Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Lay Academy
Spare Me the Sound of Your Songs
Amos 1-5
Peter Combes – June 23, 2002

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

1.        Amos was a:
                       prince
                       cowboy
                       arborealist
                       shepherd

2.       God has the voice of:
                       a lion
                       thunder
                       a waterfall
                       "a still small voice"

3.        Amos denounces Gaza for:
                       incest
                       blood sacrifice
                       slave traffic
                       drug trading

4.        Amos denounces Moab for:                       
                       building high places
                       sacrificing to the Queen of Heaven
                       helping to attack Jerusalem
                       cremating the King of Edom

5.       The Israelites: 
                       hold drinking parties in the temple
                       sell the righteous for silver
                       ambush camel trains 
                       silence the prophets

6.      God gave his people: 
                       milk and honey
                       manna
                       cattle on a thousand hills 
                       drought, blight, mildew, pestilence

7.       Amos denounces those who live in houses of:
                       cedar
                       ivory
                       adobe
                       stone

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

9.       God says that he will not listen to:
                       drums
                       wailing
                       screaming
                       harps

10.      Amos suggests that, in the wilderness, the Israelites worshipped:
                       Yahweh
                       The Queen of Heaven
                       Karwan
                       a golden calf