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Amos

Old Testament · translated from the Hebrew

Amos, a sheep breeder from Tekoa, denounces in Israel a religion full of feasts and empty of justice, while the poor are oppressed. He announces judgment, but ends with the promise to raise up the fallen booth of David.

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

How it is laid out

  1. Judgment on the nations and on Israelchapters 1–2
  2. Messages against Israelchapters 3–6
  3. Five visions and the restorationchapters 7–9

Key verses

  • Amos 5:24 — Let justice roll on like the waters
  • Amos 9:11 — I will raise up the fallen booth of David
  • Amos 3:3 — Do two walk together unless they have agreed to meet?

Who wrote it

Amos, one of the sheep breeders of Tekoa (1:1). He says he was not a prophet but a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs, and that YHWH took him from behind the flock (7:14-15).

When it was written

Around 760 BC, in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and of Jeroboam II, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake (1:1).

For whom, and in what situation

For the northern kingdom, Israel, in a time of wealth for the powerful of Samaria, who oppressed the poor (4:1) and held feasts that YHWH hates (5:21).

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