Questions tagged [amos]
Either the person or the book of the Old Testament minor prophet Amos.
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Does Acts 15:18 constitute the end of the Amos 9:11-12 quote, or the beginning of James' response to it?
Acts 15:13-21 ESV translation:
After they finished speaking, James replied, “Brothers, listen to
me. Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take
from them a people for his name. ...
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Why does it appear that God punishes Syria in Amos 1 for attacking Israel, even though he previously caused them to attack Israel?
See Amos 1:3-4
1 Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. 4 So I ...
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Does the Hebrew help decide which Tithe Amos referred to in translating it in the original? (Amos 4:4)
King James vs Revised Standard Amos 4:4 reads in the KJV: Come to Bethel and transgress; at Gilgal multiply your transgressions, and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three ...
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Does Amos 6:10 say that the tetragrammaton "is not" to be remembered, or that it "has not" been remembered? [duplicate]
Traditional translations say:
"Hush!" And he will say, "For the name of the LORD is not to be called
to remembrance."
Or does the Hebrew actually say:
"Hush!" And he ...
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In Amos 6:10, does the cremator tell the lone survivor to hush up and not mention the name of the LORD?
Does the cremator tell the survivor to hush up and not mention the name of the LORD, or does the survivor continue his response to the cremator's question, telling him that he is the lone survivor ...
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Understanding 1 Chr. 17:21 (2 Sam. 7:23) & Ams. 9:7, "What other nation have you redeemed?"
In David's prayer of thanks to God in 1 Chronicles 17:16-27 (2 Samuel 7:23), David asks, seemingly implying that no other nation has been redeemed by God:
And what one nation on the earth is like ...
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How did Old Testament prophets "earn their bread"?
For example in Amos 7:12 (NAB), it is written:
To Amos, Amaziah said: "Off with you, seer, flee to the land of Judah and there earn your bread by prophesying!"
How did Old Testament ...
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Does Amos 3:6 necessarily imply that Jehovah has done 'evil'?
Firstly, the biblehub interlinear translates Amos 3:6b as :
If there is a calamity in a city Yahweh not will have done (it)
This implies, to me, that Jehovah causes 'calamities' but the text does ...
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What is the "lattice" (heb: arubbah) described at Genesis 8:2 and is it connected to the "bands" (heb: aguddah) described at Amos 9:6?
Here are the definitions of the words aguddah and arubbah on Biblehub.
Arubbah literally means "lattice windows" (or windows in the lattice). It can be translated as "floodgates of the ...
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How does the kjv translate Amos 4:4?
KJV Amos 4 : 4
Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
באו בית אל ופשעו הגלגל הרבו לפשע והביאו ...
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The high places of Isaac, Amos 7:9
Elliot mentions the LXX here: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/amos/7-9.htm.
"The LXX. misunderstand the word, and render “altars of laughter,” in accordance with the etymological sense of the ...
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Isn't the day of the Lord good news?
Amos 5:18
Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! For what good is the day of the LORD to you? It will be darkness, and not light.
What's with the woe? Don't we all desire the second coming of ...
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Amos 7:1 Septuagint
Why does only the Septuagint mention a swarm of locusts coming from the east? and, the one caterpillar, king Gog?
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Does Mark 14:51 allude to Amos 2:16?
Amos 2:16
Even the bravest warriors will flee naked on that day," declares the LORD.
Mark 14:51
A young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus. When they seized him, ...
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What exactly is ‘Israel’ in Amos 5?
Amos 5
1Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
2“Fallen is Virgin Israel,
never to rise again.
She lies abandoned on her land,
with no one to raise her up.”
What ...
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