Amos 5:20

5:20 Don’t you realize the Lord’s day of judgment will bring ¹  darkness, not light –

gloomy blackness, not bright light?

Amos 3:4

3:4 Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? ² 

Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?

Amos 7:8

7:8 The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” I said, “Tin.” The sovereign One then said,

“Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel.

I will no longer overlook their sin. ³ 

Amos 8:2

8:2 He said, “What do you see, Amos?” I replied, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end ⁴  has come for my people Israel! I will no longer overlook their sins. ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “Will not the day of the Lord be.”

² tn Heb “without having prey [or “food”].”

³ tn Heb “And I will no longer pass over him.”

⁴ tn There is a wordplay here. The Hebrew word קֵץ (qets, “end”) sounds like קָיִץ (qayits, “summer fruit”). The summer fruit arrived toward the end of Israel’s agricultural year; Israel’s national existence was similarly at an end.

⁵ tn Heb “I will no longer pass over him.”