Ga zantuttukan Amos, ɗaya daga cikin makiyayan ƙauyen Tekowa. Allah ya bayyana wa Amos wannan saƙo, tun shekara biyu kafin girgizar duniya, a lokacin da Azariya yake sarautar Yahuza, Yerobowam ɗan Yehowash kuwa yake sarautar Isra'ila.