Last week we began our study of this great Old Testament prophet, Amos. We learned that he was a sheep herder and a dresser of sycamore figs, which in the eyes of the world around him was not the credentials that you would expect from a prophet of God. But God called him to prophesy during a time of economic renaissance in both the 10 northern tribes of Israel under king Jeroboam II, and the 2 southern tribes of Israel under king Uzziah. His message was an indictment against them for the breaking of their covenant with God, and the resulting judgment that would incur. In the prophetic judgment that God would mete out on his covenant people, it becomes clear that God’s judgment would also be meted out against the enemies of his covenant people.

This morning we will look at those judgments that were prophesied against the enemies of his people, in our message entitled, Judgments Pronounced on the Nations: Israel's Enemies, from Amos 1:3-2:3.