Notes for Amos

Amos 1

aS 2Sa 14:2

bZec 14:5

cS 2Ki 14:21; S 2Ch 26:23

dS 2Ki 14:23

eS Hos 1:1

fS Isa 42:13

1 1:1 Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash

gS Ps 29:3

hJoel 3:16

iAm 9:3

jS Jer 12:4

kIsa 7:8; 8:4; 17:1–3

lver 6, 9, 11, 13; Am 2:6

mS Jer 49:27; S Eze 30:8

nS 1Ki 19:17; 2Ki 8:7–15

oJer 17:27

p1Ki 20:1; 2Ki 6:24; Jer 49:23–27

qJer 51:30

rS Isa 37:12

sS 2Ki 16:9; S Isa 22:6; Zec 9:1

tS Isa 7:16; Jer 49:27

uS Ge 10:19; 1Sa 6:17; Zep 2:4

2 1:5 Or the inhabitants of

3 1:5 Aven means wickedness.

vS ver 3

wS Ge 14:6; Ob 1:11

xS 2Ch 26:6

yPs 81:14

zS Eze 25:16

aS Isa 34:8

bIsa 14:28–32; Zep 2:4–7

c1Ki 5:1; 9:11–14; Jer 25:22; Joel 3:4; S Mt 11:21

4 1:8 Or inhabitants

dver 3

eS 1Ki 5:12

fIsa 23:1–18; S 34:8; S Jer 47:4; Eze 26:2–4; Zec 9:1–4

gNu 20:14–21; S 2Ch 28:17; S Ps 83:6

hS Ps 63:10

iS Eze 25:12–14; Zec 1:15

jS Ge 36:11, 15

kS Isa 34:5; 63:1–6; Jer 25:21; Eze 25:12–14; 35:1–15; Ob 1:1; Mal 1:2–5

lS Ge 19:38; S Eze 21:28

mS Ge 34:29; S 2Ki 8:12; S Hos 13:16

nS Dt 3:11

oIsa 30:30

pS Job 39:25

qJer 23:19

rS Jer 25:21

s1Ch 20:1; S Jer 49:1; Eze 21:28–32; 25:2–7

5 1:15 Or / Molek

Amos 2

aS Isa 16:6

bIsa 33:12

cJer 48:24

dS Job 39:25

eS Jos 6:20

fS Ps 2:10

1 2:2 Or of her cities

gS Isa 40:23

hIsa 15:1–9; 16:1–14; S 25:10; Jer 48:1; S Eze 25:8–11; Zep 2:8–9

i2Ki 17:19; Hos 12:2

jS Jer 6:19

kS Eze 20:24

lIsa 9:16

mS Ex 34:15; S Dt 31:20; S Ps 4:2

nS 2Ki 22:13; S Jer 9:14; S 16:12

oS 2Ki 25:9; S 2Ch 36:19

2 2:4 Or by lies

3 2:4 Or lies

pAm 3:11

qS Jer 17:27; S Hos 8:14

rS Am 1:3

sS Joel 3:3; Am 8:6

tS Lev 18:21; Am 5:11–12; 8:4

uS Ex 22:26; Dt 24:12–13

vHos 7:14; Am 4:1; 6:6

wHab 2:6

xNu 21:23–26; Jos 10:12

yS Isa 10:33

zS Ps 29:9

aS 2Ki 19:30; S Job 18:16; S Eze 17:9

bS Ex 6:6; 20:2; Am 3:1

cS Dt 8:2

dS Dt 2:7

eS Ex 3:8; S Nu 21:25; S Jos 13:4; Am 9:7

fDt 18:18; Jer 7:25

gS Jdg 13:5

hIsa 30:10; Jer 11:21; Am 7:12–13; Mic 2:6

iAm 7:16–17

jS Job 11:20

kS 1Ki 20:11

lPs 33:16; Isa 30:16–17

mS Eze 39:3

nS Ex 15:21; Zec 10:5

oEcc 9:11

pJer 48:41

Amos 3

