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THE STEUCTURE OF THE TEXT OF THE

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THE STRUCTURE OF THE TEXT OF THE BOOK OF AMOS

BY

WILLIAM RAIXKV HARPEB

PROFESSOR AND IIF.AI' UK Till DEPARTMENT IT Till. M MI 111
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A\ effort lias been made in the paper that follows to present the text of Amos
with Bpecial reference to i
1 i its strophie structure; i 2 i the separation <>f later addi-
tions; (8) such modifications of the text as a conservative criticism would approve.
The justification of the modifications here presented and of the divisions sugg
is furnished in the author's Amos and Hosea ("Internationa] Critical Commentary,"
1904 |, where will !» found also a presentation of the views of others upon the logical
or Btrophic structure. The general scheme of Amos, as given here, was first presented
in The Biblical World, Vol. XI 1 i
L898), pp. 86 S9, 179 182, 251 25fl 138.
In those cases of verbal modification which are supported by other students of
the text the principal authorities have been cited.
Tin- translation is intended to follow closely the Hebrew idiom, and. inasmuch as
it was important to have it correspond line for line, the idiom is sometimes, perhaps,
more Hebraic than Engl i ah.
The original text of the prophecy is printed in large type, explanatory glosses
and other later additions being iii small type on the margin. The place of the gloss
in the Massoretic text is indicated by a star (*), except (o) where the gloss is an
entire clause, or verse, and therefore receives a verse number as in the main text, and
(6) within later additions where the glosses are inclosed in parentheses. Square
brackets are employed to indicate words or phrases supposed to have been lost from

the Massoretic text.

The following abbreviations are employed: ^RiT The Massoretic text <8 = The
Septuagint version. 17 = The Vulgate, (g = The Targum. §> The Peahitto.
 THE STRUCTURE OF THE TEXT OF THE ROOK
OF AMOS
William Raiset Harper

SI. THE SUPERSCRIPTION. 1:1

rnmrx* cnw nm
ics nprna (trnpn
"m bjnifby nm
^an Tmvfm mr?
ibis nrrp nyam
onb dtob banc 1

:rr-in

§2. THE TEXT, OR MOTTO, OF THE BOOK, 1

niaim)
mot prra hit
•b-p -r- Diwnwi

:b-c-;r, rx~ ra^n

j.i. APPROACHING JUDGMENTS I' PON THE SURROUNDING NATIONS. 1:3 2:5
A. Jl'DQMENT UPON SYRIA. 1:8-5

JTBT ^K US 1:1 '

ptDQl 7W| n./. '•

>.- IS S- Hr3 S /»'

/i _> i _ iu own "

i ii

:—-"z HOST* litem

poon ma tnawi

i
fttTffiaa
1
'i'
awT "r rom in

mm —dk< *-"p c-s-cr lbai

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OF A.Mos
William Rainey Harper

g 1. THE SUPERSCRIPTION, 1:1

Tha word- "f Amos (who had
beet> unong tha ihaphwda I

of Trktwi which f

ermine I-ruel in the du> -

of I'zzinh. kin* "f Judab,

and in tin- dajl "f J.-r>»-
bonm. KM Of .Jon-h, king
of I-r;o-l. two y»'ur- before
ili" Mrthqaake,

§2. TIIK TEXT, oK MOTTO, OF THE BOOK, 1:2

i And ha
\ Bhwvfa r.-;ir- from Zion.
And Bitten hi- roiofl from
.I.rn-.il'-in.

And 1 1 »
«
* paatana of th''

shepherds rnourn.
Ami the top of Carmel
wither-.

g& APPROACHING JUDGMENTS UPON THE SURROUNDING NATIONS. 1:8 2:5

A. JUDGMENT UPON SYRIA. I:S-S

i i:.i Thus has Yahweb snid:

For three transgressions of Damascus,
V.a. for four, I will not revoke it;

Because they have threshed with threshing instru-

ments of iron
(iilead.

II i And I will send it tire in the house <>f Hazael,

And it -hall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad
5 And 1 will break the Imrs of Damascus.

in And 1 will cut off the inhabitant from the valley of

Aven,
And the scepter-holder from Beth-Eden;
And the |>eople of Aram shall go into captivity to

Kir.* * Ha- Yahwrh said

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H. JUDGMENT UPON PHIIJSTIV. 1:6-8

mrr -ux re «
— ... MMP _...-..._-..

