Amoz
Amoz is identified in the Ascension of Isaiah as the father of the prophet Isaiah. The text repeatedly names Isaiah as the son of Amoz in accounts of his prophetic activity and fate.
Isaiah the son of Amoz withdrew from Jerusalem to Bethlehem of Judah after seeing lawlessness there. In the twentieth year of Hezekiah king of Judah he came with Josab the son of Isaiah to Hezekiah in Jerusalem. Isaiah the son of Amoz was later seized and sawn asunder with a wooden saw.
Biography
- Era
- Kingdom of Judah
Key Chapters
Key Passages
Amoz in Ascension of Isaiah 1
The Ascension of Isaiah 1:2
And he called him into the presence of Isaiah the son of Amoz the prophet, and into the presence of Jésib the son of Isa...
2nd he called him into the presence of Isaiah the son of Amoz the prophet, and into the presence of Jésib the son of Isaiah, in order to deliver unto him the words of righteousness which the king himself had seen:
Amoz in Ascension of Isaiah 2
The Ascension of Isaiah 2:7
And, when Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw the lawlessness which was being perpetrated in Jerusalem and the worship of Satan...
7nd, when Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw the lawlessness which was being perpetrated in Jerusalem and the worship of Satan and his wantonness, he withdrew from Jerusalem and settled in Bethlehem of Judah.
Amoz in Ascension of Isaiah 5
The Ascension of Isaiah 5:11
And they seized and sawed in sunder Isaiah, the son of Amoz, with a wooden saw....
11nd they seized and sawed in sunder Isaiah, the son of Amoz, with a wooden saw.
Amoz in Ascension of Isaiah 6
The Ascension of Isaiah 6:1
In the twentieth year of the reign of Hezekiah, king of Judah, came Isaiah the son of Amoz, and Josab the son of Isaiah ...
1n the twentieth year of the reign of Hezekiah, king of Judah, came Isaiah the son of Amoz, and Josab the son of Isaiah to Hezekiah to Jerusalem from Galgala.
Amoz in Ascension of Isaiah 11
The Ascension of Isaiah 11:1
After this I saw, and the angel who spoke with me, who conducted me, said unto me: ‘Understand, Isaiah son of Amoz; for ...
1fter this I saw, and the angel who spoke with me, who conducted me, said unto me: ‘Understand, Isaiah son of Amoz; for for this purpose have I been sent from God.’
Did You Know?
Throughout the Ascension of Isaiah the prophet is identified as Isaiah the son of Amoz.
Isaiah names "the words of my father" among the writings that speak of these things, alongside Hosea, Micah and Joel.
The angel who guides Isaiah addresses him as "Isaiah son of Amoz" at the start and the end of the final vision.
The account of the martyrdom names its victim in full as Isaiah, the son of Amoz.