The Book of Amos is the earliest of the prophetic books of the Old Testament. Amos is one of the minor prophets who lived during the reign of Uzziah, king of Judah, almost 800 BC. e., a contemporary of the prophet Isaiah. The book of the prophet Amos consists of 9 chapters. Its distinctive feature is the abundance of comparisons and allegories taken from agricultural and rural life. Amos predicts a terrible judgment of God on the lands neighboring Judea and on Israel itself, warns, admonishes him, threatens him, and convinces him to repent. He sees in apparent prosperity a harbinger of coming decline. The poetic style of this ancient poet-prophet is full of vitality and vivid imagination, his images are natural and varied.