[1]Judgment on nations (Amos 1:1-2:5)
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| P(1:1-2) | 1:1 The words of Amos, a shepherd from Tekoa (1:1) |
| | A1(1:3-5) | | Damascus |
| | A2(1:6-8) | | Gaza |
| | A3(1:9-10) | | Tyre |
| | A4(1:11-12) | | Edom |
| | A5(1:13-15) | | Ammonites |
| | A6(2:1-3) | | Moab |
| | A7(2:4-5) | | Judah |
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A: Nations. |
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A: Sins of Israel. B: Acts of the LORD. |
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[3]Sin of Israel (Amos 3:1-15)
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| | A(3:1-2) | | | 3:2 Therefore I will punish you for all your crimes.(3:2) | (אפקד) |
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| | | B(3:3-8) | | | | 3:4 Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey(3:4) | (אריה) |
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| | | | C(3:9-10) | | | | 3:10 Storing up in their castles what they have extorted and robbed. (3:10) |
| | | B'(3:11-12) | | | | 3:12 As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion (3:12) | (הארי) |
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| | A'(3:13-15) | | | "3:14 On the day when I punish Israel for his crimes, I will visit also the altars of Bethel (3:14)" | (פקדי) |
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A: Punishments. B: Lions. C: Evils. |
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[4]Unbelief of Israel (Amos 4:1-11)
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| P(4:1-5) | 4:1 Hear this word (4:1) |
| | A1(4:6) | | 4:6 Yet you returned not to me, says the LORD. (4:6) |
| | A2(4:7-8) | | 4:8 Yet you returned not to me, says the LORD. (4:8) |
| | A3(4:9) | | 4:9 Yet you returned not to me, says the LORD. (4:9) |
| | A4(4:10) | | 4:10 Yet you returned not to me, says the LORD. (4:10) |
| | A5(4:11) | | 4:11 Yet you returned not to me, says the LORD. (4:11) |
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A: Not to return. |
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[5]Seek the LORD (Amos 4:12-5:8)
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| | A(4:12-13) | | | "4:13 The LORD, the God of hosts by name.(4:13)" | (שׁמו) |
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| | | B(5:1-2) | | | 5:2 She is fallen, to rise no more, the virgin Israel; She lies abandoned upon her land (5:2) |
| | | | C(5:3) | | | | The words of the LORD |
| | | | C'(5:4-5) | | | | The words of the LORD |
| | | B'(5:6-7) | | | 5:7 Woe to those who turn judgment to wormwood and cast justice to the ground! (5:7) |
| | A'(5:8) | | | 5:8 the LORD is his name (5:8) | (שׁמו) |
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A: The name of the LORD. B: To cast to the ground. C: The words of the LORD. |
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[6]The day of judgment (Amos 5:9-17)
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| | A(5:9-13) | | | "Though you have planted choice vineyards, you shall not drink their wine(5:11)" | (כרמי) |
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| | | B(5:14) | | | | Seek good and not evil(5:14) | (טוב) |
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| | | B'(5:15) | | | | Hate evil and love good (5:15) | (טוב) |
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| | A'(5:16-17) | | | And in every vineyard there shall be lamentation (5:17) | (כרמים) |
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A: Vineyard. B: Good and evil. |
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[7]Festival and justice (Amos 5:18-27)
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| | A(5:18-20) | | As if a man went to flee from a lion, and a bear should meet him (5:19) |
| | | B(5:21-23) | | | | "I hate, I spurn your feasts (5:21)" | (ומנחתיכם) |
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| | | | C(5:24) | | | | let justice surge like water, and goodness like an unfailing stream (5:24) |
| | | B'(5:25-26) | | | | "Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings for forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?(5:25)" | (ומנחה) |
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| | A'(5:27) | | For I will exile you beyond Damascus (5:27) |
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A: Sufferings. B: Offerings. C: Justice. |
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[8]Judgment on arrogant people (Amos 6:1-14)
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| | A(6:1-2) | | to whom the people of Israel have recourse (6:1) |
| | | B(6:3-7) | | | you hasten the reign of violence (6:3) |
| | | | C(6:8-11) | | | | I give over the city with everything in it (6:8) |
| | | B'(6:12) | | | Yet you have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of justice into wormwood (6:12) |
| | A'(6:13-14) | | A nation that shall oppress you (6:14) |
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A: Oppression of foreign nations. B: Evils. C: Destruction of the city. |
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[9]The first, second and third vision (Amos 7:1-6)
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| | A(7:1) | | | 7:1 This is what the Lord GOD showed me (7:1) | (הראני) |
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| | | B(7:2) | | | Request of Amos |
| | | | C(7:3) | | | | | 7:3 It shall not be (7:3) | (לאתהיה) |
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| | A'(7:4) | | | 7:4 Then the Lord GOD showed me this (7:4) | (הראני) |
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| | | B'(7:5) | | | Request of Amos |
| | | | C'(7:6) | | | | | 7:6 This also shall not be (7:6) | (לאתהיה) |
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| | A''(7:7-8a) | | | 7:7 This is what the Lord GOD showed me (7:7) | (הראני) |
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| | | B''(7:8b) | | | Response of Amos |
| | | | C''(7:8c-9) | | | | never again will I overlook (7:8) |
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A: The Lord GOD showed. B: Requests of Amos. C: Results. |
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[10]Amaziah complains to the king (Amos 7:10-17)
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| | A(7:10-11) | | Prophecy of destruction |
| | | B(7:12-13) | | | 7:13 but never again prophesy in Bethel (7:13) |
| | | | C(7:14-15) | | | | 7:14 I was no prophet (7:14) |
| | | B'(7:16) | | | 7:16 prophesy not against Israel (7:16) |
| | A'(7:17) | | Prophecy of destruction |
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A: Prophecy of destruction. B: Don't prophesy. C: I was no prophet. |
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A: The day of the LORD. B: Sins of the people. |
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A: The words of the LORD. B: Acts of the LORD. |
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A: Restoration. B: Ownership of land. |
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