The Book of
Amos
A shepherd from Tekoa confronts comfortable religion, public injustice, and the false security of prosperity.
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Read Amos as a prophetic shock meant to wake a secure audience. Notice how the circle of judgment tightens, how worship language is tested by justice, and how the final promise keeps judgment from becoming the last word.
Chapters
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Pick a chapter. Each chapter keeps the text, sections, questions, and context together.
Context
Big idea and book facts
Amos announces that God's justice reaches every nation and begins with his own people. Israel's wealth, worship, and confidence cannot cover exploitation of the poor or a life out of line with covenant faithfulness.
- Author
- Amos of Tekoa
- Date
- Prophetic ministry during Jeroboam II, c. 760-750 BC
- Location
- Tekoa/Judah and northern Israel
- Audience
- Northern Israel and Judah during prosperity and injustice
- Genre
- Prophetic oracles