Amos (KJV)
9 chapters · 146 verses. Choose a chapter to read it in the King James Version.
About the Book of Amos
Amos, a shepherd from Judah, confronts Israel's prosperity-fueled injustice and empty religion. It declares that God demands justice and righteousness, not mere ritual, and warns of judgment.
- Genre
- Prophecy (minor)
- Author
- Traditionally attributed to the prophet Amos
- First audience
- The northern kingdom of Israel
How to read it: Read prophecy for its sharp moral call in its own setting, then for its enduring summons to justice and authentic worship.
Chapters
Key verses in Amos
The verses of Amos that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day: