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Fiercely castigated corruption and social injustice
- Amos fiercely castigated corruption and social injustice among Israel’s pagan neighbours, Israel itself, and Judah; he asserted God’s absolute sovereignty over man; and he predicted the imminent destruction of Israel and Judah.
Apr 22, 2021 · Written as a commentary on the social injustice in the kingdom of Israel at a high point of its wealth and power, the book of Amos explains to exiled Israelites why they were punished and warns Judahites not to fall into the same trap. | Prof. Jason Radine.
Amos' prophecy shows that God's wrath blazes so fiercely precisely because of God's compassion for the weak and the marginalized. A common canard used to denigrate Judaism is the accusation that Jews worship the supposedly “wrathful God of the Old Testament.”.
Amos: Israel as an Unjust Hypocrite. While Hosea examines Israel’s failure to uphold the worship and ritual reverence for God, Amos focuses on the moral decay and social injustice that represents the other half of the covenant-failure coin.
- Whitney Woollard
Amos was a shepherd and fig tree farmer (Amos 7:14) who lived right near the border between northern Israel and southern Judah. The north had seized its independence about 150 years earlier (1 Kgs. 12) and was currently being ruled by Jeroboam II, a successful military leader.
Jan 16, 2013 · About 150 years after Amos prophesied, Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon invaded Judah, destroying Jerusalem in 586 BC (2 Kings 25). Amos ministered primarily in the northern kingdom, Israel, so his condemnation of that nation is more extensive than his condemnation of Judah.
Jan 14, 2013 · Though he was from Judah, Amos ministered to the northern kingdom of Israel, where he first spoke his prophecies (Amos 7:10–17). Later, they were written down for the sake of Judah and the succeeding generations of God's people. Amos ministered during the reigns of Uzziah (Azariah) of Judah and Jeroboam II of Israel.
Apr 26, 2024 · Amos did not come from Israel, but from the southern nation of Judah. “Go home to your own country,” was the message of Amaziah, the priest at Bethel, “earn your food there, and work as a prophet” (Amos 7:10–13).
