Discovery BoxAmos 3:6 
Context3:6 If an alarm sounds 1 in a city, do people not fear? 2
If disaster overtakes a 3 city, is the Lord not responsible? 4
Amos 4:6
Context4:6 “But surely I gave 5 you no food to eat in any of your cities;
you lacked food everywhere you live. 6
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking!
Amos 5:2
Context5:2 “The virgin 7 Israel has fallen down and will not get up again.
She is abandoned on her own land
with no one to help her get up.” 8
1 tn Heb “If the ram’s horn is blown.”
2 tn Or “tremble” (NASB, NIV, NCV); or “shake.”
3 tn Heb “is in”; NIV, NCV, NLT “comes to.”
4 tn Heb “has the
5 tn The Hebrew construction is emphatic (pronoun + verb). It underscores the stark contrast between the judgments that the Lord had been sending with the God of blessing Israel was celebrating in its worship (4:4-5).
6 tn Heb “But I gave to you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of food in all your places.” The phrase “cleanness of teeth” is a vivid way of picturing the famine Israel experienced.
7 tn Or “young lady.” The term “Israel” is an appositional genitive.
8 tn Or “with no one to lift her up.”
