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Prophets In The Hebrew Bible
The Role and Character of the Prophets in the Hebrew Bible
The characteristics and the roles that link Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, and Jeremiah are their willingness to denounce the blending and mixing of religions, idol worship, and social perversion. These pivotal prophets of the Old Testament are also alike in their courage in that they are willing to confront establishment figures and denounce them for wrongdoing while the people that they attempt to save dislike them. All in all, the prophets Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, and Jeremiah base their authority on the position that the Lord sets forth for them, as they condemn the sins of the Israeli people and attempt to guide them back to the Lord and salvation.
Amos was the prophet who set forth the warnings of the Lord to the people of the northern kingdom during the reign of Jeroboam II. Amos lashed out against the specific abuses in the society. One abuse was the large gap between the rich and the poor, "Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor
ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them" (Amos 3:15; 5:11). A second abuse was the perversion of the justice system, "
they (the judges) take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right" (Amos 5:12). Another abuse was that of sexual immorality, "
a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my name" (Amos 2:7). Amos was the mediator of three themes that the Lord wanted the people of Israel to understand. The first was the Lord's rulership over the universe, "
shall there be evil in the city, and the lord hath not done it?" (Amos 3:6), the second was the Lord's special relationship with Israel, "Only you have I known of all the families of the earth" (Amos 3:2), and the third was the Lord's holding Israel responsible for having broken the covenant, "I will punish you for all of your iniquities" (Amos 3:2).
Amos had a loving relationship with the Lord. He...
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