 In the days of Amos, the people's lives weren't straight. Everything seemed fine to them, but they were out of kilter with God. The people had grown comfortable with God, so much so that they fell into the sin of going to the temples of the false gods and goddesses in the land and bringing home these religions and their practices into their lives and their families, along with worshiping Yahweh God at the very same time. Now he is the only God.