Book of Amos: Difference between revisions

The book opens with a historical note about the prophet, then a short oracle announcing [[Yahweh]]'s judgment (repeated in the [[Book of Joel]]).{{sfn|Coogan|2008|p=84}} The prophet denounces the crimes against humanity committed by the gentile (non-Jewish) nations, tells Israel that even they have sinned and are guilty of the same crimes, and report five symbolic visions prophesying the destruction of Israel.{{sfn|O'Brien|1990|pp=26–27}} Included in this, with no apparent order, are an oracle on the nature of prophecy, snippets of hymns, oracles of woe, a third-person prose narrative concerning the prophet, and an oracle promising restoration of the House of David, which had not yet fallen in the lifetime of Amos.{{sfn|Coogan|2008|p=84}}