Amos

• A warning goes out to the people of Israel to stop sinning, each tribe's message
• God has done good things & disciplined
• Israel is full of sin and evil and needs to turn from their ways and repent
• The day of judgement will be a dark day even for those looking for it
• People living outside Israel lived easy lives of feasting and lying around and were not sad over Israel's ruin; they will soon be slaves
• God changed his mind about locusts and fire as Amos asks if small Israel can withstand the visions
• Plumb line vision (used to determine depth or upright vertical of surface) - it will show how crooked Israel is
• Amos, a shepherd, leaves his flock to prophesy as God asked, but he was told to stop so those against his words will be punished
• God will no longer overlook sin, palace songs will become funeral songs with dead bodies everywhere
• People will rush through festivals and Sabbath for greed and money
• They will end hungry for God, but will not find him and fall
• Israel will be destroyed and you cannot hide from God
• Israel will be scattered, then restored