Amos 5:9

5:9 He flashes ¹  destruction down upon the strong

so that destruction overwhelms ²  the fortified places.)

Amos 8:4

8:4 Listen to this, you who trample ³  the needy,

and do away with ⁴  the destitute in the land.

[5:9]  ¹ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew verb בָּלַג (balag, translated here “flashes”) is uncertain.

[5:9]  ² tn Heb “comes upon.” Many prefer to repoint the verb as Hiphil and translate, “he brings destruction upon the fortified places.”

[8:4]  ³ tn See the note on the word “trample” in 2:7.

[8:4]  ⁴ tn Or “put an end to”; or “exterminate.”