Eagle Method
Amos
Survey the river, map the reading-plan targets, and follow the current around the verses that anchor this book in the tour.
Reading plan: 5:24 and 7:7-89 chapters in view
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Survey The River
Build the lens first: who wrote the book, when it was written, who heard it first, and why it exists.
Question 1
What sin is being indicted, and against which covenant?
Question 2
What judgment and what promise are tied together here?
Question 3
How does the messianic horizon reach into this oracle?
The Book of Amos is the third of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Christian Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh and the second in the Greek Septuagint. The Book of Amos has nine chapters. According to the Bible, Amos was an older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah, and was active c. 750 BC during the reign of Jeroboam II (788–747 BC) of Samaria (Northern Israel), while Uzziah was King of Judah.
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Map The River
Mark the chapters, find the target verse inside its chapter, and remember where that moment lives in the book.
Target Verses
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7:7-8
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5:24
Sits at verse 24 of 27 in chapter 5.
Book position: chapter 5 of 9
Chapter position: Verse 24 of 27 in chapter 5
7:7-8
Spans verses 7-8 of 17 in chapter 7.
Book position: chapter 7 of 9
Chapter position: Verses 7-8 of 17 in chapter 7
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Follow The Current
Trace the flow around each target chapter so the verse lands inside its surrounding argument, story, or theme instead of floating loose.
Chapters 4-8
Context windowChapter 4
"You cows of Bashan will be led away with hooks. I withheld the rain. I overthrew some of you. Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!"
Chapter 5
Target zone"Fallen is virgin Israel. Seek me and live. You shall not dwell in your houses. I despise your feasts. Let justice roll like waters."
5:24
Connects to
- Acts 7:42-43 — Stephen quotes Amos 5:25-27 in his speech.
Chapter 6
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, who are not grieved over Joseph. The LORD declares: "I will raise up a nation against you."
Chapter 7
Target zoneThe LORD showed me locusts, fire and a plumb line. Amaziah told Amos, "Flee to Judah." Amos said, "You shall die in an unclean land."
7:7-8
Chapter 8
The LORD said: "The end has come upon Israel. I will not forget your deeds. I will send a famine of hearing the words of the LORD."