Amos 1-2 The Shepherd’s Thunder: The Rhetorical Snare

Wise Counsel · Sep 18, 2026 · 22m

In this episode, we draw upon insights from the "Biblical Scholarship" file to explore the explosive opening chapters of the book of Amos. We dive into the mid-eighth century B.C., a time when the Northern Kingdom of Israel was experiencing an unprecedented economic boom and territorial expansion under King Jeroboam II. On paper, society was flourishing, but beneath the ivory palaces and glittering veneer of geopolitical success lay a culture rotting from systemic injustice and moral blindness.

Enter Amos—not a professional prophet, but a rugged sheep-breeder and tender of sycamore-fig trees…