Discovery BoxAmos 2:16 
Context2:16 Bravehearted 1 warriors will run away naked in that day.”
The Lord is speaking!
Amos 5:9
Context5:9 He flashes 2 destruction down upon the strong
so that destruction overwhelms 3 the fortified places.)
Amos 7:6
Context7:6 The Lord decided not to do this. 4 The sovereign Lord said, “This will not happen either.”
1 tn Or “the most stouthearted” (NAB); NRSV “those who are stout of heart.”
2 tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew verb בָּלַג (balag, translated here “flashes”) is uncertain.
3 tn Heb “comes upon.” Many prefer to repoint the verb as Hiphil and translate, “he brings destruction upon the fortified places.”
4 tn Or “changed his mind about this.”
