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Amos
saidundated
Seek good and not evil so that you may survive, and Yahweh, God Sabaoth, be with you as you claim he is.
— NRSV, 5:14-15
Amos
Biblical prophet associated with the Book of Amos
- Fame55.8
- Momentum1.1
- Religious Figures rank#210
Source-basedStable
- Fame55.8
- Momentum1.1
- Religious Figures rank#210
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Lived -814–-740, aged 74
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08
An 8th-century BC prophet who left his flocks in Judah to deliver warnings in Israel's northern kingdom, calling out the gap between rich and poor at a time when both kingdoms were prosperous and comfortable.
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Amos was active around 760–755 BC, during the reigns of Jeroboam II in Israel and Uzziah in Judah. Though he came from the southern Kingdom of Judah, he preached in the northern Kingdom of Israel, known as Samaria. His message centered on justice and divine judgment, particularly condemning the growing divide between wealthy and poor. He was an older contemporary of the prophets Hosea and Isaiah, and his words were preserved in the Book of Amos, one of the Twelve Minor Prophets. Modern scholars increasingly question whether the book's account of his life and origins reflects historical fact.
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Amos
saidundated
Will not the Day of Yahweh be darkness, not light, totally dark, without a ray of light?
— NRSV, 5:20
Amos
saidundated
I hate, I scorn your festivals, I take no pleasure in your solemn assemblies. When you bring me burnt offerings . . .
— NRSV, 5:21-24
Amos
saidundated
I despise your religious festivals;your assemblies are a stench to me. Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them.
— NIV, 5:21-24
Amos
saidundated
This is what he showed me: the Lord standing by a wall, with a plumb-line in his hand. 'What do you see, Amos?' Yahweh asked me. 'A plumb-line,' I said.
— NRSV, 7:7-8
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