Amos 2:3

2:3 I will remove ¹  Moab’s leader; ² 

I will kill all Moab’s ³  officials ⁴  with him.”

The Lord has spoken!

Amos 2:16

2:16 Bravehearted ⁵  warriors will run away naked in that day.”

The Lord is speaking!

Amos 3:10

3:10 “They do not know how to do what is right.” (The Lord is speaking.)

“They store up ⁶  the spoils of destructive violence ⁷  in their fortresses.

Amos 5:27

5:27 and I will drive you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord.

He is called the God who commands armies!

Amos 7:9

7:9 Isaac’s centers of worship ⁸  will become desolate;

Israel’s holy places will be in ruins.

I will attack Jeroboam’s dynasty with the sword.” ⁹ 

[2:3]  ¹ tn Heb “cut off” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NAB “root out”; NCV “bring to an end.”

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “the leader [traditionally, “judge”] from her midst.”

[2:3]  ³ tn Heb “her”; the referent (Moab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:3]  ⁴ tn Or “princes” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NLT); TEV, CEV “leaders.”

[2:16]  ⁵ tn Or “the most stouthearted” (NAB); NRSV “those who are stout of heart.”

[3:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “those who.”

[3:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “violence and destruction.” The expression “violence and destruction” stand metonymically for the goods the oppressors have accumulated by their unjust actions.

[7:9]  ¹³ tn Traditionally, “the high places” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “pagan shrines.”

[7:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “And I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.”