Book of Amos - Highlighted Activities Within Amos

Highlighted Activities Within Amos

The Book of Amos contains several different key activities and genres which are used to expound upon its themes. The following are a few examples:

  • Oracles (or prophecies against the Gentile nations which surrounded Judah during the time of its writing (1.3-2.6)
  • Address to different groups in Israel
    • Women of Samaria (4.1-3)
    • Rich persons in Samaria & Jerusalem (6.1-7; 8.4-8)
  • Visions pertaining to God's judgment on Israel
    • Locusts (7.1-3)
    • Fire (7.4-6)
    • A plumb line (7.7-9)
    • A basket of fruit (8.1-3)
    • God beside the altar (9.1-4)
  • A confrontation between Amos and his listeners at Bethel (7.10-17)

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