Amos 1:1
Konteks1:1 The following is a record of what Amos prophesied. 1 He 2 was one of the herdsmen from Tekoa. These prophecies about Israel were revealed to him 3 during the time of 4 King Uzziah of Judah and 5 King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake. 6
Amos 5:8
Konteks5:8 (But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion;
he can turn the darkness into morning
and daylight 7 into night.
He summons the water of the seas
and pours it out on the earth’s surface.
The Lord is his name!
[1:1] 1 tn Heb “The words of Amos.” Among the prophetic books this opening phrase finds a parallel only at Jer 1:1 but is not that uncommon in other genres (note, e.g., Prov 30:1; 31:1; Eccl 1:1; Neh 1:1).
[1:1] 2 tn Heb “who.” Here a new sentence has been started in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[1:1] 3 tn Heb “which he saw concerning Israel.”
[1:1] 4 tn Heb “in the days of.”
[1:1] 5 tn The Hebrew text repeats, “and in the days of.” This phrase has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[1:1] 6 sn This refers to a well-known earthquake that occurred during the first half of the 8th century