Amos 2:2

2:2 So I will set Moab on fire, ¹ 

and it will consume Kerioth’s ²  fortresses.

Moab will perish ³  in the heat of battle ⁴ 

amid war cries and the blaring ⁵  of the ram’s horn. ⁶ 

Amos 3:6

3:6 If an alarm sounds ⁷  in a city, do people not fear? ⁸ 

If disaster overtakes a ⁹  city, is the Lord not responsible? ¹⁰ 

[2:2]  ¹ 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]  ² sn Kerioth was an important Moabite city. See Jer 48:24, 41.

[2:2]  ³ tn Or “die” (KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV); NAB “shall meet death.”

[2:2]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Heb “sound” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

[2:2]  ⁶ sn The ram’s horn (used as a trumpet) was blown to signal the approaching battle.

[3:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “If the ram’s horn is blown.”

[3:6]  ⁸ tn Or “tremble” (NASB, NIV, NCV); or “shake.”

[3:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “is in”; NIV, NCV, NLT “comes to.”

[3:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “has the Lord not acted?”