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 this comprehensive pronouncement of God against sin in all these nations, there looms the tremendous fact that God is a God of all nations, and not merely of Israel, and that he will judge and punish sin wherever it exists.  Moreover, the sins denounced are not merely those of violence, cruelty, oppression, injustice and social wrongs.  Violators of solemn covenants, innovators, and corrupters of the true worship are likewise guilty and will suffer the judgment of God.