5:24 Justice must flow like torrents of water,
righteous actions 1 like a stream that never dries up.
4:8 People from 2 two or three cities staggered into one city to get 3 water,
but remained thirsty. 4
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking!
5:8 (But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion;
he can turn the darkness into morning
and daylight 5 into night.
He summons the water of the seas
and pours it out on the earth’s surface.
The Lord is his name!
9:6 He builds the upper rooms of his palace 6 in heaven
and sets its foundation supports 7 on the earth. 8
He summons the water of the sea
and pours it out on the earth’s surface.
The Lord is his name.
8:11 Be certain of this, 9 the time is 10 coming,” says the sovereign Lord,
“when I will send a famine through the land –
not a shortage of food or water
but an end to divine revelation! 11
1 tn Traditionally, “righteousness.”
2 tn The words “people from” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
3 tn Heb “to drink.”
4 tn Or “were not satisfied.”
3 tn Heb “darkens the day into night.”
4 tc The MT reads “his steps.” If this is correct, then the reference may be to the steps leading up to the heavenly temple or the throne of God (cf. 1 Kgs 10:19-20). The prefixed מ (mem) may be dittographic (note the preceding word ends in mem). The translation assumes an emendation to עֲלִיָּתוֹ (’aliyyato, “his upper rooms”).
5 tn Traditionally, “vault” (so ASV, NAB, NRSV). The precise meaning of this word in this context is unclear. Elsewhere it refers to objects grouped or held together. F. I. Andersen and D. N. Freedman (Amos [AB], 845-46) suggest the foundational structure of a building is in view.
6 sn Verse 6a pictures the entire universe as a divine palace founded on the earth and extending into the heavens.
5 tn Heb “behold” or “look.”
6 tn Heb “the days are.”
7 tn Heb “not a hunger for food or a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of the