Amos 5:22

5:22 Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings, ¹  I will not be satisfied;

I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves. ² 

Amos 9:4

9:4 Even when their enemies drive them into captivity, ³ 

from there ⁴  I will command the sword to kill them.

I will not let them out of my sight;

they will experience disaster, not prosperity.” ⁵ 

[5:22]  ¹ tn Heb “burnt offerings and your grain offerings.”

[5:22]  ² tn Heb “Peace offering[s], your fattened calves, I will not look at.”

[9:4]  ³ tn Heb “Even if they go into captivity before their enemies.”

[9:4]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps simply, “there,” if the מ (mem) prefixed to the adverb is dittographic (note the preceding word ends in mem).

[9:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will set my eye on them for disaster, not good.”