Amos 7:16

7:16 So now listen to the Lord’s message! You say, ‘Don’t prophesy against Israel! Don’t preach ¹  against the family of Isaac!’

Amos 7:8

7:8 The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” I said, “Tin.” The sovereign One then said,

“Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel.

I will no longer overlook their sin. ² 

Amos 8:2

8:2 He said, “What do you see, Amos?” I replied, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end ³  has come for my people Israel! I will no longer overlook their sins. ⁴ 

Amos 9:8

9:8 Look, the sovereign Lord is watching ⁵  the sinful nation, ⁶ 

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

But I will not completely destroy the family ⁷  of Jacob,” says the Lord.

[7:16]  ¹ tn The verb, which literally means “to drip,” appears to be a synonym of “to prophesy,” but it might carry a derogatory tone here, perhaps alluding to the impassioned, frenzied way in which prophets sometimes delivered their messages. If so, one could translate, “to drivel; to foam at the mouth” (see HALOT 694 s.v. נטף).

[7:8]  ² tn Heb “And I will no longer pass over him.”

[8:2]  ³ tn There is a wordplay here. The Hebrew word קֵץ (qets, “end”) sounds like קָיִץ (qayits, “summer fruit”). The summer fruit arrived toward the end of Israel’s agricultural year; Israel’s national existence was similarly at an end.

[8:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will no longer pass over him.”

[9:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the eyes of the sovereign Lord are on.”

[9:8]  ⁵ tn Or “kingdom.”

[9:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “house” (also in the following verse).