- In Amos 7:1-6, a dialogue ensues between which “two parties”?
- In this dialogue the Divine is quoted as threatening and the prophet as importuning and what is the final outcome of the dialogue?
- In Amos 7:7, the prophet “visions” God as on the wall of the city with a measuring rod (a plumb line — although others translate as a pick axe) — and what is the portent of this vision?
- In Amos 7:8, God is quoted as saying that He is going to apply the ‘plumb measure’ measuring rod or pick axe to Israel and as a result what will become of it?
- In Amos 7:9 is the destruction only political or are religious sites to be destroyed as well?
- Why does Amatzyah advise Yeravam that Amos is rebelling against the monarchy?
- In Amos 7:11, has he quoted Amos correctly?
- Do we have a response from Yeravam recorded here?
- In Amos 7:12 Amatzyah appears to take “matters into his own hands”; how?
- When Amos responds (Amos 7:14) saying that “I am not a prophet” does he mean that literally or rather that he is not a member of the establishment prophetic guilds?
- And, when he says “I am not the son of a prophet” does “son” here mean a genetic descriptive or, rather, not part of the prophetic community?
- How does the end of Amos 7:14 coalesce with the first verse of Amos 1?
- According to Amos 7:15, how is it that Amos has come to prophesy?
- Would Amos 7:16 indicate that Amos is about to acquiesce to the “suggestion” of Amatzyah?
- In verse 16 the last Hebrew word is unusual. How is it usually spelled?
- Is Israel usually referred to as the “house of Isaac”?
- What is the prediction for Amatzyah and his family?
- Does the prediction indicate that Amatzyah’s wife shall become a prostitute or, rather, that in the day of devastation she will be treated as such?
- Is there any solace at the conclusion of the chapter?
