AMOS—NOTE ON Amos 3:1 Hear this word introduces the first three messages against Israel (Amos 3:1; Amos 4:1; Amos 5:1). Israel and Judah believed that their role as God’s chosen people would protect them from harm (see note on 5:18–20). Amos says the very opposite is true. Precisely because God has known Israel as he has known no other nation, he judges Israelites by a higher standard (see Luke 12:48).

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