Amos 9:12

9:12 As a result they ¹  will conquer those left in Edom ² 

and all the nations subject to my rule.” ³ 

The Lord, who is about to do this, is speaking!

Amos 7:4

7:4 The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw ⁴  the sovereign Lord summoning a shower of fire. ⁵  It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.

Amos 9:6

9:6 He builds the upper rooms of his palace ⁶  in heaven

and sets its foundation supports ⁷  on the earth. ⁸ 

He summons the water of the sea

and pours it out on the earth’s surface.

The Lord is his name.

Amos 5:8

5:8 (But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion;

he can turn the darkness into morning

and daylight ⁹  into night.

He summons the water of the seas

and pours it out on the earth’s surface.

The Lord is his name!

Amos 5:16

5:16 Because of Israel’s sins ¹⁰  this is what the Lord, the God who commands armies, the sovereign One, ¹¹  says:

“In all the squares there will be wailing,

in all the streets they will mourn the dead. ¹² 

They will tell the field workers ¹³  to lament

and the professional mourners ¹⁴  to wail.

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 7:15

7:15 Then the Lord took me from tending ¹⁵  flocks and gave me this commission, ¹⁶  ‘Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!’

[9:12]  ¹ sn They probably refers to the Israelites or to the Davidic rulers of the future.

[9:12]  ² tn Heb “take possession of the remnant of Edom”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “possess the remnant of Edom.”

[9:12]  ³ tn Heb “nations over whom my name is proclaimed.” The Hebrew idiom indicates ownership, sometimes as a result of conquest. See 2 Sam 12:28.

[7:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “behold” or “look.”

[7:4]  ⁵ tc The Hebrew appears to read, “summoning to contend with fire,” or “summoning fire to contend,” but both are problematic syntactically (H. W. Wolff, Joel and Amos [Hermeneia], 292; S. M. Paul, Amos [Hermeneia], 230-31). Many emend the text to לרבב אשׁ, “(calling) for a shower of fire,” though this interpretation is also problematic (see F. I. Andersen and D. N. Freedman, Amos [AB], 746-47).

[9:6]  ⁷ tc The MT reads “his steps.” If this is correct, then the reference may be to the steps leading up to the heavenly temple or the throne of God (cf. 1 Kgs 10:19-20). The prefixed מ (mem) may be dittographic (note the preceding word ends in mem). The translation assumes an emendation to עֲלִיָּתוֹ (’aliyyato, “his upper rooms”).

[9:6]  ⁸ tn Traditionally, “vault” (so ASV, NAB, NRSV). The precise meaning of this word in this context is unclear. Elsewhere it refers to objects grouped or held together. F. I. Andersen and D. N. Freedman (Amos [AB], 845-46) suggest the foundational structure of a building is in view.

[9:6]  ⁹ sn Verse 6a pictures the entire universe as a divine palace founded on the earth and extending into the heavens.

[5:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “darkens the day into night.”

[5:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “Therefore.” This logical connector relates back to the accusation of vv. 10-13, not to the parenthetical call to repentance in vv. 14-15. To indicate this clearly, the phrase “Because of Israel’s sins” is used in the translation.

[5:16]  ¹⁴ tn Or “the Lord.” The Hebrew term translated “sovereign One” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[5:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “they will say, ‘Ah! Ah!’” The Hebrew term הוֹ (ho, “ah, woe”) is an alternate form of הוֹי (hoy), a word used to mourn the dead and express outwardly one’s sorrow. See 1 Kgs 13:30; Jer 22:18; 34:5. This wordplay follows quickly, as v. 18 begins with הוֹי (“woe”).

[5:16]  ¹⁶ tn Or “farmers” (NIV, NCV, NRSV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

[5:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “those who know lamentation.”

[7:15]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “from [following] after.”

[7:15]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and the Lord said to me.”