Amos 2:2
ContextNETBible | So I will set Moab on fire, 1 and it will consume Kerioth’s 2 fortresses. Moab will perish 3 in the heat of battle 4 amid war cries and the blaring 5 of the ram’s horn. 6 |
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NET © Notes |
1 sn The destruction of Moab by fire is an example of a judgment in kind – as the Moabites committed the crime of “burning,” so the 2 sn Kerioth was an important Moabite city. See Jer 48:24, 41. 3 tn Or “die” (KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV); NAB “shall meet death.” 4 tn Or “in the tumult.” This word refers to the harsh confusion of sounds that characterized an ancient battle – a mixture of war cries, shouts, shrieks of pain, clashes of weapons, etc. 5 tn Heb “sound” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV). 6 sn The ram’s horn (used as a trumpet) was blown to signal the approaching battle. |