Amos

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Amos has 9 chapters. Read Amos in the JPS TaNaKH 1917, chapter by chapter, free and without an account.

Amos announces judgment on surrounding nations before confronting Israel’s own oppression and false security. The book condemns exploitation of the poor, dishonest trade, and worship separated from justice. Visions and a confrontation at Bethel reveal the force of its warning. The final passage looks beyond judgment toward restored communities, fruitful land, and renewed life.

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In Christian Bibles, Amos is one of the twelve Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. In the Jewish Tanakh it belongs to the Nevi’im, the Prophets, as part of the Twelve. See it on the shelf.

Amos stands with sheep above a withering landscape as surrounding fortified cities darken beneath fire-lit storms and a lion-shaped cloud

Amos 1

Amos 1: the Lord roars from Zion and judges surrounding nations for repeated cruelty, betrayal, enslavement, and violence.

Rich merchants weigh silver beside sandals while a poor laborer is forced into dust near an ignored scroll and compromised altar

Amos 2

Amos 2: Judah rejects instruction, and Israel's exploitation, corrupt worship, and silencing of prophets bring unavoidable judgment.

A watchman sounds a ram's horn above Samaria as two travelers approach and a lion roars before the city's luxurious houses

Amos 3

Amos 3: Israel's chosen relationship brings accountability as the prophet announces judgment on Samaria's violence and luxury.

Fully robed wealthy women sit above a feast as Amos addresses gathered people overlooking dry wells, ruined crops, thin livestock, and a storm-darkened mountain

Amos 4

Amos 4: complacent luxury and empty worship persist through repeated warnings, ending in a summons to meet the Creator.

A bright river runs through a grieving city from crowded shrines toward a gate where elders hear the cause of poor families

Amos 5

Amos 5: seek God and establish justice, because festivals and songs cannot conceal oppression from the approaching day of the Lord.

Wealthy elites recline with music and overflowing bowls on ivory-inlaid couches while a damaged city and departing families fill the valley below

Amos 6

Amos 6: luxurious complacency and false security ignore the nation's ruin and place its elites first in the coming exile.

Amos holds a vertical plumb line beside a leaning sanctuary wall while priest Amaziah points toward Judah and royal attendants watch

Amos 7

Amos 7: after mercy in two visions, the plumb line exposes Israel, and Amos defends his calling against the priest Amaziah.

A basket of ripe summer fruit sits beside merchants using false weights as poor families wait beneath a darkened midday sun

Amos 8

Amos 8: summer fruit signals ripe judgment on dishonest trade, bringing darkness, lament, and a famine of hearing God's word.

Families pass from a trembling sanctuary through a large grain sieve toward repaired towns, abundant vineyards, and a humble restored shelter

Amos 9

Amos 9: inescapable judgment sifts Israel, but David's fallen shelter is restored and the people are planted in fruitful security.