Amos 3:2

3:2 “I have chosen ¹  you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”

Amos 5:24

5:24 Justice must flow like torrents of water,

righteous actions ²  like a stream that never dries up.

Amos 8:4

8:4 Listen to this, you who trample ³  the needy,

and do away with ⁴  the destitute in the land.

¹ tn Heb “You only have I known.” The Hebrew verb יָדַע (yada’) is used here in its covenantal sense of “recognize in a special way.”

² tn Traditionally, “righteousness.”

³ tn See the note on the word “trample” in 2:7.

⁴ tn Or “put an end to”; or “exterminate.”