The Prophets · 11 stories
Stories
Israel Stands Accused
Yahweh indicts Israel for oppressing the poor and silencing his prophets, then warns that his past deliverance only deepens their accountability to coming judgment.
3 parts
Amos Calls Israel to Return
Amos mourns fallen Israel, exposes corrupt leaders, and urges the nation to seek good and justice before Yahweh passes through in judgment.
3 parts
Amos Confronts the Comfortable Elite
Amos confronts Israel's self-indulgent elite, warning that their pride, injustice, and false security will end in total collapse and foreign oppression.
3 parts
Amos's Vision of Locusts
Amos sees a vision of locusts forming and consuming all the land's green growth, and then God relents, declaring the judgment will not come to pass.
1 part
Amos's Vision of Fire
Amos witnesses a devastating vision of divine fire, intercedes for Jacob's survival, and God relents a second time.
3 parts
The Plumb Line Vision
God shows Amos a plumb line and declares Israel has failed the measure, ending forbearance and bringing judgment on its shrines and royal house.
3 parts
Amos Confronts Amaziah
When priest Amaziah silences and expels Amos, the prophet defends his divine calling and pronounces devastating personal judgment on Amaziah and captivity for Israel.
3 parts
Vision of the Altar
The Lord stands at the altar to unleash inescapable judgment on Israel, pursuing them to the ends of the cosmos while sifting sinners from the nation.
3 parts
Restoration of Israel
Yahweh promises to rebuild David's fallen house, reclaim the nations, flood the land with abundance, and permanently restore exiled Israel to their own land.
5 parts
Amos Condemns Samaria and Bethel
Amos summons nations to witness Samaria's oppression, then declares Yahweh will send an adversary to plunder her strongholds and destroy Bethel's altars and Israel's luxury houses.
3 parts
Israel Refuses to Return
Despite five escalating punishments and corrupt worship, Israel refuses to return to Yahweh, who now summons them to face him as sovereign Creator.
4 parts