Amos Chapter 9
1. To what lengths would the people go to escape God’s wrath and judgment? What good would it do them?
2. Is it good or bad that we can’t
escape God? Read Psalm 139:7-12.
3. What imagery is used to describe the
greatness of God?
4. What attitude would the Israelites likely have had toward the Ethiopians? What point is God making in verse 7?
5. What is the fallen booth/tabernacle
of David? How would it be raised up
again (read Acts 15:13-17)?
6. What is meant by “the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows seed?” How are verses 13-15 different from 5:11?
7. Was the prophecy’s fulfillment literal or figurative?
8. What are some lessons we have learned in Amos about God – His character, relationships with mankind, etc.?
9. What are some lessons we have learned in Amos about what God expects from us as His children?