Amos Answers

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Chapter 1

1. A herdsman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit

2. In the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

3. Damascus, Gaza, Tyrus, Edom and Ammon

Chapter 2

1. Moab, Judah, and Israel

2. To not prophesy

3. The mighty, he that handles the bow, he that is swift of foot, or he that rides the horse

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Chapter 3

1. His servants the prophets

2. The horns of the altar shall be cut off, the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end

Chapter 4

1. Cleanness of teeth in all your cities, want of bread, blasting and mildew, palmerworms, and pestilence

2. To meet God

3. The LORD, The God of hosts

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Chapter 5

1. The LORD

2. Their manifold transgressions and mighty sins

3. Evil

4. Darkness, and not light

5. Captivity beyond Damascus

Chapter 6

1. Them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria

2. They lie on beds of ivory and drink wine in bowls

3. A nation that would afflict Israel

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Chapter 7

1. A plumb line

2. Amaziah the priest of Bethel

3. Herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit

4. Go into captivity

Chapter 8

1. A basket of summer fruit

2. A famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD

Chapter 9

1. In the top of Carmel and in the bottom of the sea

2. Like as corn is sifted in a sieve

3. God would plant them on their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land

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