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Amos — Group study guide

9 chapters · 64 questions

Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo

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Amos 1 — Study questions

Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo

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Read first: Amos 1 (KJV)

1. Before what event did Amos prophesy?
Amos 1:1
- A. Before the earthquake
- B. Before the flood
- C. Before the fall of Jerusalem
- D. Before the death of Jeroboam
2. When the LORD roars from Zion, what shall wither?
Amos 1:2
- A. The river Jordan
- B. The top of Carmel
- C. The sea of Galilee
- D. The cedars of Lebanon
3. What sin does the LORD say Damascus committed?
Amos 1:3
- A. It burned the bones of the king of Edom
- B. It sold the poor for a pair of shoes
- C. It threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron
- D. It ripped up the women of Gilead
4. Which people carried away a whole captivity to deliver them up to Edom?
Amos 1:6
- A. Ammon
- B. Moab
- C. Damascus
- D. Gaza
5. What was the sin of Tyrus?
Amos 1:9
- A. They delivered up a whole captivity to Edom
- B. They threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron
- C. They burned the bones of the king of Edom
- D. They despised the law of the LORD
6. Who ripped up the women with child of Gilead, to enlarge their border?
Amos 1:13
- A. The Moabites
- B. The children of Ammon
- C. The Edomites
- D. The Philistines

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Amos 2 — Study questions

Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo

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Read first: Amos 2 (KJV)

1. Who shall die with tumult?
Amos 2:2
- A. The king of Edom
- B. The king of Judah
- C. Moab
- D. Damascus
2. What was the sin of Judah?
Amos 2:4
- A. They sold the poor for a pair of shoes
- B. They delivered up a captivity to Edom
- C. They threshed Gilead
- D. They despised the law of the LORD
3. Who sold the poor for a pair of shoes?
Amos 2:6
- A. Israel
- B. Judah
- C. Moab
- D. Tyrus
4. For how long did God lead Israel through the wilderness?
Amos 2:10
- A. Seven years
- B. Forty years
- C. Seventy years
- D. Four hundred years
5. Could the Nazarenes drink wine?
Amos 2:12
- Yes
- No
6. Will the swift of foot be able to escape what God will do?
Amos 2:15
- Yes
- No

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Amos 3 — Study questions

Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo

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Read first: Amos 3 (KJV)

1. Which nation did God know of all the families of the earth?
Amos 3:2
- A. Egypt
- B. Assyria
- C. Israel
- D. Edom
2. If two are not agreed, can they walk together?
Amos 3:3
- Yes
- No
3. What happens to the people if a trumpet is blown in the city?
Amos 3:6
- A. They go to sleep
- B. They go out to war
- C. They rejoice
- D. They are afraid
4. Before the LORD does anything, what does he do?
Amos 3:7
- A. He reveals his secret unto his servants the prophets
- B. He sends a plague
- C. He speaks to the kings
- D. He destroys the altars
5. For someone to prophesy, who must speak?
Amos 3:8
- A. The king
- B. The LORD
- C. The priest
- D. The people
6. Who takes the sheep out of the mouth of a lion?
Amos 3:12
- A. The hunter
- B. The king
- C. The shepherd
- D. The prophet
7. What else will the LORD visit when he visits the transgressions of Israel?
Amos 3:14
- A. The walls of Samaria
- B. The vineyards of Gilead
- C. The armies of Judah
- D. The altars of Bethel

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Amos 4 — Study questions

Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo

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Read first: Amos 4 (KJV)

1. Where were the kine of Bashan?
Amos 4:1
- A. In the mountain of Samaria
- B. In the Jordan valley
- C. On mount Carmel
- D. In the plains of Moab
2. Were they literal cows or did they represent people?
Amos 4:1
- A. They were cows of the field
- B. They represented people
- C. They represented idols
- D. They represented cities
3. How often did the LORD, ironically, ask the people to bring their tithes?
Amos 4:4
- A. Every seven days
- B. Every month
- C. Every three days
- D. Every year
4. The LORD gave bread to the rebellious people. Did they return to the LORD?
Amos 4:6
- Yes
- No
5. For how long did the LORD withhold the rain from them?
Amos 4:7
- A. Three years
- B. Three months
- C. Seven months
- D. Forty days
6. The LORD wanted Israel to repent and sent them the palmerworm.
Amos 4:9
- True
- False
7. God told Israel to prepare for what?
Amos 4:12
- A. For war
- B. To meet their God
- C. To leave Egypt
- D. For the harvest

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Amos 5 — Study questions

Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo

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Read first: Amos 5 (KJV)

