Amos explains Israel’s unique accountability: the LORD knew this family among all the families of the earth, therefore He will punish their iniquities. A chain of cause-and-effect questions defends the certainty of prophetic warning, witnesses are summoned to see Samaria’s disorder, and Bethel’s altars and the luxurious houses of the wealthy are marked for judgment.
Amos explains Israel’s unique accountability: the LORD knew this family among all the families of the earth, therefore He will punish their iniquities. A chain of cause-and-effect questions defends the certainty of prophetic warning, witnesses are summoned to see Samaria’s disorder, and Bethel’s altars and the luxurious houses of the wealthy are marked for judgment.
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