Amos 2:10

2:10 I brought you up from the land of Egypt;

I led you through the wilderness for forty years

so you could take the Amorites’ land as your own.

Amos 9:12

9:12 As a result they ¹  will conquer those left in Edom ² 

and all the nations subject to my rule.” ³ 

The Lord, who is about to do this, is speaking!

[9:12]  ¹ sn They probably refers to the Israelites or to the Davidic rulers of the future.

[9:12]  ² tn Heb “take possession of the remnant of Edom”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “possess the remnant of Edom.”

[9:12]  ³ tn Heb “nations over whom my name is proclaimed.” The Hebrew idiom indicates ownership, sometimes as a result of conquest. See 2 Sam 12:28.