Amos

Outline

• I. The introductory word
• II. Jehovah's judgments on the surrounding nations
• A. On Damascus
• B. On Gaza
• C. On Tyre
• D. On Edom
• E. On Ammon
• F. On Moab
• III. Jehovah's judgments on Judah and Israel
• A. On Judah
• B. On Israel
• IV. Jehovah's contending with the house of Jacob
• A. Jehovah's three reproofs to Israel
• 1. The first reproof
• 2. The second reproof
• 3. The third reproof
• B. The plagues of the five signs seen by Amos
• 1. The introduction
• 2. The plague of the first sign — locusts to eat the herbage of the land
• 3. The plague of the second sign — fire to devour the great deep and the land
• 4. The plague of the third sign — a plumb line in the Lord's hand
• 5. The frustration of Amaziah the priest of Bethel
• 6. The plague of the fourth sign — summer fruit, signifying that the time is ripe and the end has come upon Israel
• 7. The plague of the fifth sign — the Lord standing upon the altar, signifying that the Lord is ready to destroy Israel
• V. The restoration of the house of Israel, with the rebuilding of the fallen tabernacle of David for the kingdom of Christ