Amos

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Amos is a prophetic book of the Old Testament that records the messages of the prophet Amos, emphasizing social justice and divine judgment.

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Label Occurrences
Amos canonical 13

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament book
book of the Hebrew Bible
prophetic book
approximateDate 8th century BCE
attributedTo Amos
canonicalStatus canonical
citedIn Acts 15:16–17
closingVerse Amos 9:15
contains five visions
criticizes corrupt legal systems
economic exploitation
empty ritual worship
eschatologicalElement restoration of David’s fallen tent
famousQuotation But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream
genre prophetic literature
historicalContext reign of Jeroboam II
includes oracles of hope
keyVerse Amos 5:24
language Biblical Hebrew
numberOfChapters 9
openingVerse Amos 1:1
partOf Minor Prophets
Neviim
positionInMinorProphets third
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
setting Northern Kingdom of Israel
structure oracles against Israel
oracles against the nations
visions of judgment
woe oracles
testament Old Testament
linked to: Bible
theme call to repentance
care for the poor
condemnation of oppression
covenant faithfulness
day of the Lord
divine judgment
hypocrisy in worship
judgment on Israel
judgment on surrounding nations
social justice
usedIn Christian liturgy
Jewish liturgy
vision basket of summer fruit
fire
locusts
plumb line
the Lord beside the altar

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hosea contemporaryOf Amos
Book of Amos attributedTo Amos
subject linked to: Amos
Junior Wells givenName Amos
John Amos familyName Amos
Tori Amos familyName Amos
Valerie Amos familyName Amos
subject linked to: Baroness Valerie Amos
Amos Ellmaker givenName Amos