We meet Amos, a borderland herdsman called by God to confront a prosperous yet unjust Israel under Jeroboam II. As we read Amos 1–2, we trace God’s roar over the nations and the sharper charge against Israel for exploiting the poor and silencing truth.
• Amos as an ordinary herdsman, not a career prophet
• Context of Jeroboam II’s success and spiritual decline
• Structure of Amos: oracles, poems, visions
• Oracles against nations for cruelty and betrayal
• Charges against Judah for rejecting the law
• Expanded indictment of Israel’s injustice and idolatry
• God’s covenant reminders and gifts rejected
• Image of the roaring lion and the weight of judgment
• Call to speak truth to power with humility and courage
• Tension and unity of loving God and fearing God
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