AMOS 1

ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ISRAEL’S NEIGHBORS 

Amos begins by pronouncing God's judgment to the nations and capital cities surrounding Israel—Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, Edom, Ammon, and Moab. Because of their hostility and brutality towards other nations, God will send His judgment upon them in the form of fire, symbolizing complete destruction.

Although the people of these cities do not worship God and are not held to the same standard as God’s people, their actions are sinful, inhumane, and unacceptable to God. Amos highlights the sinfulness of foreign nations before turning the spotlight on God’s own people.