Amos 3:2

3:2 “I have chosen ¹  you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”

Amos 4:5

4:5 Burn a thank offering of bread made with yeast! ² 

Make a public display of your voluntary offerings! ³ 

For you love to do this, you Israelites.”

The sovereign Lord is speaking!

Amos 5:14

5:14 Seek good and not evil so you can live!

Then the Lord, the God who commands armies, just might be with you,

as you claim he is.

[3:2]  ¹ tn Heb “You only have I known.” The Hebrew verb יָדַע (yada’) is used here in its covenantal sense of “recognize in a special way.”

[4:5]  ² sn For the background of the thank offering of bread made with yeast, see Lev 7:13.

[4:5]  ³ tn Heb “proclaim voluntary offerings, announce.”