Studying the book of the prophet amos is an excellent way to begin a study of the prophetic tradition of israel. Amos great innovation on the biblical landscape is that israels moral state directly affects its national destiny. Amos provides a brief rundown of these events in amos 4. His prophecy was by inspiration of god, and lasted a very short time. Not all of the material found in these chapters came from amos himself.
The ethical teaching of amos, its content and relevance. Amos 1 niv the words of amos, one of the shepherds bible. Although hosea is believed to have arrived a little later on the prophetic scene, hosea did marry a prostitute, which, scholars believe, is a lot spicier than anything that amos ever did. Amos was called by the lord to preach to the northern kingdom of israel and warn the people of the consequences of their sins. Amos 1 the words of amos, who was among the shepherds of. He was a shepherd, and a dresser of sycamore trees by trade. Linda grant is moved by amos ozs quest to understand his mothers life. The book of amos, the third of the twelve minor prophets, has been one of the most significant and influential books of the bible from the time it was written 8th century bce down to the 20th century. The first is a book of the writings called summaries of the internal 6. Chapters 15 call israel and her neighboring nations to repentance. Summary like the book of amos, the book of hosea is addressed to the people of the. Hoseas wife, gomer, whom he married in good faith, proved to be an. Let our trust in the son of god be real deliver us from the wrath that is to come. Fill us with your spirit and give us the peace of god.
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. The prologue to the prophecies of amos consists of a series of denunciations of the surrounding peoples. Jan 03, 2011 amos call to the prophetic ministry came directly from yahweh and it came unexpectedly. Many a time ive set and listened to parson page preachin about predestination and free will and i said to myself, if i could just get up there in the pulpit with one of my quilts, i could make life a heap plainer than parsons making it with his big words. The prophet amos the bible brief bible summary the.
It is a short book full of passion and anger whose subject matter is a protest in the name of god against social injustice, complacency and hypocrisy. Summary of the book of amos the story of the bible. Summary of amos, amos and haggai 1758 words 8 pages. The words of amos, one of the shepherds of tekoathe vision he saw concerning israel two years before the earthquake, when uzziah was king of judah and jeroboam son of jehoash was king of israel. Hear this word which i take up for you as a dirge, o house of israel. Many of amos s prophecies warn israel and her neighboring nations to return to righteousness. Jeremiah, hebrew prophet, reformer, and author of a biblical book that bears his name. The poetry of amos, who denounces the hollow prosperity of the northern kingdom, is. This article is about amos, a minor prophet in the hebrew bible and christian bible. Chapters available amos expositors bible commentary bible. A modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, supersummary offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics.
It presents a remarkably comprehensive one might even say holistic prophetic view of both corporate and individual moral, religious and political responsibilities that are incumbent upon man in covenantal relationship with god, and the devastating effects. Together, they represent the patriarchs, or fathers, of the israelite people. The reason for the doom predicted on such high authority, is the resistance and cruelty that were offered by these nations to the theocratic people, and, still more, their own moral offences, condemned by. And therefore we can take great comfort from this book. We dont yet have a fulllength study guide for this book. A good summary of the prophets of this period is found in the expositor. Arguably, the book of amos is exclusively about morality and social justice. He prophesied during the reigns of jeroboam the second in israel, and uzziah in judah. In chapters 1 and 2 of amos, there is a unique phrase, for three transgressions of x and for four set against the nations 1. Atmun the actual name of amos is sold to a man called caleb copeland with a new identity of amos. He prophesied in israel at the great cult center of bethel, from which he was finally expelled by the priest in charge of this royal sanctuary. The author of the prophecy is identified as amos, a shepherd of tekoa 1. They had a chance to regain gods favor, but the great.
Compared to david the greatest merely human king to reign over the people of god. This prosperity brought on religious and moral corruption. Despite the fact that israel certainly had problems with idolatry in his time, amos never explicitly condemns itnor any other sin pertaining to. For the book of genesis, deriveth the genealogy of gods people, from the creation of the world, to the going. Chapter, amos came as the days of the wicked northern kingdom were winding. Summary page for preaching outline and commentary on the book of amos including big idea statement and some notable quotes. This summary of the book of amos provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of amos. Judgment on israels neighbors this is what the lord. Introduction the book of amos is a point of departure for social criticism in the old testament.
