The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
    In the course of the visions, a priest of the altar at Bethel, Amaziah, rises up in opposition to Amos (Amos 7:10-17). The book ends with a glimpse of the splendor of the Messianic age (Amos 9:11-15).