Amos

Amos came on the scene about 10 years after Jonah and preached a message of repentance primarily to the northern kingdom of Israel, who had been dominated by evil kings and rampant idol worship. The book begins by pronouncing judgement upon all of Israel's neighbors for their wickedness before turning on Israel herself. The doom predicted was fulfilled 33 years later when the Assyrians destroyed Samaria and took captive the entire nation of Israel.

tomorrow's reading: Amos -9:15; 2 Kings 14:28-29, 15:6-29; 2 Chron. 26:22-23; Isa. 6:1-13