1. Who raised up the virgin of Israel who had fallen?
Amos 5:2
- A. No one; there was none to raise her up
- B. The LORD
- C. King Jeroboam
- D. Amos
2. What would happen to Israel if they sought the LORD?
Amos 5:4
- A. They would be rich
- B. They would live
- C. They would have a king
- D. They would return to Egypt
3. Why did God tell Israel not to enter into Bethel?
Amos 5:5
- A. Because it was far away
- B. Because there were thieves
- C. Because Bethel shall come to nought
- D. Because it was the land of Moab
4. What did God say he would do with the house of Joseph if they did not seek the LORD?
Amos 5:6
- A. Take it to Egypt
- B. Forgive it
- C. Leave it alone
- D. Break out like fire and devour it
5. Where does the rain come from, according to Amos 5:8?
Amos 5:8
- A. From the sea, by the hand of the LORD
- B. From the mountains
- C. From the stars
- D. From the river Jordan
6. What did they do with him that speaketh uprightly?
Amos 5:10
- A. They honoured him
- B. They abhorred him
- C. They made him king
- D. They listened to him
7. What did they make the poor lose in the gate?
Amos 5:12
- A. Their houses
- B. Their children
- C. Their right
- D. Their lands
8. Will the day of the LORD be light or darkness?
Amos 5:18
- A. Light
- B. Joy
- C. A feast
- D. Darkness
9. What does God want to run down as waters?
Amos 5:24
- A. Judgment
- B. Wine
- C. Oil
- D. The blood of sacrifices
10. Because Israel bore the tabernacle of Moloch and Chiun in the wilderness, where would God carry them?
Amos 5:26-27
- A. To Egypt
- B. Beyond Damascus
- C. To Moab
- D. Beyond the sea

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Amos 6 — Study questions

Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo

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Read first: Amos 6 (KJV)

1. Woe to them that are at ease where?
Amos 6:1
- A. In Bethel
- B. In Damascus
- C. In Zion
- D. In Gaza
2. On what kind of beds did they of Zion and Samaria lie?
Amos 6:4
- A. Beds of cedar
- B. Beds of gold
- C. Beds of skins
- D. Beds of ivory
3. Did David invent instruments of music?
Amos 6:5
- Yes
- No
4. To whom shall mourning come?
Amos 6:7
- A. To the poor
- B. To them that stretched themselves in pleasure
- C. To the prophets
- D. To the shepherds
5. Why will some say, Hold thy tongue?
Amos 6:10
- A. Because the enemy is coming
- B. Because the king is asleep
- C. Because we may not make mention of the name of the LORD
- D. Because it is night
6. Into what did they turn judgment?
Amos 6:12
- A. Into a feast
- B. Into mockery
- C. Into gold
- D. Into gall

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Amos 7 — Study questions

Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo

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Read first: Amos 7 (KJV)

1. Behold, the Lord called for what?
Amos 7:4
- A. To contend by fire
- B. To hold a feast
- C. To gather the people
- D. To build the temple
2. What kind of plumbline did the Lord have in his hand?
Amos 7:7
- A. Of gold
- B. A builder's plumbline
- C. Of iron
- D. A fisherman's line
3. Why did the LORD decide to set a plumbline in the midst of Israel?
Amos 7:8
- A. To build a wall
- B. To measure the land
- C. Because he would not pass by them any more
- D. To divide the inheritance
4. How will the LORD rise against the house of Jeroboam?
Amos 7:9
- A. With fire
- B. With locusts
- C. With famine
- D. With the sword
5. Who sent to tell Jeroboam that the land was not able to bear all the words of Amos?
Amos 7:10
- A. Amaziah, the priest of Bethel
- B. Uzziah, king of Judah
- C. A prophet of Samaria
- D. The elders of Israel
6. According to Amaziah, what did Amos prophesy about Jeroboam?
Amos 7:11
- A. That he would reign many years
- B. That he would die by the sword
- C. That he would flee to Egypt
- D. That he would be carried to Babylon
7. Where did Amaziah tell Amos not to prophesy any more?
Amos 7:13
- A. In Jerusalem
- B. In Samaria
- C. At Bethel
- D. In Tekoa
8. Because of what Amaziah said to Amos, what would Amaziah's wife become?
Amos 7:17
- A. A widow
- B. A servant
- C. A captive
- D. An harlot

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Amos 8 — Study questions

Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo

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Read first: Amos 8 (KJV)

1. What was in the basket God showed Amos?
Amos 8:1
- A. Summer fruit
- B. Unleavened bread
- C. A plumbline
- D. Locusts
2. What did that basket represent?
Amos 8:2
- A. An abundant harvest
- B. The destruction of Israel
- C. The feast of tabernacles
- D. The return from captivity
3. What will the songs of the temple be in that day of destruction?
Amos 8:3
- A. Songs of praise
- B. Dancing
- C. Howlings
- D. Flight
4. What did the wicked men do with the balances?
Amos 8:5
- A. They broke them
- B. They hid them
- C. They gave them away
- D. They falsified them by deceit
5. Into what will the LORD turn the people's feasts?
Amos 8:10
- A. Into mourning
- B. Into fasting
- C. Into silence
- D. Into war
6. A famine of what will the LORD send into the land?
Amos 8:11
- A. A famine of bread
- B. A famine of hearing the words of the LORD
- C. A famine of meat
- D. A famine of justice
7. And will the word of the LORD be found in the land?
Amos 8:12
- Yes
- No

