Amos 1:15

1:15 Ammon’s 1  king will be deported; 2 

he and his officials 3  will be carried off 4  together.”

The Lord has spoken!

Amos 5:4

5:4 The Lord says this to the family 5  of Israel:

“Seek me 6  so you can live!

Amos 5:17

5:17 In all the vineyards there will be wailing,

for I will pass through 7  your midst,” says the Lord.

Amos 7:3

7:3 The Lord decided not to do this. 8  “It will not happen,” the Lord said.

1 tn Heb “their”; the referent (Ammon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Heb “will go into exile.”

3 tn Or “princes” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NLT); TEV “officers”; CEV “leaders.”

4 tn The words “will be carried off” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

5 tn Heb “house.”

6 sn The following verses explain what it meant to seek the Lord. Israel was to abandon the mere formalism and distorted view of God and reality that characterized religious activity at the worship sites, as well as the social injustice that permeated Israelite society. Instead the people were to repent and promote justice in the land. This call to seek the Lord echoes the challenge in 4:13 to prepare to meet him as he truly is.

9 sn The expression pass through your midst alludes to Exod 12:12, where the Lord announced he would “pass through” Egypt and bring death to the Egyptian firstborn.

13 tn Or “changed his mind about this.”