Is Amos trying to live up to his name ?
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Amos means "burden-bearer," and his message to Israel, one of continuous judgment and denunciation, was indeed a heavy burden.
......Amos,.......,
faced certain rejection and persecution for his message, yet he denounced the Israelites from the beginning to
the end of his book. Prudent
people were afraid to speak up for fear of retribution (Amos 5:13), but Amos feared no one ......"
http://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Topical.show/RTD/cgg/ID/1131/Amos-Prophet.htm
I'm no Christian so hopefully a learned Christian can elaborate ?