--- title: "Book of Amos: Summary & All 9 Chapters · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/ description: "The Book of Amos, a book of prophetic oracles in 9 chapters. Bp. Challoner’s summary of all 9 chapters, and the full text free." --- Old Testament # The Book of Amos The Book of Amos is the thirty-fifth of the 46 books of the Old Testament: 9 chapters and 146 verses. [Start reading: Amos 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/1/) Chapters 1–9: [1](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/1/) … [9](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/9/) ## About Amos About Amos · Prophetic oracles Amos was a shepherd and dresser of sycamores from Judah, sent north to a booming Israel to say that its worship was noise because its markets were crooked. He preached about a generation before the northern kingdom fell, and his book is the fiercest social preaching in the Bible: God rejects festivals kept by people who sell the poor for a pair of sandals. It was written to make injustice a religious category, and its demand that judgment run down like water has never stopped being quoted. *Amos in Bless* | | | |---|---| | Testament | Old Testament — book 35 of 46, 35 of 73 in the Bible | | Canon | Protocanonical (in every Christian canon) | | Chapters | 9 | | Verses | 146, as Bless numbers them | | Latin | Clementine Vulgate, 8 of 9 chapters | | Bp. Challoner | Summaries of all 9 chapters · 22 notes | | Catechism | 6 paragraphs cite it | Chapter by chapter ## All 9 chapters, *in brief.* Bishop Richard Challoner’s summary of each chapter, from his revision of the Douay-Rheims (1749–52). Open a chapter for the full text. 1. ### [Amos 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/1/) 15 verses The prophet threatens Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, Edom, and Ammon with the judgments of God, for their obstinacy in sin. 2. ### [Amos 2](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/2/) 16 verses The judgments with which God threatens Moab, Juda, and Israel for their sins, and their ingratitude. 3. ### [Amos 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/3/) 15 verses The evils that shall fall upon Israel for their sins. 4. ### [Amos 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/4/) 13 verses The Israelites are reproved for their oppressing the poor, for their idolatry, and their incorrigibleness. 5. ### [Amos 5](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/5/) 27 verses A lamentation for Israel: an exhortation to return to God. 6. ### [Amos 6](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/6/) 15 verses The desolation of Israel for their pride and luxury. 7. ### [Amos 7](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/7/) 17 verses The prophet sees, in three visions, evils coming upon Israel: he is accused of treason by the false priest of Bethel. 8. ### [Amos 8](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/8/) 14 verses Under the figure of a hook, which bringeth down the fruit, the approaching desolation of Israel is foreshewed for their avarice and injustices. 9. ### [Amos 9](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/9/) 15 verses The certainty of the desolation of Israel: the restoring of the tabernacle of David, and the conversion of the Gentiles to the church; which shall flourish for ever. Bp. Richard Challoner · chapter summaries Coming up ## Read at *Mass.* From October 29, 2026 to October 28, 2027, Amos is read at the principal Mass on 3 days in the US calendar. The next 8 readings: | Date | Celebration | Reading | Citation | |---|---|---|---| | [Fri, Feb 12, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/02/12/) | Friday after Ash Wednesday | Verse before the Gospel | [See Amos 5:14](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/5/) | | [Mon, Mar 8, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/03/08/) | Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent | Verse before the Gospel | [Amos 5:14](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/5/) | | [Sun, Jul 11, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/07/11/) computed | Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time | First Reading | [Amos 7:12-15](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/7/) | | [Fri, Mar 3, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/03/) computed | Friday after Ash Wednesday | Verse before the Gospel | [Amos 5:14](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/5/) | | [Mon, Mar 27, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/27/) computed | Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent | Verse before the Gospel | [Amos 5:14](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/5/) | | [Tue, Jul 4, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/07/04/) computed | Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time | First Reading | [Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/3/) | | [Wed, Jul 5, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/07/05/) computed | Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time | First Reading | [Amos 5:14-15, 21-24](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/5/) | | [Thu, Jul 6, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/07/06/) computed | Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time | First Reading | [Amos 7:10-17](https://blessbible.app/bible/amos/7/) | Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. [Previous book The Book of Joel](https://blessbible.app/bible/joel/) [Next book The Book of Obadiah](https://blessbible.app/bible/obadiah/)