Amos

Family: Israel · Role: prophet · First appears: Amos 7

In Amos 7, God took Amos from following the flock and commissioned him to prophesy to Israel: “And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.” Amos pleaded for Israel, and God relented from the announced grasshopper and fire judgments, but then declared that Israel would no longer be spared and would face destruction.

At Bethel, Amaziah reported Amos to Jeroboam as having conspired against him and ordered Amos to flee to Judah and stop prophesying at Bethel. Amos declared that Jeroboam would die by the sword and Israel would be led captive, and he pronounced judgment on Amaziah, including the deaths of his sons and daughters, the division of his land, and his own death in a polluted land. In Amos 8, God showed Amos a vision of a basket of summer fruit.

Relationship record

Life events

• God relents from the announced grasshopper judgment after Amos pleads for Israel.(Amos 7)
  • With: God
  • “The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.”
• God relents from the announced fire judgment after Amos pleads for Israel.(Amos 7)
  • With: God
  • “The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.”
• God declares that Israel will no longer be spared and will face destruction.(Amos 7)
  • With: God
  • “Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:”
• Amaziah reports to Jeroboam that Amos has conspired against him.(Amos 7 · 📍 Bethel)
  • With: Amaziah Jeroboam
  • “Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.”
• Amaziah orders Amos to flee to Judah and stop prophesying at Bethel.(Amos 7 · 📍 Bethel)
  • With: Amaziah
  • “O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:”
• God takes Amos from herding and commissions him to prophesy to Israel.(Amos 7)
  • With: God
  • “And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.”
• God shows Amos a vision of a basket of summer fruit.(Amos 8)
  • With: God
  • “Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.”

Amos 7

• commander: God “And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.”
• commander: Amaziah “Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:”
• judged: Jeroboam “For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.”
• judged: Amaziah “Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.”
• sender: God “And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.”

Amos 8

• with God (God reveals a vision to Amos.) “Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Prophets. Made with Rho MD.