Oracles against the nations

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Oracles against the nations are a series of prophetic judgments in the Book of Amos that denounce surrounding peoples for their injustices and crimes.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical passage ⓘ
judgment oracle ⓘ
prophetic oracle ⓘ
addressedTo Ammon ⓘ
Aram ⓘ
linked to: Aram-naharaim

Edom ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Judah ⓘ
Moab ⓘ
Philistia ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
associatedProphet Amos of Tekoa ⓘ
linked to: Amos
attributedTo Amos ⓘ
canonicalOrder Amos 1–2 ⓘ
linked to: Book of Amos
denounces betrayal of treaties ⓘ
cruelty ⓘ
desecration of the dead ⓘ
injustice ⓘ
slave trading ⓘ
violence against pregnant women ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
ethicalFocus social justice ⓘ
treatment of enemies and vulnerable peoples ⓘ
firstOracleAgainst Damascus ⓘ
foundIn Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
genre prophetic literature ⓘ
historicalContext 8th century BCE Levant ⓘ
includesOracleAgainst Ammon ⓘ
Edom ⓘ
Gaza ⓘ
linked to: Gaza Strip

Israel ⓘ
Judah ⓘ
Moab ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
literaryFunction sets rhetorical trap that culminates in judgment on Israel ⓘ
openingFormula Thus says the Lord ⓘ
partOf Book of Amos ⓘ
primaryLanguage Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
refrain For three transgressions of X, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
setting Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
structure series of judgment sayings introduced by formulaic refrains ⓘ
studiedIn prophetic studies ⓘ
theologicalTheme divine justice ⓘ
ethical monotheism ⓘ
universal accountability of nations to God ⓘ
usedIn biblical exegesis ⓘ

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Book of Amos → contains → Oracles against the nations ⓘ