Amos 1:7

1:7 So I will set Gaza’s city wall ¹  on fire;

fire ²  will consume her fortresses.

Amos 1:10

1:10 So I will set fire to Tyre’s city wall; ³ 

fire ⁴  will consume her fortresses.”

Amos 1:12

1:12 So I will set Teman ⁵  on fire;

fire ⁶  will consume Bozrah’s ⁷  fortresses.”

Amos 2:5

2:5 So I will set Judah on fire,

and it will consume Jerusalem’s fortresses.” ⁸ 

Amos 1:4

1:4 So I will set Hazael’s house ⁹  on fire;

fire ¹⁰  will consume Ben Hadad’s ¹¹  fortresses.

Amos 2:2

2:2 So I will set Moab on fire, ¹² 

and it will consume Kerioth’s ¹³  fortresses.

Moab will perish ¹⁴  in the heat of battle ¹⁵ 

amid war cries and the blaring ¹⁶  of the ram’s horn. ¹⁷ 

Amos 4:10

4:10 “I sent against you a plague like one of the Egyptian plagues. ¹⁸ 

I killed your young men with the sword,

along with the horses you had captured.

I made the stench from the corpses ¹⁹  rise up into your nostrils.

Still you did not come back to me.”

The Lord is speaking!

Amos 7:10

Amos Confronts a Priest

7:10 Amaziah the priest of Bethel ²⁰  sent this message ²¹  to King Jeroboam of Israel: “Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel! ²²  The land cannot endure all his prophecies. ²³ 

Amos 8:11

8:11 Be certain of this, ²⁴  the time is ²⁵  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! ²⁶ 

[1:7]  ¹ sn The city wall symbolizes the city’s defenses and security.

[1:7]  ² tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:10]  ³ sn The city wall symbolizes the city’s defenses and security.

[1:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:12]  ⁵ sn Teman was an important region (or perhaps city) in Edom.

[1:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:12]  ⁷ sn Bozrah was a city located in northern Edom.

[2:5]  ⁷ map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[1:4]  ⁹ tn “Hazael’s house” (“the house of Hazael”) refers to the dynasty of Hazael.

[1:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:4]  ¹¹ sn Ben-hadad may refer to Hazael’s son and successor (2 Kgs 13:3, 24) or to an earlier king (see 1 Kgs 20), perhaps the ruler whom Hazael assassinated when he assumed power.

[2:2]  ¹¹ sn The destruction of Moab by fire is an example of a judgment in kind – as the Moabites committed the crime of “burning,” so the Lord will punish them by setting them on fire.

[2:2]  ¹² sn Kerioth was an important Moabite city. See Jer 48:24, 41.

[2:2]  ¹³ tn Or “die” (KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV); NAB “shall meet death.”

[2:2]  ¹⁴ tn Or “in the tumult.” This word refers to the harsh confusion of sounds that characterized an ancient battle – a mixture of war cries, shouts, shrieks of pain, clashes of weapons, etc.

[2:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “sound” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

[2:2]  ¹⁶ sn The ram’s horn (used as a trumpet) was blown to signal the approaching battle.

[4:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “in the manner [or “way”] of Egypt.”

[4:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “of your camps [or “armies”].”

[7:10]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[7:10]  ¹⁶ tn The direct object of the verb translated “sent” is elided in the Hebrew text. The words “this message” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[7:10]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “in the middle of the house of Israel.”

[7:10]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “words.”

[8:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “behold” or “look.”

[8:11]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the days are.”

[8:11]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “not a hunger for food or a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.”