Names in the Bible: Amos

Amos: Hebrew for "burden bearer." Amos, a herdsman, was one of the Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. Amos declared that God is the God of all the nations of the Earth, not just the God of the Israelites and that Israel, as God's Chosen People, has special responsibilities before God, not just on a corporate level, but each individual. Amos opposed ceremonial compliance without individual holiness.