Read Amos 5.1-7. In 5.1-27: A lament over Israel. Within a lament anticipating Israel's fall (vv. 1-3, 16-20), Amos indicts Israel for its injustices (vv. 10-13, 21-27) and pleads with Israel to seek God in order to avoid disaster (vv. 4-7), 14). In verses 1-3: Amos begins his lament by describing the conquest of Israel as if it had already happened. In verses 4-7: In his opening appeal to seek God, Amos criticizes the worship (v. 5) of those who are not just (v. 7). In verse 5: Beer-sheba, a southern religious center with old associations with the northern kingdom of Israel (1 Sam 8.2; 1 Kings 19.3), is mentioned here alongside two northern centers, Bethel and Gilgal, which Amos criticizes elsewhere (4.4). In verse 6: Joseph, father of the ancestors of the two most powerful northern tribes (Ephraim and Manasseh), employed by Amos as a synonym for Israel. Comments or Questions..
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