Visions of judgment

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Visions of judgment are a series of prophetic revelations in the Book of Amos depicting God’s impending punishment and justice upon Israel.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Christ as judge 1
Visions of judgment canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical motif
prophetic vision
theme in the Book of Amos
associatedWithConcept covenant violation
day of the Lord
idolatry
social injustice
centralFigure God
depicts divine judgment on Israel
divine justice
impending punishment of Israel
describedIn Book of Amos
emphasizes God’s sovereignty over nations
moral accountability of Israel
foundInChapter Amos 7
Amos 8
linked to: Book of Amos

Amos 9
linked to: Amos
genre prophetic literature
hasPart vision of a basket of summer fruit
vision of fire
vision of locusts
vision of the Lord beside the altar
vision of the plumb line
hasPurpose to call Israel to repentance
to warn Israel of coming judgment
influenced Christian eschatological thought
later Jewish interpretations of divine judgment
interpretedAs prophetic revelations of God’s impending punishment
languageOfCanonicalText Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
literaryFunction climactic section of the Book of Amos
mediatedBy Amos
preservedIn Masoretic Text of Amos
linked to: Masoretic Text
relatedConcept covenant lawsuit motif
prophetic oracle of judgment
relatedWork Book of Hosea
Book of Isaiah
Book of Jeremiah
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
scripturalCanon Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
setIn Kingdom of Israel
studiedIn biblical studies
religious studies
theology
timeOfComposition 8th century BCE (approximate, for the Book of Amos)
transmittedThrough oral prophetic proclamation

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Amos contains Visions of judgment
Christ Pantocrator theologicalTheme Christ as judge
linked to: Visions of judgment