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- But in Amos 2:4, the prophet turns the tables, directing his ire against self-righteous Judah and Israel, God's chosen people. The prophet condemns the southern kingdom, Judah, for rejecting "the law of the Lord" and being led astray by "lies" (v. 4).
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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.
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.
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.
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
God’s Judgment on Judah and Israel. 4 This is what the Lord says: “The people of Judah have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They have rejected the instruction of the Lord, refusing to obey his decrees. They have been led astray by the same lies.
Each was condemned for its sins and for attacking Israel. These condemnations must have gotten the children of Israel’s attention, and they would have likely agreed with Amos’s decrees, but he also condemned Judah (see Joel 2:4–5) and Israel (see Joel 2:6–16).
