Who Is the Prophet Amos in the Bible?
Who Is the Prophet Amos in the Bible? Amos was a shepherd and fig farmer whom God called to prophesy against social injustice and religious hypocrisy in Israel.
Key verse: Amos 5:24 (KJV)
Amos was a shepherd and fig farmer whom God called to prophesy against social injustice and religious hypocrisy in Israel.
Amos was a shepherd and fig farmer whom God called to prophesy against social injustice and religious hypocrisy in Israel.
"But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream." — Amos 5:24 (KJV)
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Amos was not a professional prophet but a simple herdsman and gatherer of sycamore fruit from Tekoa in Judah. God called him to deliver a message of judgment to the northern kingdom of Israel during a time of prosperity and complacency. Amos condemned the wealthy for exploiting the poor, corrupting justice, and offering empty religious rituals while ignoring God's moral demands. His famous declaration, 'Let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream' (Amos 5:24), has echoed through history as a call for social justice rooted in divine righteousness.
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"But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream."
"I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel."
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