[1] 1:1 Or sheep breeders
[2] 1:1 Or during two years
[3] 1:3 Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 6, 9, 11, 13
[4] 1:5 Or On
[5] 1:15 Or officials
[1] 2:1 Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 4, 6
[2] 2:3 Or officials
[1] 3:11 Hebrew An adversary, one who surrounds the land—he shall bring down
[2] 3:12 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
[3] 3:15 Or and many houses
[1] 4:10 Hebrew along with the captivity of your horses
[2] 4:11 That is, a burning stick
[1] 5:7 Or to bitter fruit
[2] 5:11 Or you tax
[1] 6:12 Or the sea
[2] 6:12 Or into bitter fruit
[3] 6:13 Lo-debar means nothing
[4] 6:13 Karnaim means horns (a symbol of strength)
[1] 7:14 Or am; twice in this verse
[1] 8:2 The Hebrew words for end and summer fruit sound alike
[2] 8:3 Or palace
[3] 8:3 Or The singing women of the palace shall wail
[4] 8:5 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
[1] 9:1 Or on
[2] 9:1 Hebrew all of them
[3] 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint (compare Acts 15:17) that the remnant of mankind and all the nations who are called by my name may seek the Lord