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 8:12
Context8:12 People 5 will stagger from sea to sea, 6
and from the north around to the east.
They will wander about looking for a revelation from 7 the Lord,
but they will not find any. 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 Heb “they”; the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn That is, from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Dead Sea in the east – that is, across the whole land.
7 tn Heb “looking for the word of.”
8 tn It is not clear whether the speaker in this verse is the
