The ‘prophet’ Amos is actually a shepherd from Tekoa, to whom God gave several visions of God’s soon-to-be-revealed judgment of eight nations, including Israel and Judah. All of these small ‘nations’[1] are being judged primarily for their unfaithfulness and cruel treatment of the poor. Their collective violence and lack of compassion for the needy has … More “Yet You Have Not Returned to Me?”