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# 📖 Amos
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> [[#📖 Summary of Book]]
> [[#📚 Genre]]
> [[#🙋♂️ Who is the Author]]
> [[#⌛️ When Was it Written]]
> [[#🧭 Theme Verse]]
> [[#🧭 Major Themes]]
> [[#📅 Outline of Book]]
> **[[#✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes]]**
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflections]]
> [[#📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights]]
## 📖 Summary of Book
> The Book of Amos records the message of a shepherd and fig farmer whom God called to prophesy to the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Amos confronted a wealthy and religious society that had become corrupt, unjust, and spiritually complacent. He warned that outward worship without obedience and righteousness was unacceptable to God. The book ends with a promise that God would one day restore David’s fallen kingdom.
#### 📚 Genre
- Prophetic Literature
- Minor Prophets
#### 🙋♂️ Who is the Author
- Amos of Tekoa
#### ⌛️ When Was it Written
- Approximately 760–750 BC (during the reign of Jeroboam II)
## 🧭 Theme Verse
> Amos 5:24 (NET)
> “Justice must flow like torrents of water, righteous actions like a stream that never dries up.”
## 🧭 Major Themes
• Social justice
• True worship
• God’s judgment
• Covenant responsibility
• Hypocrisy in religion
• Care for the poor
• Divine accountability
• Repentance
• God’s holiness
• Restoration and hope
## 📅 Outline of Book
- 1:1–2:16 — Judgments on the Nations
- Surrounding nations
- Judgment on Judah and Israel
- 3:1–6:14 — Warnings to Israel
- Privilege and responsibility
- Condemnation of injustice
- Calls to repentanc
- 7:1–9:10 — Visions of Judgment
- Plumb line
- Basket of fruit
- Conflict with Amaziah
- 9:11–15 — Promise of Restoration
- Rebuilding David’s dynasty
- Future blessing
## ✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes
- [[Amos 01]]
- [[Amos 02]]
- [[Amos 03]]
- [[Amos 04]]
- [[Amos 05]]
- [[Amos 06]]
- [[Amos 07]]
- [[Amos 08]]
- [[Amos 09]]
## 🙏 Devotional Reflections
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## 📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights
**Further Study**.
1. David Allan Hubbard, Joel and Amos (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary)
2. Jörg Jeremias, The Book of Amos (Old Testament Library)
3. Douglas Stuart, Hosea–Jonah (Word Biblical Commentary: Amos section)
**Interesting Insights**.
1. Amos was not a professional prophet.
2. He came from Tekoa in Judah but preached in Israel.
3. He ministered during a time of prosperity.
4. Amos strongly condemned exploitation of the poor.
5. Bethel was a major location of his ministry.
6. He confronted the priest Amaziah.
7. The “plumb line” vision symbolizes God’s standard.
8. Amos emphasizes ethical obedience over ritual.
9. James quotes Amos 9 in Acts 15.
10. Amos stresses that privilege increases responsibility.
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