Jeremiah, abdias, nahum, and habakkuk prophecyed in the time of josiah. Book of amos explained discover books of the bible. The last king over jerusalem was herod the great, who built the temple jerusalem, taking a little more than 46 years to complete it. In many, cases the son may have succeeded his father. The book of amos covers a point in time where both the northern kingdom israel and southern kingdom judah were experiencing great prosperity. The lord roars from zion and thunders from jerusalem.
It may be that the lord god of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of joseph amos 5. The kingdoms were living in a time of idolatry, extravagant luxury, and oppression of the poor. Scholars have emphasized the importance of amos among the great prophets of the old testament by means of various expressions. Years later, jesus christ in his famous olivet prophecy also referred to this time in matthew 24. Amos was an unwelcome southerner as far as the priests of israel were concerned and amaziah rushed to report him to king jeroboam hoping to get him kicked out of the country. Lessons from amos the institute for creation research. He has always been admired for the purity of his language, his beauty of diction, and his poetic art. This book of the prophet amos is the only mention we have of. Key events in the book include his mothers suicide in 1952, his tension with his f. All the people of judah took uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father amaziah. He prophesied in israel at the great cult center of bethel, from which he was finally expelled by the priest in charge of this royal sanctuary 7. Amos wrote at a time of relative peace and prosperity but also of neglect of gods laws. Read each chapter before you look at the related section of the study guide. Their twelve books are in size smaller than those of the great three which.
Amos chapter 1 explained discover books of the bible. He was not a prophet nor did he come from a family of prophets amos 7. This requires, to begin with, a summary of the details of the assyrian advance. For the father of isaiah, a prophet in the hebrew bible, see amoz. We pray for our church, our nation, our loved ones. He was from the southern kingdom of judah but preached in the northern kingdom of israel. Constables notes on amos 7 message the book of amos is distinctive from the other prophetic books of the old testament in two respects. He defies his slave status and fights to earn his freedom. Summary of amos and haggai in the book of amos, amos is a shepherd and takes care of fig trees amos 1. Amos lived in the region of tokoa, not far from the city of jerusalem amos 1. Two of them, amos and hosea, were the first of all prophecyrising clifflike, with a.
His activities probably took place during the reign of uzziah, also called azariah, king of judah reigned 783742 b. Amos active 8th century bc, the first of the literary prophets of ancient israel, was the author of the biblical book bearing his name. Book of amos overview insight for living ministries. Amos was born in the judean town of tekoa, near modern bethlehem, israel. This hymn is best understood as praising yhwh for his judgment. Editors and copyists added comments to the prophets original oracles that they deemed appropriate in light of events that occurred after his death. Summary the book of isaiah, as it now appears in our old testament, contains far more. Supersummary plot summary of a tale of love and darkness by amos oz.
First, the prophet amos was not a prophet in the same sense that the other prophets were prophets. How can a child who is given an abundance of love, mercy, and grace treat a father with so much disrespect. Book of amos summary we have detailed a brief summary of the. This book in the hebrew bibles is called sepher amos, the book of amos. The purpose of the book of amos was to announce gods holy judgment on the kingdom of israel the northern kingdom, call them to repentance, and to turn from their selfrighteous sins and idolatry. Verse 1 the words of amos dictated by the holy ghost explains his job as that of a herdsman, the raiser of livestock, and also the gatherer of sycamore fruit a small figlike fruit of the. Some scholars believe he prophesied just a few days. His reign was marked by great economic prosperity, but the. The end of fig tree the book of amos yash qaraah world. He has been referred to as the first of the classical prophets,1philip hyatt, the book of amos, interpr. Amos 1 niv the words of amos, one of the shepherds.
