Bible Reading

Joel 1- Amos 4 Sept 6-12 Answers

6\Joel 1

What was the name of Joel’s Father?

Joel 1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel. NIV

In their repentance, what were they to do about eating verse 14?

Joel 1:14 Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. NIV

“Even the wild animals _ _ _ _ for you;”

Joel 1:20 Even the wild animals pant for you; the streams of water have dried up and fire has devoured the open pastures. NIV

7\Joel 2

God relents from sending what?

Joel 2:13 Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity. 

Be not afraid, O land; be glad and rejoice. .... finish?

Joel 2:21 Be not afraid, O land; be glad and rejoice. Surely the LORD has done great things. NIV

Where does it say everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved?

Reminder that the word for call means to worship God as He is...

Joel 2:32 And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls. NIV

8\Joel 3

What terrible things did the Israelites do with their boys and girls?

Joel 3:3 They cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes; they sold girls for wine that they might drink. NIV

The Lord will be a refuge for whom?

Joel 3:16 The LORD will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the sky will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel. 

What will happen to the blood guilt of Judah?

Joel 3:21 Their bloodguilt, which I have not pardoned, I will pardon.' The LORD dwells in Zion!

9\Amos 1

What occupation was Amos in?

Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa-what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel. NIV

What did Tyre do that was bad?

Amos 1:9 This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Tyre, even for four, I will not turn back [my wrath]. Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom, disregarding a treaty of brotherhood, NIV

Who pursued his brother with a sword?

Amos 1:11This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Edom, even for four, I will not turn back [my wrath]. Because he pursued his brother with a sword, stifling all compassion, because his anger raged continually and his fury flamed unchecked, NIV

10\Amos 2

The Israelites sell the needy for a pair of?

Amos 2:6 This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not turn back [my wrath]. They sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals. NIV

The Amorite was as tall as the _ _ _ _ _ and strong as the _ _ _ _. 

Amos 2:9 "I destroyed the Amorite before them, though he was tall as the cedars and strong as the oaks. 

I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below. NIV

How long was Israel in the desert?

Amos 2:10 "I brought you up out of Egypt, and I led you forty years in the desert to give you the land of the Amorites. NIV

11\Amos 3

Who did the Lord speak against?

Amos 3:1 Hear this word the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel-against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt: NIV

To Whom did the Lord reveal his plan?

Amos 3:7 Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. NIV

When would God destroy the altars of Bethel?

Amos 3:14 "On the day I punish Israel for her sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground. NIV

12\Amos 4

What are the women of Bashan called?

Amos 4:1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and say to your husbands, "Bring us some drinks!" 

What devoured the fig and olive trees?

Amos 4:9 "Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards, I struck them with blight and mildew. Locusts devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you have not returned to me," declares the LORD. 

According to verse 13 who forms the mountains?

Amos 4:13 He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals his thoughts to man, he who turns dawn to darkness, and treads the high places of the earth- the LORD God Almighty is his name. NIV

Amos 5- Jonah 1 September 13-19 Answers 

Sep13\Amos 5

If a city marched out a thousand strong, how many would be let?

Amos 5:3 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "The city that marches out a thousand strong for Israel will have only a hundred left; the town that marches out a hundred strong will have only ten left." 

Which scripture talks about the Pleiades and Orion?

Amos 5:8(he who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns blackness into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land- 

the LORD is his name- NIV

Justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing ....?

Amos 5:24 But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! 

14\Amos 6

Woe to who in Zion?

Amos 6:1 Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come! 

What will happen to the great house?

Amos 6:11 For the LORD has given the command, and he will smash the great house into pieces and the small house into bits. NIV

The Israelites will be oppressed from Lebo Hamath to the valley of the _ _ _ _ _ _.

Amos 6:14 For the LORD God Almighty declares, "I will stir up a nation against you, O house of Israel, that will oppress you all the way from Lebo Hamath to the valley of the Arabah." NIV

15\Amos 7 

What did the Lord have in his hand?

Amos 7:7 This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand. NIV

Who told Amos to go back to the land of Judah?

Amos 7:12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, "Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. NIV

What kind of tree did Amos take care of?

Amos 7:14 Amos answered Amaziah, "I was neither a prophet nor a prophet's son, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. NIV

16\Amos 8

What will happen to the songs in the temple?

Amos 8:3 "In that day," declares the Sovereign LORD, "the songs in the temple will turn to wailing. Many, many bodies-flung everywhere! Silence!" NIV

What will happen to their religious feasts?

Amos 8:10 I will turn your religious feasts into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day. NIV

What will happen to the hearing of the words of the Lord?

Amos 8:11 "The days are coming," declares the Sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine through the land- not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. 

17\Amos 9

If they hide at the bottom of the sea, what will happen to them?

Amos 9:3 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, there I will hunt them down and seize them. Though they hide from me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them. 

From where the Lord brings the Philistines up from?

Amos 9:7 "Are not you Israelites the same to me as the Cushites?" declares the LORD. "Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir? NIV

Who would rebuild the ruined cities and live in them?

Amos 9:14 I will bring back my exiled people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. NIV

18\Obadiah

Though Edom would soar like the eagle, from where would God bring them down?

Obad 4 Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down," declares the LORD. NIV

What is a temptation when a person has misfortune v.12?

12 You should not look down on your brother in the day of his misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast so much in the day of their trouble. 

Who will possess the towns of the Negev?

Obad 20 This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan will possess [the land] as far as Zarephath; the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the towns of the Negev. 

19\Jonah 1

What was Jonah doing below deck?

Jonah 1:5 All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. 

From what Race (Nationality) was Jonah?

Jonah 1:9 He answered, "I am a Hebrew and I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land." NIV

What swallowed Jonah?

Jonah 1:17 But the LORD provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights. NIV