Amos 2:6-8

Israel’s recent sins 2:6-8

Not all the sins that Amos identified appear in Amos 2:6-8; two more appear in Amos 2:12. Amos named seven sins of Israel all together rather than just one, as in the previous oracles, though he continued to use the "for three transgressions and for four" formula. Seven seems to be the full measure of Israel’s sin. The idea of "the straw that broke the camel’s back" carries over from the first seven oracles into the eighth with double force.