aZep 2:5

bS Am 2:10

cS Ex 19:6; Dt 7:6; Lk 12:47

dver 14

eS Jer 14:10; Mic 2:3; 1Pe 4:17

fS Isa 42:13

gPs 104:21; S Hos 5:14

hS Ps 119:110

iS Nu 10:2; S Job 39:24; S Jer 4:21

jS Isa 31:2

kIsa 14:24–27

lGe 18:17; S 1Sa 3:7; S Da 9:22; Jn 15:15; Rev 10:7

mS Jer 23:22

nS Isa 31:4

oS Isa 42:13

pS Jer 20:9; Jnh 1:1–3; 3:1–3; Ac 4:20

qS Jos 13:3; S 2Ch 26:6

rAm 4:1; 6:1

sAm 5:7; 6:12

tS Ps 36:3; Mic 6:10; Zep 1:9

uHab 2:8

vAm 2:5; 6:14

wS 1Sa 17:34

xS Est 1:6; Am 6:4

yEze 2:7

1 3:12 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

2 3:12 Or Israelites be rescued, / those who sit in Samaria / on the edge of their beds / and in Damascus on their couches.

zS ver 2; S Lev 26:18

aS Ge 12:8; Am 5:5–6

bS Ex 27:2

cJer 36:22

dJdg 3:20

eS 1Ki 22:39

fAm 5:11; 6:11

gS Isa 34:5

hHos 10:5–8, 14–15

Amos 4

aS Ps 22:12

bS Am 3:9

cS Isa 58:6; S Eze 18:12

dS Dt 24:14

eJer 44:19

fS Am 2:8; 5:11; 8:6

gJer 31:31

hAm 6:8

iS 2Ki 19:28; S 2Ch 33:11; S Isa 19:8

jS Eze 12:5

1 4:2 Or away in baskets, / the last of you in fish baskets

kS Jos 7:2

2 4:3 Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew (see Septuagint) out, you mountain of oppression

lS Hos 4:15

mS Nu 28:3

nDt 14:28

oS Eze 20:39; Am 5:21–22

pS Lev 7:13

3 4:4 Or days

qS Lev 22:18–21

rS Isa 3:1; S 9:13; S Jer 5:3; Hag 2:17

sS Jer 3:3; Zec 14:17

tEx 9:4, 26; Dt 11:17; S 2Ch 7:13; S Isa 5:6

uS Eze 4:16–17

vHag 1:6

wS Jer 3:7

xS Job 36:31; S Jer 14:4

yS Dt 28:22

zS Ex 10:13; S Joel 2:25

aJoel 1:7

bS Isa 9:13; S Jer 3:10

cS Ex 9:3

dEx 11:5

eS Isa 9:17

fS Isa 34:3

gS Dt 28:21

hS Isa 9:13

iS Ge 19:24; S Jer 23:14

jS Isa 7:4; Jude 1:23

kS Job 36:13

lPs 65:6

mPs 135:7

nS Da 2:28

oMic 1:3

pS Isa 47:4; Am 5:8, 27; 9:6

Amos 5

aS Jer 4:8; S Eze 19:1

bS 2Ki 19:21; Jer 14:17

cJer 50:32; Am 8:14

dIsa 6:13; Am 6:9

eS Dt 4:29

fDt 32:46–47; Isa 55:3; Jer 29:13; S Eze 18:9

g1Sa 11:14; S Hos 4:15

hGe 21:31; Am 8:14

iS 1Sa 7:16; S 8:2

jPs 22:26; 105:4; S Isa 31:1; 55:6; Zep 2:3

1 5:5 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see Hosea 4:15.

