Amos

Описание: The Book of Amos in Song

00:00 Introduction
00:15 The Roar From Zion (Amos 1:2-15)
03:49 Moab's Fire (Amos 2:1-3)
07:07 Judah Forgot (Amos 2:4-5)
10:37 The Broken Ones (Amos 2:6-16)
13:30 You Only Have I Known (Amos 3:1-5)
16:33 Yet You Have Not Returned (Amos 3:6-13)
19:59 Seek The Lord And Live (Amos 5:1-17)
23:55 The Day You Long For (Amos 5:18-27)
26:52 At Ease In Zion (Amos 6)
30:07 The Plumb Line Falls (Amos 7:1-9)
33:06 I Was Not A Prophet (Amos 7:10-17)
38:44 The Basket Is Full (Amos 8)
42:43 Nowhere To Hide (Amos 9:1-10)
45:42 I WIll Riase It Up (Amos 9:11-15)

This album is a musical journey into the heart of the Book of Amos, a potent, uncompromising message delivered by an unlikely prophet—a shepherd and dresser of sycamore trees. Within the eight-hundred-year span of the Old Testament prophets, Amos stands out, not for his noble birth or temple training, but for the fierce, plainspoken justice he proclaimed.

Hear the Roar: Themes of Justice and Judgment

Set against the backdrop of the prosperous, complacent Northern Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) in the 8th century BCE, Amos's prophecy is a searing critique of a nation that had confused religious ritual with genuine righteousness. The people were performing sacrifices and celebrating feasts, yet simultaneously oppressing the poor, practicing fraud, and living in moral decadence.

The central themes of the book—and this album—are social justice and the inevitability of divine judgment. Amos insists that God's choice of Israel (Amos 3:2) comes with the responsibility of living ethically. The songs on this record move from the prophet's initial, sweeping indictments of neighboring nations (chapters 1-2) to his concentrated, personal attack on Israel’s hypocrisy and his famous, unheeded call for true justice: "But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream" (Amos 5:24).

The Music of the Harvest and the Hammer
The sonic landscape of this album mirrors Amos's rural roots and the severity of his message. You'll hear the stark simplicity of the shepherd's field mixed with the heavy, inescapable beat of the hammer of judgment. This is music that wrestles with the consequences of apathy, culminating in a final, quiet promise of restoration and hope (chapter 9). It's an invitation to confront the ancient voice of Amos and ask: In our own age of prosperity and inequality, are we truly listening?