Amos 3:2

3:2 “I have chosen ¹  you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”

Amos 3:6

3:6 If an alarm sounds ²  in a city, do people not fear? ³ 

If disaster overtakes a ⁴  city, is the Lord not responsible? ⁵ 

[3:2]  ¹ tn Heb “You only have I known.” The Hebrew verb יָדַע (yada’) is used here in its covenantal sense of “recognize in a special way.”

[3:6]  ² tn Heb “If the ram’s horn is blown.”

[3:6]  ³ tn Or “tremble” (NASB, NIV, NCV); or “shake.”

[3:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “is in”; NIV, NCV, NLT “comes to.”

[3:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “has the Lord not acted?”