Amos 3
1 to hear: hear [obj] [the] word [the] this which to speak: speak LORD upon you son: descendant/people Israel upon all [the] family which to ascend: establish from land: country/planet Egypt to/for to say
People of Israel, listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you—all of you, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt.
2 except [obj] you to know from all family [the] land: planet upon so to reckon: punish upon you [obj] all iniquity: crime your
I chose a special relationship with you alone out of all the families of the earth, and so I will punish you for your wrongdoing.
3 to go: walk two together lest if: surely no to appoint
Can two people walk together unless they have arranged to meet?
4 to roar lion in/on/with wood and prey nothing to/for him to give: cry out lion voice his from habitation his lest if: until to capture
Does a lion roar in the forest before finding its prey? Does a young lion growl from its den if it has caught nothing?
5 to fall: fall bird upon snare [the] land: country/planet and snare nothing to/for her to ascend: rise snare from [the] land: soil and to capture not to capture
Does a bird fall into a trap and get caught unless the spring is set? Does a trap spring shut if there's nothing there to catch?
6 if: surely yes to blow trumpet in/on/with city and people not to tremble if: until to be distress: harm in/on/with city and LORD not to make: do
When the trumpet sounds in the city, shouldn't the people be alarmed? When a disaster comes to a city, isn't it the Lord who does it?
7 for not to make: do Lord YHWH/God word: thing that if: except if: except to reveal: reveal counsel his to(wards) servant/slave his [the] prophet
For the Lord God does nothing without revealing his intentions to his servants the prophets.
8 lion to roar who? not to fear Lord YHWH/God to speak: speak who? not to prophesy
The lion has roared—so who isn't scared? The Lord God has spoken—so who can refuse to speak for him?
9 to hear: proclaim upon citadel: fortress in/on/with Ashdod and upon citadel: fortress in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt and to say to gather upon mountain: mount Samaria and to see: see tumult many in/on/with midst her and oppression in/on/with entrails: among her
Announce this to the fortresses of Ashdod and to the fortresses in the land of Egypt: Assemble yourselves on Samaria's mountains and see all the turmoil and oppression happening in the country.
10 and not to know to make: do upright utterance LORD [the] to store violence and violence in/on/with citadel: fortress their
They don't know how to do what is right, declares the Lord. They have stored up in their fortresses what they've taken by violence and robbery.
11 to/for so thus to say Lord YHWH/God enemy and around [the] land: country/planet and to go down from you strength your and to plunder citadel: fortress your
As a result, says the Lord, an enemy will surround you, break down your strongholds, and plunder your fortresses.
12 thus to say LORD like/as as which to rescue [the] to pasture from lip [the] lion two leg or piece ear so to rescue son: descendant/people Israel [the] to dwell in/on/with Samaria in/on/with side bed and in/on/with silk bed
This is what the Lord says: Just as a shepherd tries to rescue a sheep from a lion's mouth, but only saves a couple of legs or a piece of an ear, so it will be for the people of Israel living in Samaria—all that will be “saved” will be the corner of a couch and a piece of a leg from a bed.
13 to hear: hear and to testify in/on/with house: household Jacob utterance Lord YHWH/God God [the] army
Listen! Warn the house of Jacob, declares the Lord God of power.
14 for in/on/with day to reckon: punish I transgression Israel upon him and to reckon: punish upon altar Bethel Bethel and to cut down/off horn [the] altar and to fall: fall to/for land: soil
For on that day I will punish Israel for their sins. I will destroy the altars of Bethel: the corners of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.
15 and to smite house: home [the] autumn upon house: home [the] summer and to perish house: home [the] tooth: ivory and to snatch house: home many utterance LORD
I will tear down their winter houses and their summer houses as well, their houses filled with ivory will be ruined—their many houses will be destroyed.
