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Sense of the Prophets and Psalms.1 This work includes a verse-by-verse overview of each of the nine chapters of Amos. The overview gives a general statement about the internal sense.
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only does everyone have a part but an equal part. Amos was a layman, not a priest. Yet Amos was chosen by the Lord to deliver this difficult message. Throughout the Scripture, we see God using all kinds of people to reach, teach, and heal. READ Amos 1:1 and Amos 7:10-14 ASK What was Amos' profession? (Shepherd, caretaker of sycamore trees)
Guide to the Book of. Amos. One important aspect of the ancient TaNaK order of the Hebrew Bible is that the 12 prophetic works of Hosea through Malachi, sometimes referred to as the Minor Prophets, were designed as a single book called The Twelve. Amos is the third book of The Twelve. Amos was a shepherd and fig tree farmer (Amos 7:14 ) who ...
May 21, 2006 · 10. In Amos 8:11-12 there is a prediction of a famine of the Word. What kind of a famine would this be? “They shall <run to and fro’ to seek the word of the Lord.” (Other occurrences of this Hebrew word are found in Job 1:7; 2:2; Daniel 12:4; and Zechariah 4:10.
In Amos 7:14–15, the author states he was not a prophet or a son of a prophet. That is, Amos was not a prophet in a professional sense (i.e. part of a prophetic school), but a layman called by God to be a prophet. In these same verses he notes that on top of being a herdsman, he was also a grower5 of sycamore figs.
d. Verse 2 is a good preview of the nature of Amos’ prophecy. J. Metaphors used in the book of Amos: 1. The straining of God’s mercy compared to the overloading of a wagon – (2:13). 2. The pressure of duty upon the prophet compared to the roaring of a lion in his ears (3:8).
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In Isaiah, the anavim are the brokenhearted (61:1-2), the homeless (58:7), and those who have been robbed of their rights (10:2), but it is Amos who first uses this word in Israel's prophetic preaching. According to Amos, the anavim of the land are afflicted and vulnerable (8:4). 3. Amos proclaims that the poor are tzadik ["innocent" or ...
