Amos
Amos, a shepherd and fig-farmer from Tekoa, is sent north to prosperous Israel to announce that the LORD roars from Zion against the nations — and against his own covenant people. With searing plainness he confronts those who trample the poor, sell the needy for a pair of sandals, and cover injustice with lavish, self-satisfied worship: “Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” Visions of the locusts, the fire, the plumb line, and the basket of summer fruit press home that the day of the LORD is darkness, not light — yet the book closes with the promise to raise up the fallen booth of David and restore his people. Each chapter has a full deep study and a short summary handout.