Amos 5:2

5:2 “The virgin ¹  Israel has fallen down and will not get up again.

She is abandoned on her own land

with no one to help her get up.” ² 

Amos 7:13

7:13 Don’t prophesy at Bethel ³  any longer, for a royal temple and palace are here!” ⁴ 

[5:2]  ¹ tn Or “young lady.” The term “Israel” is an appositional genitive.

[5:2]  ² tn Or “with no one to lift her up.”

[7:13]  ³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[7:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “for it is a temple of a king and it is a royal house.” It is possible that the phrase “royal house” refers to a temple rather than a palace. See S. M. Paul, Amos (Hermeneia), 243.