Amos 4:5

4:5 Burn a thank offering of bread made with yeast! ¹ 

Make a public display of your voluntary offerings! ² 

For you love to do this, you Israelites.”

The sovereign Lord is speaking!

Amos 9:8

9:8 Look, the sovereign Lord is watching ³  the sinful nation, ⁴ 

and I will destroy it from the face of the earth.

But I will not completely destroy the family ⁵  of Jacob,” says the Lord.

[4:5]  ¹ sn For the background of the thank offering of bread made with yeast, see Lev 7:13.

[4:5]  ² tn Heb “proclaim voluntary offerings, announce.”

[9:8]  ³ tn Heb “the eyes of the sovereign Lord are on.”

[9:8]  ⁴ tn Or “kingdom.”

[9:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “house” (also in the following verse).