AMOS—NOTE ON Amos 9:12 The nations... called by my name connects with the nations described in vv. Amos 9:7. Israel has a special place among the nations, but it is a place of mission, not simply of privilege. In Acts 15:16, James cites Amos 9:11. He understands this passage to indicate that “all the nations” (that is, Gentiles) are included in God’s blessings, as God had promised to Abraham (Genesis 12:3).

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