Bible Gateway passage: Amos 6 - New International Version (2024)

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What does Amos 6 teach us? ›

Amos 6:4–6 Encourages Us to Grieve over Sin

So God, help us. We pray not to be guilty of what your people were guilty of here in Amos chapter six. God help us to grieve over sin and idolatry and immorality in us, around us.

It repeatedly points out the failure of the people to fully embrace God's idea of justice. They were selling off needy people for goods, taking advantage of the helpless, oppressing the poor, and the men were using women immorally (Amos 2:6–8; 3:10; 4:1; 5:11–12; 8:4–6).

Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, And trust in Mount Samaria, Notable persons in the chief nation, To whom the house of Israel comes! Go over to Calneh and see; And from there go to Hamath the great; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms?

Through Amos' words, we can still hear the call to learn from Israel's hypocrisy and the disastrous consequences of their sins. It's a call to embrace the true worship of God that should always lead to justice, righteousness, and loving our neighbor. That's what the book of Amos is all about.

The message of Amos lands on the global church today with as much force and necessity as it landed on the people of God 2,700 years ago. The key idea in Amos is that God is just and impartial and will judge not only the nations but also his own people for their life of ease and apathy amid human suffering.

Yes. The idea for the NIV started in 1965, when evangelical scholars came together and decided to create a new and accurate version in contemporary English. The decision was made to base the new version upon the best original manuscripts in Greek and Hebrew.

One of the biggest criticisms of the 1984 NIV was that sometimes words in the Greek text simply were not translated. The most notorious example was the Gospel of Mark, which makes frequent use of the Greek word euthus, "immediately." For some reason, there were many verses in the 1984 NIV that simply ignored this word.

Matthew 17:21

Reason: The verse closely resembles Mark 9:29, but it is lacking in Matthew in א (original handwriting), B, θ, some Italic, Syriac, Coptic and Ethiopic manuscripts.

Amos (flourished 8th century bc) was the first Hebrew prophet to have a biblical book named for him. He accurately foretold the destruction of the northern kingdom of Israel (although he did not specify Assyria as the cause) and, as a prophet of doom, anticipated later Old Testament prophets.

What are three main topics in the book of Amos? ›

Economically Israel had never had it so good since the times of Solomon. But Jeroboam II 'did evil in the sight of the LORD' and did not turn the country from idolatry and injustice. The major themes in the book of Amos – judgment, injustice, lament, the sin of God's people, repentance – are not easy subjects.

Like many prophets of the Old Testament, Amos warned of coming judgment for the idolatry, false worship, and corruption of the nation but also prophesied that the restoration of the Davidic line of kings would come through the promised Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Amos warns the preeminent leaders of Israel and Judah against their false confidence of security and urges them to learn from what happened to three nearby city-states—Calneh, Hamath the great, and Gath. The prophet Amos warned the proud leaders of Israel and Judah against their false confidence of security.

To paraphrase, they say, "Have we not overcome strength with greater strength?" God's view, however, is that their strength, in which they boast, is of little consequence. A nation of even greater strength will completely conquer them.

Amos asks two rhetorical questions to expose Israel's perversion of justice. Since the Israelites pervert justice and boast of their military victories, Amos says that the LORD will raise up a nation to afflict them and erase their military exploits.

Like many prophets of the Old Testament, Amos warned of coming judgment for the idolatry, false worship, and corruption of the nation but also prophesied that the restoration of the Davidic line of kings would come through the promised Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Amos 6:4-6 mentions feasting, indulging in artificial stimulation, listening to unusual music, and taking excessive and vain measures in personal hygiene. The single idea behind these illustrations is that the excesses of powerful Israelites were possible because of their oppression of the weak and poor.

Amos illustrates how the LORD's judgment on Samaria will decimate the population. Even if ten people gather in one house for safety, they will not escape judgment.

Amos' point is that the leaders of God's people have been invested with power and authority in order to fulfill a mission–that mission is to tend the faith of God's people, so that God's people can fulfill the mission that God had given Israel.