| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 1 Judgment on nations (1:1-2:5) 1:3 Thus says the LORD: For three crimes of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke my word; (1:3) | Many sins | 4 Unbelief of Israel (4:1-11) 4:4 Come to Bethel and sin, to Gilgal, and sin the more; Each morning bring your sacrifices, every third day, your tithes;(4:4) |
| 2 Judgment on Israel (2:6-16) 2:6 For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke my word; (2:6) | Sins of Israel | 3 Sin of Israel (3:1-15) 3:14 On the day when I punish Israel for his crimes (3:14) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 4 Unbelief of Israel (4:1-11) 4:5 Burn leavened food as a thanksgiving sacrifice, proclaim publicly your freewill offerings (4:5) | Unjust offerings | 7 Festival and justice (5:18-27) 5:22 Your cereal offerings I will not accept, nor consider your stall-fed peace offerings. (5:22) |
| 5 Seek the LORD (4:12-5:8) 5:4 Seek me, that you may live, (5:4) | Seek the LORD to live | 6 The day of judgment (5:9-17) 5:14 Seek good and not evil, that you may live; (5:14) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 7 Festival and justice (5:18-27) 5:27 I will exile you beyond Damascus (5:27) | The captivity | 10 Amaziah complains to the king (7:10-17) 7:11Israel shall surely be exiled from its land. (7:11) |
| 8 Judgment on arrogant people (6:1-14) 6:8 I hate his castles, and I give over the city with everything in it; (6:8) | The destruction of the temple | 9 The first, second and third vision (7:1-9) 7:9 The high places of Isaac shall be laid waste, and the sanctuaries of Israel made desolate; (7:9) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 10 Amaziah complains to the king (7:10-17) 7:11 Israel shall surely be exiled from its land. (7:11) | The captivity and its end | 13 The restoration of David's kingdom (9:11-15) 9:15 I will plant them upon their own ground; never again shall they be plucked From the land I have given them, (9:15) |
| 11 The fourth vision (8:1-14) 8:8 Shall not the land tremble because of this, and all who dwell in it mourn, While it rises up and tosses like the Nile, and settles back like the river of Egypt?(8:8) | Natural disaster | 12 The God of whole world (9:1-10) 9:5 I melt the earth with my touch, so that all who dwell on it mourn, While it all rises up like the Nile, and settles back like the river of Egypt; (9:5) |