Amos is the book of the herdsman from Tekoa, a small town in Judah. He receives a direct call from God to prophesy against the unrighteousness of both Judah and Israel. Amos is the first prophet to proclaim that God is the ruler of the whole world.

Amos 9

9:7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?