“He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” (6:8) “Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.” (7:18)

“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light… For to us a child is born, to us a son is given… Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised… A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse… They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.”

“The LORD, the LORD Almighty, he who touches the earth and it melts, and all who live in it mourn - the whole land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt - he who builds his lofty palace in the heavens and sets its foundation on the earth, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land - the LORD is his name.”

Amos, a shepherd, is given a message from God to deliver. “You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins.” (3:2) “Seek the LORD and live, or he will sweep through the house of Joseph like a fire…” (5:6) “Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the LORD God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.” (5:14-15)

Isaiah 5:20 “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil… (v.21) Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight… (ch.6 v.5) Woe to me! For I am a man of unclean lips!… (v.7) your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for… (ch.8 v.12) Do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread.”

Isaiah 2:22 “Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?”

The kings of Judah and Israel

Jonah runs from God to no avail, God is merciful to the people of Nineveh - a familiar story with many lessons for us to learn

Amaziah king of Judah

Joash reigns as King and does what is right as long as Jehoiada the priest is with him, but turns away from God after Jehoiada’s death.