The Book of Amos was written by a shepherd of Tekoa, named Amos during the reigns of Uzziah of Judah and Jeroboam II of Israel. It was written two years before a very well known earthquake in Israel.[1]
Amos preached of hard times to come for all the nations in the region[2]. His messages addressed the sin of the people and the consequences that are to follow[3]. At one point Amaziah, a priest of the false religion of the northern kingdom accuses Amos of treason and receives a frightful prophecy concerning his family[4]. At the end of his messages of doom, the prophet gives a word of hope for a better future[5].
Verses
- ↑ Amos 1:1 (Link)
- ↑ Amos 1:3,6,11,13; 2:1,4,6 (Link)
- ↑ Amos 6:18; 7:8-9 (Link)
- ↑ Amos 7:10-17 (Link)
- ↑ Amos 9:11-15 (Link)
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