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Amos 07 General Notes
Structure and formatting
This chapter is mainly written as a narrative about the prophet Amos interacting with Yahweh. Yahweh presents three different scenarios of judgment before Amos who pleads with God and he does not carry out his judgment. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/judge)
Special concepts in this chapter
Reported speech
In the latter part of the chapter, it is important to follow the conversation carefully to understand who is speaking. There are some instances of "reported speech." (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations)