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| + | #REDIRECT [[Amos 7:1-9:15]] |
| − | |[[The Old Testament]] > [[Amos]] > [[Amos 7-9|Amos 7:1-9:15]] > Amos 7:7-17 || || [[Amos 7:1-6 |Previous: Amos 7:1-6]] || || [[Amos 8:1-14 |Next: Amos 8:1-14]]
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| − | == Outline and brief summary ==
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| − | The second half of Amos 7 can be outlined as follows:
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| − | ::'''• Vision #3 of plumbline: Israel no longer spared, priests (7:7-17)'''
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| − | :::a. vision of the plumbline: Israel no longer spared (7-9)
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| − | ::::b. Amaziah tries to stop Amos prophesying (10-13)
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| − | :::::c. Amos prophesies more woe on Amaziah and Israel (14-17)
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| − | This is the third of five visions in Amos 7-9. Beginning with this third vision, the Lord says “I will not pass ''by'' them [Israel] any more,” ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/7.8?lang=eng#7 7:8]) but will instead pass ''through'' them ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/5.17?lang=eng#16 5:17]).
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| − | Plumblines were used for construction and surveying to measure out lines on land (see [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/7.17?lang=eng#16 7:17]). Israel’s land will be divided up by a conqueror, its sanctuaries will be laid waste, and the house of the current king Jeroboam II will be smitten with the sword ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/7.8-9?lang=eng#7 7:8-9]).
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| − | [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bd/bethel?lang=eng&letter=b Bethel] was the principal religious sanctuary in the Northern Kingdom of Israel and was “the king’s chapel.” The resident priest at Bethel, Amaziah, dislikes Amos' prophecy of doom. He sends a report to King Jeroboam II that Amos is preaching against both king and country ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/7.10-11?lang=eng#9 7:10-11]). He also personally tells Amos not to prophesy against the country, the king and the king’s chapel - at the king’s chapel. He tells Amos to go back home to the Southern Kingdom of Judah and earn his living as a prophet there ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/7.12-13?lang=eng#11 7:12-13]).
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| − | Amos responds that he is not a professional prophet, he earns his living in agriculture, and he preaches only because the Lord called him ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/7.14-15?lang=eng#13 7:14-15]). Further, in response to this request by the official priest that he not prophesy the word given to him by the Lord, he prophesies yet more: not only will Israel go into captivity, but Amaziah’s his children will die by the sword and his wife will become a harlot ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/7.16-17?lang=eng#15 7:16-17]).
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| − | == Detailed discussion ==
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| − | * ''Click the edit link above and to the right to add detailed discussion''
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| − | == Questions for further thought and study ==
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| − | * ''Click the edit link above and to the right to add questions''
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| − | == Footnotes ==
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| − | == Additional sources and links ==
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| − | |[[The Old Testament]] > [[Amos]] > [[Amos 7-9|Amos 7:1-9:15]] > Amos 7:7-17 || || [[Amos 7:1-6 |Previous: Amos 7:1-6]] || || [[Amos 8:1-14 |Next: Amos 8:1-14]]
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