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- Oracles Against the Nations. Amos begins by delivering God’s judgment on the surrounding nations of Israel, including Damascus, Gaza, and Edom.
- Judgment on Judah and Israel. Continuing from the first chapter, Amos pronounces judgment on Moab and then moves closer to home by addressing Judah and Israel.
- Israel’s Punishment Declared. Amos addresses Israel directly, stating that their special relationship with God makes them more accountable. He employs rhetorical questions and illustrations to emphasize the gravity of their sins.
- Israel’s Sins and Impending Judgment. This chapter chronicles God’s past attempts to bring Israel to repentance through various calamities. However, in spite of famine, drought, and plagues, Israel has not returned to God.
Amos 7–9 deals with five visions Amos received from the Lord. Each vision showed that the Lord intended to completely destroy the kingdom of Israel if the people did not repent. The first two visions were of destructions that were avoided because Israel repented (see Amos 7:1–6).
The Lord caused Amos to see (whether in fancy or in fact we need not now stop to consider) the plague of locusts. It was so bad as to threaten Israel with destruction. But Amos interceded, and God answered, "It shall not be."
Amos warns Israel of impending destruction and exile as divine judgment for their sins (Amos 3:13–15), and he calls the people to seek the LORD and live by hating evil, loving good, and establishing justice in the gates (Amos 5:4, 14–15).
So, we turn to Acts 15:1–21 to see how the Apostles explain the fulfillment of Amos 9:11–15. The most significant issue the church faced in its earliest days was the place of Gentiles in the new covenant, particularly the Gentiles' relationship to the Mosaic law. Circumcision was the flash point.
In our brief study through the prophecy of Amos, we have seen that Amos has focused on coming judgment—especially of the northern kingdom of Israel. That theme continues in these final chapters, where God’s revelation is given to His prophet through five different visions.
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Revelation 22 completes the prophecy, and then concludes the book of Revelation with an epilog, full of final admonishions and blessings.
