Discovery BoxAmos 1:14
Context1:14 So I will set fire to Rabbah’s 1 city wall; 2
fire 3 will consume her fortresses.
War cries will be heard on the day of battle; 4
a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm. 5
Amos 8:9
Context8:9 In that day,” says the sovereign Lord, “I will make the sun set at noon,
and make the earth dark in the middle of the day. 6
Amos 8:13
Context8:13 In that day your 7 beautiful young women 8 and your 9 young men will faint from thirst. 10
Amos 2:16
Context2:16 Bravehearted 11 warriors will run away naked in that day.”
The Lord is speaking!
Amos 3:14
Context3:14 “Certainly when 12 I punish Israel for their 13 covenant transgressions, 14
I will destroy 15 Bethel’s 16 altars.
The horns 17 of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.
Amos 8:3
Context8:3 The women singing in the temple 18 will wail in that day.”
The sovereign Lord is speaking.
“There will be many corpses littered everywhere! 19 Be quiet!”
Amos 9:11
Context9:11 “In that day I will rebuild the collapsing hut 20 of David.
I will seal its 21 gaps,
repair its 22 ruins,
and restore it to what it was like in days gone by. 23
[1:14] 1 sn Rabbah was the Ammonite capital.
[1:14] 2 sn The city wall symbolizes the city’s defenses and security.
[1:14] 3 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[1:14] 4 tn Heb “with a war cry in the day of battle.”
[1:14] 5 tn Heb “with wind in the day of the windstorm.”
[8:9] 6 tn Heb “in a day of light.”
[8:13] 14 tn It is not clear whether the speaker in this verse is the
[2:16] 16 tn Or “the most stouthearted” (NAB); NRSV “those who are stout of heart.”
[3:14] 21 tn Heb “in the day.”
[3:14] 22 tn Heb “his.” With the referent “Israel” here, this amounts to a collective singular.
[3:14] 23 tn Traditionally, “transgressions, sins,” but see the note on the word “crimes” in 1:3.
[3:14] 24 tn Heb “punish” (so NASB, NRSV).
[3:14] 25 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
[3:14] 26 sn The horns of an ancient altar projected upwards from the four corners and resembled an animal’s horns in appearance. Fugitives could seek asylum by grabbing hold of these corners (see Exod 21:14; 1 Kgs 1:50; 2:28). When the altar’s horns were cut off, there would be no place of asylum left for the
[8:3] 26 tn Or “palace” (NASB, NCV, TEV).
[8:3] 27 tn Heb “Many corpses in every place he will throw out.” The subject of the verb is probably impersonal, though many emend the active (Hiphil) form to a passive (Hophal): “Many corpses in every place will be thrown out.”
[9:11] 31 tn The phrase translated “collapsing hut” refers to a temporary shelter (cf. NASB, NRSV “booth”) in disrepair and emphasizes the relatively weakened condition of the once powerful Davidic dynasty. Others have suggested that the term refers to Jerusalem, while still others argue that it should be repointed to read “Sukkoth,” a garrison town in Transjordan. Its reconstruction would symbolize the rebirth of the Davidic empire and its return to power (e.g., M. E. Polley, Amos and the Davidic Empire, 71-74).
[9:11] 32 tc The MT reads a third feminine plural suffix, which could refer to the two kingdoms (Judah and Israel) or, more literally, to the breaches in the walls of the cities that are mentioned in v. 4 (cf. 4:3). Some emend to third feminine singular, since the “hut” of the preceding line (a feminine singular noun) might be the antecedent. In that case, the final nun (ן) is virtually dittographic with the vav (ו) that appears at the beginning of the following word.
[9:11] 33 tc The MT reads a third masculine singular suffix, which could refer back to David. However, it is possible that an original third feminine singular suffix (יה-, yod-hey) has been misread as masculine (יו-, yod-vav). In later Hebrew script a ה (he) resembles a יו- (yod-vav) combination.
[9:11] 34 tn Heb “and I will rebuild as in days of antiquity.”
