We have two very different books this week,
Amos is from about the same time as Hosea - but in the peaceful reign of king Joeroboam II - just before the Assyrian War - so around 750 BC. This is a time when Israel is prosperous and at peace and feels itself to be blessed by God. So into this comes Amos and he denounces them for relying on their own strength and being fat and happy and mistaking piety for actual service to God. Needless to say he wasn't popular with either the priests or the king.
Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament. We know nothing about the person or the life of Obadiah. Some of his book was written right after the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in 587 BC, but some of the book might be earlier or later and some might have been written by other people entirely. The thread that ties the book together is justice and judgement. This is a book of hopeful prophecy - God will give justice to Israel and call their enemies to account.
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