Amos 3:13

Sovereign Yahweh almighty, the suzerain warrior who led the most vast and powerful of all armies, urged Amos to hear His word and to bear testimony against the house of Jacob. The reference to Jacob recalls the devious nature of this ancestor whose character the present generation of Israelites mirrored. It also recalls God’s gracious promises to Jacob. The Israelites, as bad as they were, were God’s people, not just the people of King Jeroboam II.