Amos 3

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Amos 3
Book of Amos (1:1–5:21) in Latin in Codex Gigas, made around 13th century.
BookBook of Amos
CategoryNevi'im
Christian Bible partOld Testament
Order in the Christian part30

Amos 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Amos in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Amos, especially God's extraordinary love, being repaid by Israel with ingratitude, of necessity calls for judgments.[3] In the Hebrew Bible it is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets.[4][5]

In this chapter, following oracles against Israel and Judah and the countries surrounding them in chapters 1 and 2, Amos addresses "Judah and Israel together - the whole family (Amos 3:1) whom [God] had brought up from Egypt".[6] Jennifer Dines treats Amos 3:1-5:17 as a single literary unit,[7] whereas John Nelson Darby treats each chapter, except for chapters 1 and 2, as "a distinct prophecy".[6]

  1. ^ Collins 2014.
  2. ^ Hayes 2015.
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  4. ^ Metzger, Bruce M., et al. The Oxford Companion to the Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
  5. ^ Keck, Leander E. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume: VII. Nashville: Abingdon.
  6. ^ a b Darby, J. N. (1857-1862), Darby's Bible Synthesis on Amos 3, accessed 15 December 2023
  7. ^ Dines, J. M., 29. Amos, in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001), The Oxford Bible Commentary, p. 584