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Amos
   Name Means "Burden bearer."
   Home Tekoa, a town about 10 miles south of Jerusalem.
   Occupation Sheepbreeder, sycamore cultivator, and prophet during the reign of Jeroboam II.
   Best Known As The prophet who denounced the northern kingdom of Israel for its idolatry, injustice, corruption, and oppression of the poor. Amos' nine warnings of the Lord's judgment came to pass when Assyria overran Israel a generation later.
   Warnings Amos issued nine warnings:
  • Flee from cruelty
  • Don't forsake God's laws
  • Don't worship wealth
  • Heed God's chastisements
  • Flee false religious practices
  • Beware of false security
  • Don't disdain God's spokesmen
  • Don't revile God's holy days
  • Don't flee from God

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