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judgments.Death (Amos 6:9-10)Amos describes a hypothetical situation to emphasize the terrors that will come when theAssyrians invade Samaria. Ten men, perhaps the remnants of a hundred soldiers (5:3), would behiding in a house, but pestilence would catch up with them, and they would die. If a relativecame to burn the bodies (the safest thing to do in war when disease is rampant), anyone in thehouse guarding the bodies would deny there were others there who also might die in the plague.But the disposal of the dead bodies wouldn’t be a “religious” occasion, for the people would beafraid to even mention the name of the Lord lest He become angry and send more judgment.Destruction (Amos 6:11-13)Pride always goes before destruction (Prov. 16:18). The summer houses and winter houses thatthe wealthy enjoyed and boasted about would one day be nothing but ashes and fragments. TheBabylonians would even burn Judah’s beautiful temple. This would occur because the Lordcommanded it, and His commands are always obeyed.Disgrace and defeat (Amos 6:14)Assyria’s invasion of Israel wouldn’t take place because of the accidents or incidents ofinternational politics. God would bring the army into the land and give Assyria the responsibilityof chastening His people. “‘Behold, I will bring a nation against you from afar, O house ofIsrael,’ says the Lord” (Jer. 5:15, NKJV).III. (7:1 – 9:10) FIVE VISIONSBaxter: In these five visions we have, successively, judgment averted, restrained, determined,imminent, executed; and thus we see that there is an increasing intensity in the five visions, asthere is in the three sermons. Yet even amid the execution of the culminative judgment, not onegrain of the pure wheat was to be allowed to perish. Even in wrath “God remembers mercy.”A. (7:1-3) Vision of Swarming Locusts -- DesolationB. (7:4-6) Vision of Consuming Fire -- DestructionC. (7:7-9) Vision of the Plumb Line – Divine Righteousness = the standard of measurementWiersbe: God’s law is His plumb line, and He measures His people to see how true they are tothe pattern in His Word, and if they are upright in character and conduct “Also I will makejustice the measuring line, and righteousness the plummet” (Isa. 28:17, NKJV). Alas, in Amos’time, He found that Israel was “out of plumb” and therefore had to be destroyed. This wouldinclude Israel’s high places and sanctuaries, where they worshiped contrary to God’s law, for theonly place the Jews were to bring their sacrifices was to the temple in Jerusalem (Lev. 17:1-7).(7:10-17) ASIDE – Opposition to Amos and His Message1. (:10-13) Amos Threatened by Amaziah (priest of Bethel)2. (:14-17) Amos Fortified by Divine Calling