The Minor Prophets Greatest Hits (Amos)

Amos 2:6-7

This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Israel,

even for four, I will not relent.

They sell the innocent for silver,

and the needy for a pair of sandals.

They trample on the heads of the poor

as on the dust of the ground

and deny justice to the oppressed..."

Amos 2:14-16

The swift will not escape,

the strong will not muster their strength,

and the warrior will not save his life.

The archer will not stand his ground,

the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,

and the horseman will not save his life.

Even the bravest warriors

will flee naked on that day,”

declares the Lord.

(There will be no escape from whats coming.

None.)

Amos 3:7

Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing

without revealing his plan

to his servants the prophets.

Amos 3:10

“They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord,

“who store up in their fortresses

what they have plundered and looted."

Amos 5:10

There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.

Amos 5:18-19

The Day of the Lord

Woe to you who long

for the day of the Lord!

Why do you long for the day of the Lord?

That day will be darkness, not light.

It will be as though a man fled from a lion

only to meet a bear,

as though he entered his house

and rested his hand on the wall

only to have a snake bite him"

(Again, there will be no escape, none)

Amos 7:14-15

Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

Amos 8:4-6

Hear this, you who trample the needy

and do away with the poor of the land,

saying,

“When will the New Moon be over

that we may sell grain,

and the Sabbath be ended

that we may market wheat?”—

skimping on the measure,

boosting the price

and cheating with dishonest scales,

buying the poor with silver

and the needy for a pair of sandals,

selling even the sweepings with the wheat.

Amos 8:9

“In that day,” 

declares the Sovereign Lord,

“I will make the sun go down at noon

and darken the earth in broad daylight.

Amos 8:11

“The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign Lord,

“when I will send a famine through the land—

not a famine of food or a thirst for water,

but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord."

(Sound familiar? It should, we're here.)

Amos 9:10

All the sinners among my people

will die by the sword,

all those who say,

‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’

(Yes, it most surely will.)