Amos Quiz

Answer key for Amos Quiz

1. Q1: What was the occupation of Amos before he was called to prophesy? Answer: A herdman and a gatherer of sycomore fruit. Amos told Amaziah he was no prophet's son, but a herdman and gatherer of sycomore fruit. Reference: Amos 7:14 (KJV).
2. Q2: From which town in Judah did Amos originate? Answer: Tekoa. The book begins by identifying Amos as being among the herdmen of Tekoa. Reference: Amos 1:1 (KJV).
3. Q3: According to Amos 5:24, what should run down as waters? Answer: Judgment. The Lord desires that judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. Reference: Amos 5:24 (KJV).
4. Q4: What did the Lord show Amos in a vision that stood upon a wall made by a line? Answer: A plumbline. The Lord stood upon a wall with a plumbline in his hand to show He would set a plumbline in Israel. Reference: Amos 7:7 (KJV).
5. Q5: What specific famine does Amos prophesy will come upon the land? Answer: A famine of hearing the words of the Lord. God promised a famine not of bread, but of hearing the words of the LORD. Reference: Amos 8:11 (KJV).
6. Q6: Who was the priest of Bethel that opposed Amos and told him to flee to Judah? Answer: Amaziah. Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam saying Amos had conspired against him. Reference: Amos 7:10 (KJV).
7. Q7: Amos asks, 'Can two walk together, except they be' what? Answer: Agreed. Amos uses this rhetorical question to illustrate the necessity of agreement for fellowship. Reference: Amos 3:3 (KJV).
8. Q8: What did the basket of summer fruit signify in Amos's vision? Answer: The end is come upon my people of Israel. The Lord said the basket of summer fruit meant the end was come upon His people. Reference: Amos 8:2 (KJV).
9. Q9: Which constellations are mentioned in Amos 5 as being made by the Lord? Answer: The seven stars and Orion. Amos exhorts the people to seek Him that maketh the seven stars and Orion. Reference: Amos 5:8 (KJV).
10. Q10: What does the Lord promise to raise up in the last days of the book of Amos? Answer: The tabernacle of David that is fallen. The Lord promises to raise up the tabernacle of David and close up the breaches thereof. Reference: Amos 9:11 (KJV).