Key-word, “Punishment;” Key-verse, 4:12.-Like his contemporary, Hosea, Amos wrote for Israel, and denounces the same evils, foretelling overthrow by a foreign foe as the punishment for Israel’s sins. The threats against the surrounding heathen, with which he begins, hold out no final hope; but Israel has promise of new deliverance and prosperity under the house of David. [p. 74] HBS 40.4