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[1] AMOS [BOOK]

[Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah]

Amos began his career as a prophet two years before the great earthquake that occurred during the reign of Uzziah, king of Judah. At the same time Jeroboam II, son of Joash, was king of Israel. (Am 1:1) Amos’ prophecy is, therefore, placed sometime within the 26-year period from 829 to about 804 B.C.E., when the reigns of these two kings of Judah and Israel overlapped. The great earthquake that occurred two years after Amos was commissioned to be a prophet was of such magnitude that nearly 300 years later Zechariah made particular mention of it.​—Zec 14:5.

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Introduction to the book of AMOS
www.jw.org/en/publications/videos/books-of-bible-intros/book-of-amos/

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"For the love of money is a root of all sorts of injurious things, and by reaching out for this love
some have been led astray from the faith and have stabbed themselves all over with many pains" - 1 Timothy 6:10

"Nonetheless, by the days of Hosea and Amos, the Israelites succumbed—“they became satisfied.” Amos gives us specific details. He notes that many had luxurious furnishings in their houses, and some families even had second homes. They had the best of foods, drank fine wine from select vessels, and applied “the choicest oils” to their skin, perhaps as scented cosmetics. (Amos 3:12, 15; 6:4-6)" - jd chap 12 p. 159 par 12

"The prosperous Israelites could have used the time to return to Jehovah by getting to know him better and pursuing what he approved. Instead, they were self-assured, feeling that ‘the calamity would not come near or reach as far as them.’ (Amos 9:10) You might say they forgot Jehovah in that “they became satisfied and their heart began to be exalted.” (Hosea 13:6)" - jd5 p. 57 par 5

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"Ancient Israel was a nation dedicated to Jehovah, who gave them a set of precepts that no other nation had received. (Deuteronomy 4:33-35) Yet, by the end of the ninth century B.C.E., the Israelites’ situation had changed so much that God had the prophet Amos tell them: “I have hated, I have rejected your festivals . . . If you people offer up to me whole burnt offerings, even in your gift offerings I shall find no pleasure.” (Amos 5:21, 22)"- jd5 p. 56 par 2

"The day of Jehovah was being foretold to strike the ten-tribe kingdom of Israel. On the surface, however, an air of prosperity existed. Just as Jonah had prophesied, King Jeroboam II restored the boundary of Israel from the north toward Damascus to the Dead Sea. (2 Kings 14:24-27) Though Jeroboam did what was bad, Jehovah was long-suffering, not wanting to wipe out Israel from under the heavens. God allowed time for the Israelites to repent, to “search for Jehovah, and keep living.”—Amos 5:6." - jd5 p. 57 par 4

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" In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Jehoash the king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Jehoash the king of Israel became king in Samaria for forty‐one years. And he continued to do what was bad in Jehovah’s eyes. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he caused Israel to sin" 2 Kings 14: 23, 24 (New World Translation)

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