1. Amos 5:1 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does the summons to listen indicate?

Amos 5:1 (ESV)

1 Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:

The summons to listen denotes that an important message is coming.1 This formulaic introduction is also found in Amos 3:1 and Amos 4:1.