Amos Chapter 5 — Seek the Lord and Live Quiz Flashcards

#1

In Amos 5:2, what does the prophet say about the 'Virgin Israel'?

📖 Amos 5:2

#2

According to Amos 5:4-6, what does the Lord command Israel to do?

📖 Amos 5:4-6

#3

In Amos 5:7, what injustice does Amos specifically condemn?

📖 Amos 5:7

#4

What celestial imagery does Amos use in Amos 5:8 when referring to God's power?

📖 Amos 5:8

#5

According to Amos 5:11-12, what is the fate of those who oppress the poor and demand grain from them?

📖 Amos 5:11-12

#6

In Amos 5:13, during what circumstances does Amos say 'the prudent keep quiet'?

📖 Amos 5:13

#7

What is Amos's response in Amos 5:14-15 to those seeking to live?

📖 Amos 5:14-15

#8

In Amos 5:21-24, what does God say about Israel's feasts, assemblies, and offerings?

📖 Amos 5:21-24

#2

Seek the Lord and live, and do not seek Bethel, Gilgal, or Beersheba

Amos contrasts seeking the Lord with seeking the false religious centers of Bethel, Gilgal, and Beersheba, making clear that true seeking of the Lord is the path to life.

Amos 5:4-6

#1

She has fallen and will not rise again, except as the Lord wills it

Amos declares that Virgin Israel has fallen and will not rise again in her present state, emphasizing the gravity of her downfall unless there is repentance.

Amos 5:2

#4

He made the Pleiades and Orion, and He darkens the day into night and brightens the night into day

Amos 5:8 describes God's creation of the constellations Pleiades and Orion and His control over day and night, demonstrating His cosmic power and sovereignty.

Amos 5:8

#3

Those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground

Amos 5:7 states that those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground are perverting the foundational principles of a just society.

Amos 5:7

#6

When the wicked are in power and injustice prevails

Amos 5:13 implies that in times of evil and wickedness, wise people remain silent because speaking out would be dangerous or futile—a commentary on the pervasiveness of injustice.

Amos 5:13

#5

Though they build houses of hewn stone, they will not live in them; though they plant pleasant vineyards, they will not drink their wine

Amos 5:11 pronounces a reversal of fortune where the oppressors' wealth and labor will not benefit them—they will build but not inhabit, plant but not harvest.

Amos 5:11-12

#8

He rejects and despises them, and takes no delight in their solemn assemblies

Amos 5:21 records God's explicit rejection of Israel's religious observances because they are divorced from justice and righteousness—empty ritualism without moral transformation.

Amos 5:21-24

#7

Seek good, not evil, that you may live, and the Lord God of hosts will be with you

Amos 5:14-15 presents the conditional promise that seeking good and hating evil will result in God's presence and protection—a call to moral righteousness as the foundation for survival.

Amos 5:14-15

#9

According to Amos 5:24, what must 'roll down like waters' and 'like an ever-flowing stream'?

📖 Amos 5:24

#10

In Amos 5:26-27, what does Amos prophesy Israel will carry into exile?

📖 Amos 5:26-27

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#10

Their idols—Sakkuth their king and Kaiwan your star god, which you have made for yourselves

Amos 5:26-27 condemns Israel's idol worship, prophesying that they will carry these false gods (Sakkuth and Kaiwan) into exile as evidence of their apostasy and judgment.

Amos 5:26-27

#9

Justice and righteousness

Amos 5:24 demands that justice and righteousness flow continuously through society like a never-ceasing stream—this is God's true requirement, not hollow religious ritual.

Amos 5:24

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