kver 14; S Lev 18:5

lDt 4:24

mS Am 3:14

nS Jer 4:4

oIsa 5:20; Am 6:12

pS Am 3:10

qS Hos 10:4

rS Ge 1:16; S Job 38:31

sS Job 38:12; Isa 42:16

tS Ps 104:20; Am 8:9

uPs 104:6–9; Jer 16:21; S Am 4:13

vMic 5:11

wS Isa 29:21

x1Ki 22:8; Gal 4:16

yAm 8:6

zS Am 3:15

aS Dt 28:30; Mic 1:6

bS Jdg 9:27; S Am 4:1; 9:14; Mic 6:15; Zep 1:13

cHos 5:3

dS Job 36:18; S Isa 1:23; S Eze 22:12

eS Jer 5:28

fS Job 5:4; S Isa 5:23; S Am 2:6–7

gS Est 4:14

hMic 2:3

iS ver 6

jS Ps 52:3; S 97:10; Ro 12:9

kS Ge 18:25

lS Isa 1:17; S 29:21; Zec 8:16

mS Jer 36:3

nS Joel 2:14

oMic 5:7, 8; 7:18

pJer 9:17; Am 8:3; Zep 1:10

qJer 7:34

rS Joel 1:11

sS Ex 11:6

tEx 12:12

uIsa 16:10; S Jer 48:33

vS Isa 2:12; S Joel 1:15

wS Jer 30:5

xS 1Sa 2:9; S Joel 2:2

yS Job 20:28; Isa 5:19, 30; Jer 30:7

zS La 3:10

aS Dt 32:24; Job 20:24; S Ecc 10:8; Isa 24:17–18; Jer 15:2–3; 48:44

bS 1Sa 2:9

cS Isa 13:10; S Eze 7:7; Ob 1:15; Zep 1:15

dJer 44:4

eS Lev 26:31; S Hos 2:11

fS Eze 23:18

gLev 26:31

hS Ps 40:6; S Jer 7:21

iIsa 1:11–16; S Isa 66:3; Jer 14:12; S Am 4:4; Mic 6:6–7

jAm 6:5

kS Jer 22:3

lS Isa 45:8

mMic 6:8

nS Isa 43:23

oS Ex 16:35

pS Eze 18:6; S 20:16

qAm 6:7; 7:11, 17; Mic 1:16

2 5:26 Or lifted up Sakkuth your king / and Kaiwan your idols, / your star-gods; Septuagint lifted up the shrine of Molek / and the star of your god Rephan, / their idols

rDt 32:17–19; Jer 38:17; S Am 4:13; Ac 7:42–43*

Amos 6

aLk 6:24

bZep 1:12

cS Job 24:23

dS Am 3:9

eIsa 32:9–11

fS Ge 10:10

gS 2Ki 17:24; S Jer 49:23

hS Jos 11:22; 2Ch 26:6

iNa 3:8

jS Isa 56:12; S Eze 12:22; Am 9:10

kS Est 1:6; S Pr 7:17

lS Isa 1:11; S Eze 34:2–3; S Am 3:12

mS Ps 137:2; S Isa 14:11; Am 5:23

nS 1Ch 15:16

oS Isa 28:1; S Am 2:8

pS Eze 9:4

qS Eze 16:49

rS Am 5:27

sS Jer 16:9; S La 4:5

tS Ge 22:16; Heb 6:13

uS Lev 26:30

vS Ps 47:4

wS Jer 12:8

xAm 4:2

yS Lev 26:19; Dt 32:19

zS Am 5:3

aS 1Sa 31:12

bAm 8:3

cS Isa 34:5

1 6:10 Or to make a funeral fire in honor of the dead

dS Am 3:15

eIsa 55:11

fHos 10:4

gS Am 3:10

hS Isa 1:21; S Am 5:7

iS Job 8:15; Isa 28:14–15

2 6:12 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text plow there

jJer 5:15

3 6:13 Lo Debar means nothing.

4 6:13 Karnaim means horns; horn here symbolizes strength.

kS Nu 13:21

lS Am 3:11

Amos 7

aver 7; Am 8:1

bPs 78:46; S Jer 51:14; S Joel 1:4

cS Ex 10:15

dS Isa 37:4

eS Eze 11:13; S Am 4:9

fS Ex 32:14; Dt 32:36; S Jer 18:8; 26:19

gS Hos 11:8

hS Isa 66:16; S Joel 1:19

iDt 32:22

jS ver 1–2; Joel 2:17

kS Ex 32:14; S Jer 18:8; Jnh 3:10

lJer 42:10; S Eze 9:8

mJer 1:11, 13

1 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

2 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain; also in verse 8.

