When the Lion Roars (Amos) Introduction: The Prophet in bibbed overalls (1:1-2, 7:10-17) Israel had ignored God's grace and then God's chastening (2Kings 14, Amos 4). Now the Lion roars!
Exposition 1. Oracles of woe come against the enemies of Israel for their wickedness (1:3-2:5) a. Syria (Damascus) - Military ruthlessness against Gilead (1:3-5) b. Philistia (Gaza) - Man-stealing and selling people into slavery in Edom for profit (1:6-8) c. Phoenicia (Tyre) - Man-stealing and slave profiteering, and breaking brotherhoods' covenant (1:9-10) d. Edom (Bozrah) - Pursuing his brother with a sword without compassion (1:11-12) e. Ammon (Rabbah) - Murdering women and children for kingdom expansion (1:13-15) f. Moab (Kerioth) - [Murdering and] desecrating the bones the King of Edom (2:1-3) g. Judah (Jerusalem) - Despising the law of the LORD to follow lies (2:4-5)
2. God's own people will certainly not escape judgment for the same things (2:6-16)
3. The Oracle of woe comes against Israel for its wickedness (3-4)
4. God laments over the downfall of his people "woe... woe... woe" (5-6)
5. Four Visions "for three transgressions and for four.Israel" (7-8) a. A plague of locusts (7:1-3) b. A consuming fire (7:4-6) c. A plumb line is set (7:7-9) d. A basket of ripe summer fruit (8:1-14)
Conclusion: The shaking and rebuilding of the temple (9)
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