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Amos 9 — Study questions

Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo

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Read first: Amos 9 (KJV)

1. What will the LORD do if man climbs up to heaven?
Amos 9:2
- A. Let him go
- B. Forgive him
- C. Bring him down from thence
- D. Turn him into a star
2. For what will the LORD set his eyes upon them?
Amos 9:4
- A. For good
- B. To care for them
- C. To bless them
- D. For evil
3. What will happen to the land when the LORD touches it?
Amos 9:5
- A. It shall melt
- B. It will blossom
- C. It will bear fruit
- D. It will dry up
4. What will happen to the sinners of the people who say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us?
Amos 9:10
- A. They will be forgiven
- B. They shall die by the sword
- C. They will be carried into Egypt
- D. They will repent
5. What will the LORD do with the tabernacle of David that is fallen?
Amos 9:11
- A. Burn it
- B. Carry it to Babylon
- C. Raise it up
- D. Leave it in ruins
6. The plowman shall overtake whom?
Amos 9:13
- A. The shepherd
- B. The king
- C. The sower
- D. The reaper
7. Who shall inhabit the waste cities?
Amos 9:14
- A. Israel
- B. The Assyrians
- C. The Edomites
- D. The Egyptians

Contents

1. Before what event did Amos prophesy?

2. When the LORD roars from Zion, what shall wither?

3. What sin does the LORD say Damascus committed?

4. Which people carried away a whole captivity to deliver them up to Edom?

5. What was the sin of Tyrus?

6. Who ripped up the women with child of Gilead, to enlarge their border?

Notes

1. Who shall die with tumult?

2. What was the sin of Judah?

3. Who sold the poor for a pair of shoes?

4. For how long did God lead Israel through the wilderness?

5. Could the Nazarenes drink wine?

6. Will the swift of foot be able to escape what God will do?

Notes

1. Which nation did God know of all the families of the earth?

2. If two are not agreed, can they walk together?

3. What happens to the people if a trumpet is blown in the city?

4. Before the LORD does anything, what does he do?

5. For someone to prophesy, who must speak?

6. Who takes the sheep out of the mouth of a lion?

7. What else will the LORD visit when he visits the transgressions of Israel?

Notes

1. Where were the kine of Bashan?

2. Were they literal cows or did they represent people?

3. How often did the LORD, ironically, ask the people to bring their tithes?

4. The LORD gave bread to the rebellious people. Did they return to the LORD?

5. For how long did the LORD withhold the rain from them?

6. The LORD wanted Israel to repent and sent them the palmerworm.

7. God told Israel to prepare for what?

Notes

1. Who raised up the virgin of Israel who had fallen?

2. What would happen to Israel if they sought the LORD?

3. Why did God tell Israel not to enter into Bethel?

4. What did God say he would do with the house of Joseph if they did not seek the LORD?

5. Where does the rain come from, according to Amos 5:8?

6. What did they do with him that speaketh uprightly?

7. What did they make the poor lose in the gate?

8. Will the day of the LORD be light or darkness?

9. What does God want to run down as waters?

10. Because Israel bore the tabernacle of Moloch and Chiun in the wilderness, where would God carry them?

Notes

1. Woe to them that are at ease where?

2. On what kind of beds did they of Zion and Samaria lie?

3. Did David invent instruments of music?

4. To whom shall mourning come?

5. Why will some say, Hold thy tongue?

6. Into what did they turn judgment?

Notes

1. Behold, the Lord called for what?

2. What kind of plumbline did the Lord have in his hand?

3. Why did the LORD decide to set a plumbline in the midst of Israel?

4. How will the LORD rise against the house of Jeroboam?

5. Who sent to tell Jeroboam that the land was not able to bear all the words of Amos?

6. According to Amaziah, what did Amos prophesy about Jeroboam?

7. Where did Amaziah tell Amos not to prophesy any more?

8. Because of what Amaziah said to Amos, what would Amaziah's wife become?

Notes

1. What was in the basket God showed Amos?

2. What did that basket represent?

3. What will the songs of the temple be in that day of destruction?

4. What did the wicked men do with the balances?

5. Into what will the LORD turn the people's feasts?

6. A famine of what will the LORD send into the land?

7. And will the word of the LORD be found in the land?

Notes

1. What will the LORD do if man climbs up to heaven?

2. For what will the LORD set his eyes upon them?

3. What will happen to the land when the LORD touches it?

4. What will happen to the sinners of the people who say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us?

5. What will the LORD do with the tabernacle of David that is fallen?

6. The plowman shall overtake whom?

7. Who shall inhabit the waste cities?

Notes