Discovery BoxAmos 2:14 
Context2:14 Fast runners will find no place to hide; 1
strong men will have no strength left; 2
warriors will not be able to save their lives.
Amos 3:2
Context3:2 “I have chosen 3 you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”
Amos 9:15
Context9:15 I will plant them on their land
and they will never again be uprooted from the 4 land I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.
1 tn Heb “and a place of refuge will perish from the swift.”
2 tn Heb “the strong will not increase his strength.”
3 tn Heb “You only have I known.” The Hebrew verb יָדַע (yada’) is used here in its covenantal sense of “recognize in a special way.”
4 tn Heb “their.” The pronoun was replaced by the English definite article in the translation for stylistic reasons.
