Outline of Amos

I. Introduction (1:1–2)

II. A War Oracle Against the Nations (1:3–2:16)

A. Oracles Against the Foreign Nations (1:3–2:3)

B. Oracles Against Judah and Israel (2:4–16)

III. The Verification of God’s Judgment on Israel (3:1–6:14)

A. The Relationship Between Cause and Effect (3:1–8)

B. The Confirmation of Israel’s Punishment (3:9–4:3)

C. Israel’s Worship Is Not Acceptable (4:4–13)

D. A Lament over Israel, the Dead Nation (5:1–17)

E. Woe Oracle Concerning False Hopes (5:18–27)

F. Woe Oracle Concerning False Security (6:1–14)

IV. Visions and Exhortations of the End (7:1–9:15)

A. Compassion in Visions of Judgment (7:1–6)

B. Visions of Destruction Cause Conflict (7:7–17)

C. Wailing at the End, Not Forgiveness (8:1–14)

D. No Sinner Can Escape from God’s Hand (9:1–10)

E. The Restoration After God’s Judgment (9:11–15)