nAm 8:2

oS 2Ki 21:13

pS Jer 15:6; Eze 7:2–9

qS Lev 26:30

rS Lev 26:31

sS 1Ki 13:34; 2Ki 15:9; Isa 63:18; S Hos 10:8

tS Jos 7:2

uS 2Ki 14:23

vJer 38:4

w2Ki 14:24; Jer 26:8–11

xS Am 5:27

yJer 36:16

zS 1Sa 9:9

aMt 8:34

bS Jos 7:2; S 1Ki 12:29

cJer 36:5

dS Jer 20:2; S Am 2:12; Ac 4:18

eS 1Sa 10:5; 2Ki 2:5; 4:38; Zec 13:5

fS 1Ki 10:27; S Isa 9:10

gS Ge 37:2; S 2Sa 7:8

hS Isa 6:9

iS Jer 26:12

jJer 7:1–2; S Eze 2:3–4

kJer 22:2

lS Eze 20:46; Mic 2:6

mS Hos 4:13

nS Am 5:27

oS 2Ki 17:6; S Eze 4:13; S Hos 9:3; Am 2:12–13

3 7:17 Hebrew an unclean

Amos 8

aS Am 7:1

bJer 1:13; 24:3

cAm 7:8

dS Ge 40:16

eS La 4:18; Eze 7:2–9

fS Am 5:16

gAm 6:10

hS Pr 30:14

1 8:3 Or “the temple singers will wail

iS Job 20:19; S Ps 14:4; S Am 2:7

jS Nu 10:10

kIsa 58:13

lS Ne 10:31

mS Ge 31:7

nDt 25:15; 2Ki 4:23; Ne 13:15–16; Eze 45:10–12; S Hos 12:7; Mic 6:10–11; Zec 5:6

oAm 5:11

pS Am 2:6; S 4:1

qS Ps 47:4

rS Hos 8:13

sS Job 35:15

tS Job 9:6; Jer 51:29

uPs 18:7; S Jer 46:8; Am 9:5

vS Job 5:14; Isa 59:9–10; Jer 13:16; 15:9; S Eze 32:7; S Am 5:8; Mic 3:6; Mt 27:45; Mk 15:33; Lk 23:44–45

wS Lev 26:31

xS La 5:15; S Hos 2:11

yS Joel 1:8

zS Lev 13:40; S Isa 3:17

aS Ge 21:16

bS Jer 2:19; S Eze 7:18

cJer 30:3; 31:27

dS Isa 30:20

eS 1Sa 3:1; S 28:6; S 2Ch 15:3

fS Eze 20:3, 31

gS Isa 9:17

hIsa 41:17; Hos 2:3

iMic 1:5

jS 1Ki 12:29

kS Am 5:5

lS Ps 46:2

mS Am 5:2

2 8:14 Hebrew the way

Amos 9

aPs 68:21

bJer 11:11

cS Job 7:9; S Eze 26:20

dJer 51:53

eOb 1:4

fAm 1:2

gPs 139:8–10

hPs 68:22

iIsa 27:1

jS Ge 49:17; S Job 11:20; Jer 16:16–17

kS Lev 26:33; S Eze 5:12

lS Jer 21:10

mJer 39:16; S Eze 15:7

nS Jer 44:11

oS Ps 46:2

pS Am 8:8

qJer 43:9

rPs 104:1–3, 5–6, 13; S Am 5:8

sS 2Ch 12:3; Isa 20:4; 43:3

1 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

2 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

tS Ge 10:14

uS Dt 2:23

vS 2Ki 16:9; S Isa 22:6; S Am 2:10

wS Jer 4:27

3 9:7 That is, people from the upper Nile region

4 9:7 That is, Crete

xS Jer 44:27

yLk 22:31

zIsa 30:28

aS Jer 31:36; S Da 9:7

bJer 49:37

cJer 5:12; S 23:17; S Eze 20:38; S Am 6:3

dS Isa 7:2

eS Ge 26:22

fPs 53:6; S Isa 49:8

gPs 80:12; S Eze 17:24; Mic 7:8, 11; Zec 12:7; 14:10

hS Nu 24:18

iIsa 43:7; Jer 25:29

jAc 15:16–17*

kJer 31:38; 33:14

5 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint so that the remnant of people / and all the nations that bear my name may seek me

lS Ru 2:3

mLev 26:5

nS Jdg 9:27

oS Joel 2:24

pS Joel 3:18

qS Jer 29:14

rS Jer 33:7

sS Isa 32:18; S 49:8; S 61:4

tS 2Ki 19:29

uS Isa 62:9; S Jer 30:18; S 31:28; Eze 28:25–26; S 34:13–14; S Am 5:11

vS Ex 15:17; S Isa 60:21

6 9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel

wS Jer 23:8

xS Joel 3:20

yS Isa 65:9; S Jer 3:18; Ob 1:17

zS Jer 18:9; S 24:6; S 32:15; S Eze 28:26; S 34:25–28; S 37:12, 25