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Apr 22, 2021 · 123rf. The book of Amos stands out as a ferocious critique of callous social injustice and economic inequality. It castigates the brazen hypocrisy of pious worship by those who perpetrate the exploitation of their fellow human beings. Creditors commodified their borrowers, drowning them in interest and then foreclosing on even small debts ...
Both Hosea and Amos help us see how Israel is an example of this; they offer two different sides of the same covenant-failure. Don’t worry, there is hope. There’s always hope because of Jesus! In the New Testament, Matthew quotes Hosea 11:1 , “out of Egypt I called my son,” in one of his fulfillment formulas.
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Jan 16, 2013 · In Amos 1:2–2:3, the prophet records his oracles against the Gentiles' sins. Jewish readers would have cheered Amos on as he preached against Moab, Philistia, and other pagan nations. But in Amos 2:4, the prophet turns the tables, directing his ire against self-righteous Judah and Israel, God's chosen people.
Oct 21, 2019 · Menahem of Israel, one of the last rulers of the northern kingdom, got Israel entangled with the Assyrian Empire (2 Kings 15:17–22), and that led finally to the end of the nation. The kings after Menahem grew tired of sending tribute to Assyria each year, and King Pekah of Israel attempted to throw off the yoke of Assyria but failed to get Judah to join him against the empire (vv. 27–29 ...
Exploring the Prophets: Amos. Introducing the Book of Amos, Prof Jason Radine writes, "The book opens with a claim that Amos prophesied during the overlapping reigns of King Uzziah of Judah and King Jeroboam II of Israel. This would have been in the 760s B.C.E. This was a high point of Israel’s power, but Amos predicts that Israel will be ...
The threat of Neo-Assyrian conquest cast a long shadow over Israel’s and Judah’s affairs. Not long after Amos, the mighty empire destroyed the northern kingdom, sweeping the ten tribes into an exile from which they would never return. The southern kingdom was merely subjugated. It survived, but only in diminished stature.
Deportation of the Israelites after the destruction of Israel and the subjugation of Judah by the Neo-Assyrian Empire, 8th–7th century BCE. The Assyrian captivity, also called the Assyrian exile, is the period in the history of ancient Israel and Judah during which several thousand Israelites from the Kingdom of Israel were dispossessed and forcibly relocated by the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
