ca. 760 BC

The people of Israel could be religious, but it turned out that their religion didn’t have much to do with God.

The prophet, Amos, told the people what God was seeing in Israel; a religion of personal preferences and empty ritual, lacking love and justice. Amos warned them that they were headed away from God, toward ruin.

Please read Amos 5:18-27. Online access: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=amos+5%3A18-27&version=NIV