Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Lay Academy

Spare Me the Sound of Your Songs

Amos 1-5

Peter Combes – June 23, 2002

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(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

1.        Amos was a:
  1. prince
  2. cowboy
  3. arborealist
  4. shepherd
2.       God has the voice of:
  1. a lion
  2. thunder
  3. a waterfall
  4. "a still small voice"
3.        Amos denounces Gaza for:
  1. incest
  2. blood sacrifice
  3. slave traffic
  4. drug trading
4.        Amos denounces Moab for: 
  1. building high places
  2. sacrificing to the Queen of Heaven
  3. helping to attack Jerusalem
  4. cremating the King of Edom
5.       The Israelites: 
  1. hold drinking parties in the temple
  2. sell the righteous for silver
  3. ambush camel trains 
  4. silence the prophets
6.      God gave his people: 
  1. milk and honey
  2. manna
  3. cattle on a thousand hills 
  4. drought, blight, mildew, pestilence
7.       Amos denounces those who live in houses of:
  1. cedar
  2. ivory
  3. adobe
  4. stone

8.      The Day of the Lord will be like someone fleeing a lion, who meets a:

  1. soldier
  2. angel
  3. elephant
  4. bear
9.       God says that he will not listen to:
  1. drums
  2. wailing
  3. screaming
  4. harps
10.      Amos suggests that, in the wilderness, the Israelites worshipped:
  1. Yahweh
  2. The Queen of Heaven
  3. Karwan
  4. a golden calf