- Moav is accused of an act unrelated to Israel but morally unacceptable — what does it indicate as to respect for the dead?
- With Amos 2:4 the prophet applies the formula (of conduct meriting massive punishment) to Judea and its transgression is related to violence or?
- But is the punishment to be other or, in essence, identical with that visited on the others who are guilty of criminal acts?
- And, as to Israel, what specifically is denounced as massively reprehensible?
- Is a “Tzaddik” (Amos 2:6) a saint or a righteous individual?
- What is meant by “selling the impecunious for sandals”?
- In Amos 2:7, how is God’s name desecrated; i.e., what is meant by father and son going “to the naarah”?
- The Israelites are described as altar visitors and in God’s house; why is their so doing considered a travesty?
- To what attribute of Divinity does Amos 2:9 refer?
- Is the prophet’s reference in Amos 2:10 an indication of his listeners’ familiarity with the Exodus history?
- In Amos 2:11-12, how does the prophet describe the posture of the Israelites to God’s “spokesman”?
- Amos 2:13-16 describe categories of the powerful and the strong; what is to be their destiny — “on that day”?
- And (Amos 2:16) what is “that day”?
