Amos 1:4

1:4 So I will set Hazael’s house ¹  on fire;

fire ²  will consume Ben Hadad’s ³  fortresses.

Amos 1:15

1:15 Ammon’s ⁴  king will be deported; ⁵ 

he and his officials ⁶  will be carried off ⁷  together.”

The Lord has spoken!

Amos 2:3

2:3 I will remove ⁸  Moab’s leader; ⁹ 

I will kill all Moab’s ¹⁰  officials ¹¹  with him.”

The Lord has spoken!

Amos 6:9

6:9 If ten men are left in one house, they too will die.

Amos 8:1

More Visions and Messages of Judgment

8:1 The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw ¹²  a basket of summer fruit. ¹³ 

[1:4]  ¹ tn “Hazael’s house” (“the house of Hazael”) refers to the dynasty of Hazael.

[1:4]  sn Hazael took the throne of Aram in 843 b.c. and established a royal dynasty. See 2 Kgs 8:7-15 and W. Pitard, Ancient Damascus, 145-60.

[1:4]  ² tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:4]  ³ sn Ben-hadad may refer to Hazael’s son and successor (2 Kgs 13:3, 24) or to an earlier king (see 1 Kgs 20), perhaps the ruler whom Hazael assassinated when he assumed power.

[1:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “their”; the referent (Ammon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “will go into exile.”

[1:15]  ⁶ tn Or “princes” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NLT); TEV “officers”; CEV “leaders.”

[1:15]  ⁷ tn The words “will be carried off” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[2:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “cut off” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NAB “root out”; NCV “bring to an end.”

[2:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “the leader [traditionally, “judge”] from her midst.”

[2:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “her”; the referent (Moab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:3]  ¹¹ tn Or “princes” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NLT); TEV, CEV “leaders.”

[8:1]  ¹² tn Heb “behold” or “look.”

[8:1]  ¹³ sn The basket of summer fruit (also in the following verse) probably refers to figs from the summer crop, which ripens in August-September. See O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 115.