Strongs exhaustive concordance of the bible, numbered to the hebrew, chaldee, and greek, and english, coded to the strongs concordance numbers. The books of 1 and 2 kings or 1 and 2 chronicles do not mention this prophet, and he should not be confused with amoz, the father of isaiah the prophet. Chapter, amos came as the days of the wicked northern kingdom were winding down. Amos is the first of the prophets to write down the messages he has received. An older contemporary of hosea and isaiah, amos was active c. A tale of two cities great expectations king lear pride and prejudice romeo and juliet. With the people of israel in the north enjoying an almost unparalleled time of success, god decided to call a quiet shepherd and farmer to. Amos urged the godly folks to seek good and not evil, that you may live. Herod the great was an idueman, a descendant of esau, and not a jew. A prophet of the old testament who prophesied from approximately 792 to 740 b. The book of amos amos was a sheepbreeder of tekoa in judah, who delivered his oracles in the northern kingdom during the prosperous reign of jeroboam ii 786746 b. The author also considers the books reception in ancient and modern times by interpreters as varied as rabbis, the church fathers, the reformers, and liberation theologians. Their ministries were close to the same time and the beginning of isaiahs book seems to assume the audience to know who amoz is and i reason who more would they have been familiar with than the prophet amos. He has been referred to as the first of the classical prophets, 1 philip hyatt, the book of amos, interpretation, iii, no.
This book of the prophet amos is the only mention we have of this man in the old testament. All along i wanted to show the book to amos oz, so he could make comments and get an impression, he says. As with each of the minor prophets, the title comes from the name of the prophet to whom god gave his message 1. Read the chapter again while you are using the study guide, and read it a third time when you are finished. Many have wondered about wars and death, especially the many women and children who died terribly as recorded in the old testament. The ground of the awful threatenings is the word of jehovah made known to the prophet. Oz, by then 15, broke with his rightwing father and went, by himself, to live. Jerusalem architect follows in footsteps of his friend amos. God raised up the prophet amos, as an act of his great mercy to a people who repeatedly shunned and disobeyed him.
The end of fig tree the book of amos yash qaraah world wide. When the book of isaiah says he is the son of amoz i automatically assume this refers to the prophet amos. Amos many scholars believe that amos was the earliest of all of the biblical prophets to have his words put in writingminor, major or somewhere inbetween. The love of a husband for his wife and the love of a father for his children are. Comprising only nine chapters of oracles, it was composed during the age of jeroboam ii, king of israel from 786 to 746 bce. In the hebrew bible and christian old testament, amos was one of the twelve minor prophets. The words of amos, who was among the herdmen of tekoa, which he saw concerning israel in the. Thanks for exploring this supersummary plot summary of amos fortune, free man by elizabeth yates. Throughout, the focus is on how to read the book of amos holistically to understand the organic development of the prophets message through the many stages of the books. When he leaves the bar, he starts to walk home, but ends up in the woods at gillian and her friends party. The book of amos is not an easy work to read and understand. Mays, words about the words of amos, interpretation. Dec 24, 2019 after many books about its various aspects, this is the first book he has written in the footsteps of a literary work about jerusalem architecture. Amos, the protagonist, lives in peace until there is a village raid and his father is massacred.
Redactions in the book of amos the redactions or continued growth of the book of amos has a richer complex literary history that extends into the sixth and fifth centuries b. Father, we see from these old testament scriptures that your judgment is upon all of us in all nations. While amos was tending the flock, he heard the voice of the lord telling him to go and prophesy to my people israel amos 7. Addie and jack are spending the night together when they have a fight. The book of amos is the third of the twelve minor prophets in the tanakhold testament and. Rivers novel brought the biblical book of amos to life, which i read in the bible at the same time. Following amos further through his life exhaulted the longsuffering love of god in bearing with the obstinent sin of his people, and yet his perfect justice to deal with unrepentent rebellion. What we know of amos derives solely from the book that he himself authored.
In the second book, david establishes the great kingdom of israel. Amos chapter five commentary by ron beckham audio bible study amos 5. In all these respects he is isaiahs spiritual progenitor. Watch our overview video on the book of amos, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. The books of reference used for this study of the book of amos were the bible, king james version, called the companion bible, publisher kregel. The book of amos says he absolutely sees, notices and cares every detail of the world that he has made and there will come a time, short or long, where he will deal with exactly what has taken place in your life and in others lives and in the nations of the world. Study guide for amos 1 by david guzik blue letter bible. He is not to be confused with amoz stout, strong, the father of isaiah isaiah 1. Amos was a sheepbreeder of tekoa in judah, who delivered his oracles in the northern kingdom during the prosperous reign of jeroboam ii 786746 b. He was the only prophet to give his occupation before. Amos writings, collected into a separate book, begin a wonderful literary form known as the.
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