Amos 8 confronts the split between songs and scales, warning that the gravest judgment is a famine of hearing God’s word. Let this warning turn us to honest love, hungry listening, and hope rooted in the Lord who still speaks.
Amos 7 presents two relenting visions and a third that sets God’s plumb line, then narrates a clash at Bethel where the prophet’s calling outlasts royal religion. The chapter calls readers to intercede boldly, realign to God’s standard, and speak with steady courage.
Amos 6 confronts a culture at ease that will not grieve “the ruin of Joseph.” God swears against pride, shatters false refuges, and calls his people back to humble dependence and public justice.
Amos 5 opens with a lament and a summons: seek the Lord and live. The chapter corrects false hopes about the day of the Lord and insists that worship and justice belong together.
Amos 4 traces a sequence of wake-up calls—famine, drought, disease, and defeat—each meant to bring Israel back. The chapter exposes worship without justice and ends with a bracing summons: prepare to meet your God.
Amos 3 shows how chosen grace heightens responsibility. The prophet traces cause and effect, exposes worship propped up by plunder, and calls God’s people to hear the Lion’s roar and return while mercy still speaks.
Amos 2 moves from Moab to Judah to Israel, exposing contempt for life, rejection of God’s law, and predatory courts and worship. It ends with an unavoidable verdict that sobers the heart and points back to grateful obedience under God’s good rule.
Amos 1 opens with the Lion’s roar and indicts surrounding nations for trafficking, treachery, rage, and atrocity. The chapter reveals God’s fitted judgments and calls the church to humble courage under his just reign.
Joel 3 gathers the nations to God’s court and battlefield, then leads to Zion’s sanctuary where the Lord dwells. The chapter promises justice for the oppressed and lasting refuge for his people.
Joel 2 unfolds God’s urgent call to repent, his pledge to restore what locusts consumed, and his promise to pour out the Spirit on all who call on his name.
Joel 1 summons a whole nation to see devastation as God’s wake-up call and to gather in fasting and prayer. The chapter trains churches to lament honestly and hope steadfastly in the Lord who restores.
Hosea 14 hands us words for return and a God who answers with free love and morning-dew renewal. As roots deepen and shade spreads, praise rises as the fruit he himself gives.
Hosea 13 traces Israel’s fall from honor to idol-kissing and shows how the Helper becomes the One they resist. In the ruins, God declares, “No Savior except me,” and promises redemption stronger than the grave.
Ephraim chases the east wind while scales tilt in the market. Hosea 12 answers with Jacob’s story and a clear summons: return to God, keep love and justice, and wait for him always.
Hosea 11 remembers first steps and stubborn refusals, then surprises with mercy: the Holy One’s compassion rises, and his roar calls children home. This chapter anchors judgment inside love and points to a future settling under God’s faithful care.