Privileged people of Israel, a people who had no love for their neighbor, who took advantage of others, and who only looked out for their own concerns. Prior to that, God’s word through Amos was directed against the While most of the prophets interspersed redemption and restoration in their prophecies against Israel and Judah, Amos devoted only the final five verses of his prophecy for such consolation. Why is Amos so important?Īmos was fed up. However, the moralĭecay that also occurred at that time counteracted any positives from the material growth. Jeroboam’s reign had been quite profitable for the northern kingdom, at least in a material sense. Though he came from the southern kingdom of Judah, Amos delivered his prophecy against the northern kingdom of Israel and the surrounding nations, leading to some resistance from the prideful Israelites (Amos 7:12). Their reigns overlapped for fifteen years, from 767 BC to 753 BC. Where are we?Īmos prophesied “two years before the earthquake” (Amos 1:1 see also Zechariah 14:5), just before the halfway point of the eighth century BC, during the reigns of Uzziah, king of Judah, and Jeroboam, king of Israel.
Amos’s connection to the simple life of the people made its way into the center of his prophecies, as he showed a heart for the oppressed and the voiceless in the world. Rather, he was “a grower of sycamore figs” as well as a shepherd (Amos 7:14–15). Amos made clear in his writings that he did not come from a family of prophets, nor did he even consider himself one. The prophet Amos lived among a group of shepherds in Tekoa, a small town approximately ten miles south of Jerusalem.
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