Amos 1:4; Amos 2:8; Amos 3:13; Amos 3:15; Amos 5:1; Amos 5:3-4; Amos 5:6; Amos 5:11; Amos 5:19; Amos 5:25; Amos 6:1; Amos 6:9-11; Amos 6:14; Amos 7:9-10; Amos 7:13; Amos 7:16; Amos 9:8-9 (New American Standard)

4 "So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael And it will consume the citadels of Ben-hadad. 8 "On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar, And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined. 13 "Hear and testify against the house of Jacob," Declares the Lord GOD, the God of hosts. 15 "I will also smite the winter house together with the summer house ; The houses of ivory will also perish And the great houses will come to an end," Declares the LORD.

``Seek Me that You May Live"

1 Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel : 3 For thus says the Lord GOD, "The city which goes forth a thousand strong Will have a hundred left, And the one which goes forth a hundred strong Will have ten left to the house of Israel." 4 For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, "Seek Me that you may live. 6 "Seek the LORD that you may live, Or He will break forth like a fire, O house of Joseph, And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel, 11 Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor And exact a tribute of grain from them, Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone, Yet you will not live in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine. 19 As when a man flees from a lion And a bear meets him, Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall And a snake bites him. 25 "Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel ?

``Those at Ease in Zion"

1 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria, The distinguished men of the foremost of nations, To whom the house of Israel comes. 9 And it will be, if ten men are left in one house, they will die. 10 Then one's uncle, or his undertaker, will lift him up to carry out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, "Is anyone else with you?" And that one will say, "No one." Then he will answer, "Keep quiet. For the name of the LORD is not to be mentioned." 11 For behold, the LORD is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments. 14 "For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel," declares the LORD God of hosts, "And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath To the brook of the Arabah." 9 "The high places of Isaac will be desolated And the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste. Then I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."

Amos Accused, Answers

10 Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel ; the land is unable to endure all his words. 13 "But no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal residence." 16 "Now hear the word of the LORD : you are saying, 'You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.' 8 "Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, And I will destroy it from the face of the earth ; Nevertheless , I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob," Declares the LORD. 9 "For behold, I am commanding, And I will shake the house of Israel among all nations As grain is shaken in a sieve, But not a kernel will fall to the ground.