The Words Of Amos From God

Transgressions against the meek 

Kindles fire in the wall 

Two years before the earthquake

The Lord will roar from Zion

Top of Camel shall wither

Acts I will not turn away

He holds scepter of Eden

Kindle fire in the wall

Shall devour palaces

Day tempest in the whirlwind

He burned the bones into lime

Dies at sound of the trumpet

Sold the righteous for silver

And the poor for pair of shoes

Pant after dust of the earth

Ye children of Israel

Flight shall perish from the swift

Flee away naked that day

The random turn of the page brought us to Amos 1:1 - 3:1.  Amos is considered a contemporary prophet in a nation politically strong but spiritually weak.  Amos was a shepherd and gardener in Tekoa, Judah; about five miles south of Bethlehem during Jeroboam II reign.  Jeroboam controlled the expanse of David and Solomon’s kingdom in an era of military conquest, economic prosperity, and moral darkness.  

Amos delivers the news all are in line for total extinction.  God is angry with Israel for three transgressions and four other nations God will not turn away the punishment.  God’s anger is not for their false worship, but their violations to the simple obligation owed to their fellow human beings: slave trading, violations of human bonds, murder of pregnant women and their unborn, and incestuous and promiscuous sexual relations.  God’s wrath is inescapable and comes in an attack by a stronger nation with complete devastation.