Amos

The Book of Amos is one of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament. Amos, a shepherd and fig tree farmer from the southern kingdom of Judah, is called by God to prophesy to the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of Jeroboam II, a time of significant prosperity and expansion but also of rampant injustice and idolatry. This setting places Amos's ministry in the 8...