1. 亞毛斯先知 "Burden bearer."

2. 亞毛斯先知 His career took place during a period of great material prosperity for Israel, but also a period of social and religious corruption.

3. 亞毛斯先知 His harsh words are directed against –the king (7:10-11) –Priest (7:16-17) –The upper classes (4:1-3;6:1)

4. 亞毛斯先知 His vocation: –I am not a prophet, nor I belong to a prophetic brotherhood. I am merely a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore- figs… (Am 7:14-15)

5. 亞毛斯先知 The sin of Judah: Despised YHWH’s Law and not kept his commandments.

6. 亞毛斯先知 The sin of Israel: –They have sold the upright for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals…(2:6-8) They forgot their history…

7. 亞毛斯先知 The Lord does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets (3:7) He will “visit” his chosen people (3:2; 14) –The visit of God is seen as his intervention among men to bless or to punish.

8. 亞毛斯先知 The punishment of the Lord is a famine not hunger for food, nor thirst for water,but famine for hearing YHWH’s word (8:11)

9. 亞毛斯先知 The way to survive is to “seek out” for the Lord (5:4;6;14-15)

10. 亞毛斯先知 The Lord will take pity on the remnant of Joseph (5:15) and will rebuild the hut of David (9:11)

11. 亞毛斯先知 Doxology –4:13 –5:8 (may be not in Chinese bible) –9:5