The MAJOR & MINOR Prophets - The 16 Writing Prophets Of The Hebrew Canon

His message was hurriedly carried to the king by Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, who eturned ophet Amos ophesy After God Amos die d, Amaziah’s en sword, Amaziah eign“defiled Wow! d ophet and Amos not only has a message for his home country of Judah, but he dramatically opens his prophetic ministry by addressing seven nations and their obnoxious behavior. God will have no more of it! Judgment is on the way! The Bible text goes into detail of God’s attitude about their sin. The sin of Syria (Damascus the capital)……..cruelty (1:3) The sin of Philistia (Gaza)…………………….the ruthless slave trade (1:6) The sin of Phoenicia (Tyre the capital) slave agents in spite of covenant (1:9) The sin of Edom (Bozrah)……………………..resolute unforgiveness (1:11) The sin of Ammon (Rabbah the capital)…….cruelty based on cupidity (1:13) The sin of Moab (Kerioth)………………...…..violent and vindictive hatred (2:1) The sin of Judah (Jerusalem the capital)……..God’s laws despised (2:4) The sin of Israel (Bethel, the king’s palace).....corruption of a delivered people (1:7,12) The Catalogue of National Sins Hateful to God (Chapters 1 & 2) 2

2 “The national sins” taken from Morgan, The Minor Prophets, p. 56. For more detailed commentary on what the eight national sins were, see Payne, Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy, pp. 414-415.

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