Text -- Amos 5:9 (NET)

5:9 He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Amo 5:9

¹ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew verb בָּלַג (balag, translated here “flashes”) is uncertain.

² tn Heb “comes upon.” Many prefer to repoint the verb as Hiphil and translate, “he brings destruction upon the fortified places.”