 1948.

Answer 4

amos condemned Israel for its luxurious living style, b/c the rich were defrauding the the poor to build their ivory houses.

God is explaining that he will seperate the evil doers or opposers of the poor and restore a glorious kingdom. it is a prophecy that Amos gives letting us know that those who are faithful will reap the benefits.

Answer 5

Amos denounced the materialistic rich not giving to the poor.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Amos condemned social injustice in the form of cheaters, profiteers, corrupt
and grasping rulers, in short all those who use their position of
power to treat the poor unfairly, and who take the necessities of life
from them so that they might be rich. He focussed especially on
injustice within the legal system. He made no distinction between private
and governmental injustice. He didn't specifically talk about
redistribution of wealth, but may have thought that just enforcement of
the laws of his time would lead to redistribution of farming land.

He spoke about crimes committed against those of other nations, as well
as the poor in his own country, and his emphasis on fairness makes his
message universally applicable to all those who are treated unjustly.
His message can not be restricted to the poor alone.

The result of social injustice, in Amos, is the punishment of everyone in
society, powerful and weak alike. While he criticizes some people
specifically for injust actions, he said everyone will suffer for those
actions. He didn't think that the day on which retribution came for
injustice would be a good day for the poor.

He condemned hypocrites who participated in injustice and tried to make
up for it with acts of charity. He especially rejected the
traditional, feel-good forms of worship as offensive to God when
injustice was being done.



Here's a quote from a commentary:

9:8 The sinful kingdom is Israel. I will not utterly destroy: This was a glimmer of hope in a long passage of judgment and doom. God's judgment would be thorough, but a remnant would survive.

9:9, 10 Sifting grain in a sieve was the final operation in cleaning grain before gathering it into storage. In winnowing, all the chaff was blown away; only pebbles and small clumps of mud remained with the grain. The sieve was constructed with holes that were sized so the grain fell through when it was shaken, but pebbles and other debris were retained in the sieve. Thus the smallest grain refers to the smallest pebble; it would not fall to the ground with the clean grain.

9:11, 12 The tabernacle of David: Amos pictures the royal house of David metaphorically as a "booth" fallen in disrepair. Judah was a fallen, ruined shelter, incapable of protecting its people from any significant storm. As in the days of old reflects the nostalgia of Israel's people for the glory days of the kingdoms of David and Solomon, when they lived in strength, prosperity, and security. Gentiles refers to the peoples around Israel and Judah. Called by My name is a designation of sovereignty and ownership. Says the Lord who does this thing: God would take this task upon Himself.

9:13 Israelite farmers plowed at the beginning of the rainy season, from mid-October. They harvested the grain crop-first barley, then wheat-from late March to early June. For the plowman to overtake the reaper would mean such an abundant harvest that it would last all summer and would not be gathered until the plowing had started again. Grapes were harvested from midsummer to early fall. The grain crop was sown after the plowing in late fall. For the treader of grapes to overtake him who sows seed would mean the grape harvest would be so abundant that it would be extended for several weeks. The harvest of grapes would be so great that it would seem as though the mountains and hills themselves were flowing with rivers of sweet wine.

9:14 The promised restoration will be a total reversal of the punishment that God was bringing upon Israel.

9:15 As Israel planted vineyards, fields, and gardens, so God would plant the people in their land, never again to be pulled up in exile. Says the Lord your God are the final words of Amos's prophecy. God would do what He threatened through Amos-if Israel did not return to Him. God would also do what He promised through Amos in the last few verses of this book. God does not abandon His promises or His covenant, nor does He leave His people without hope. God's punishment is certain, but His restoration is just as certain. That word of hope for God's people of old is valid also for God's people of today.

Answer 8

This is a prophecy of the future.

When God takes his people from those who are not. (Sheep and goat)

When people will work not for others but for themselves...they will plant and eat what they planted and not others do the eating...and when there will be no more famine and food shortage, no homelessness since God has provided it for his people.

A paradise that is!

Answer 9

Sorry, I don't either.