Amos

Who

Amos, a shepherd and fig-farmer from Judah, sent north.

When

About 760 BC, in a time of prosperity.

What it is

Judgment on a comfortable, religious nation for how it treated the poor.

What to watch for

He begins by condemning the neighbours, which his hearers would have enjoyed, and then turns it on them.

But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.Amos 5:24