By»K xb -rz-s-*;;-
mabir mba tjrnbarrbj
!DT»b TWlb

i iiy nu' iT D vm wibtfi ' a

;pnran« nbawi
rnparbj t Ttamm «*

pbprow tav "patm

trawbB mwr tori »<*

: mm vw nrx «

C. JUIXiMENT UPON TYRE, 1:9,10

mm tcs ro » i

ia*»BW xb rwrmrtsn
nr'-r mba Droorrbv
mnxb
:dtw mna niDT xbi

"TYBTirn rx T.nbn 10 n
ns
mmatra* ntosn

D. .JUDGMENT UPON EDOM, 1:11,12

mm nrx ro ui
tmu tce r,cbc~br
-:a-rx xb r,72-x"';yi
vnx anna lEnn-by
cniann rnoi)
-tx -rb -i— ;

cms mi imaan)
r."r: ex -rnbr- u a
:nnxa rrcisns nbrxi

i
f&€ jHUHUi «» »boTo a. }'. OuunB (on P Hxbm bi IttUtekrjft ftr m<—nw>n/ttin>« naotapte, v.ii,

lOH: V i
fiRW.r/. Wki.i.m u «i:v lilTIII Dllivt.ll. F.LIIOBBT, \I.1V pp. 11-11).
Inot and ii'UKa, ifloi), Oiirt (JCmandatto
Ufl
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H. JllMiMKNT UPON IMIIU-II \. 1:6-8

a Tims bas Fahweb said

For three transgressions of Q-aza,
Via. for four, I will not revoke it;

Because they carried into complete captivity,

To deliver them ap to Edom.

; Anil I will send a Eire in tin- wall of (ia/.a.

And it shall devout bei palaces;
8c And I will turn my band against ESkron;

in >>,' And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,

And tin- sci'iitcr-holdcr from Askelon,
*.. And the remnant of tin- Philistines shall perish.* •Tli» Lord Yahw.-li bai -aid.

I 11 DGHXNT UPON TYHK. 1:9.10

I I I l.ii- I, || Y.ihu..)i -aid:

K..r three IrnmimiliMii ( •

Tyr...
fur fi.ur, I will not
revok.- it

Bi oanae thej Buried Into

oomplete captivity to
K* 1 • T 1 1 .

And <li<l uui remember the

brotberlj ooreajuit.

II 10 \n.l I will lend a Hr.. in

the wall ..f Tyr.-.
And it -dull dSTOOI Imt
I'.il.u-.--.

/'. JllMiMKNT UPON EDOM, 1:11. r.'

I IIThu. hu Yahw.li
Portbree trenmiwloiii <>f

Bdom,
>
f..r f.mr. I will n..t
r. -vi.li.- it ;

Becnu-.- pursued In-

It.-

l.r,.|li.-r with the nrord,

(And daaliuiad hli oom-
passii.n)
Ami eheriahed hi- eager
perpetually,
(And kept hi- aiik-.-r

forever).

II 13 And I will x>nd a Are in

T'-man,
And it -hall devour th.-
palnc.-- ..f ll.-zrah.

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 The Structure of the Text of the Book of Amos

B. JUDGMENT UPON AMMON. 1:13-15

13 I

i:"rx xb nsa"»"byi

:nbiz"nx aim pab

r nvraaina rx ttsm « n
rmrfiH"* ffysm
:ncic era nrcn* •rranba surmaon
nVoa aha -bm « m

sttst "-x
/•'. JUDGMENT UPON MOAB, 2:1-3

mrr -ma na -•:

> •

ansa xb -n-s-'"-
tarnsr-jVo mass una br
zs"-","x-= roan •'"•ib

2S"-2 -S "n~b"^* -"' "

nr-pn rtTS nb:x-
"orno Vipa rurma 2./

roipa Mitt trail 3 III

lap :rns mrarta'i

mrr una
O. JUDGMENT UPON JUDAH, 2:4, S

mrr "vox re i

TBT TCE nrbc~by

oarou xb roxwr^n
mrrrB H ccx'a-by
mm
hob xb vpm
srrars DOTPU
":'-- -rx
crrax
( : crmnx
rrrrrz ex rn'::- I D
i uVbhhp mrarM nb;x-

»#SB T'ljjb : 'or ttboro roadiuit seo my "Ama ami II.. ...i
" i /ufc-. ii.i/i.m.if (Vifn-.il <\>nimcnfar> I

i:;i
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t. JUDGMENT I T<>\ AMMON. 1:11

Tims 1ms Ynli wdi said:

For three transgressions of the children of A ion,

Yea. for four, I will nol revoke it;

Because they have ripped up the women with child

of Gilead,
That they might enlarge their border.

But I will kindle a tire in the wall of Rahbah,

And devour her palao -.
it shall
' Wnii itora tha day
With shouting in the day of battle,* Uim|»'-t.
11 to ..f

HI And their king shall go into exile,

1 [e and his princes together;
Yah weh has said.

/ . JUDGMENT I ro\ UOAB,

Thus has Yahweh said:

Por three transgressions of Moab,
Yea, for four, I will not revoke it;

Because they bnrned the bones of the king of Edom,

In order to desecrate the dead on acconnl of violence
done to Moab,

:<-. b But I will send a lire in Moab,

And it shall devour the palaces of Ceryyoth,

With shouting, with the Bound of trumpet.

III And will cut off the judge from the midst of her.
I

And all her princes will slay along with him; 1

Yahweh has said.

G. JUDGMENT IPOS' JIUVIL 2:4, ",

I 2:4 Thai tuu Ynliw.h said:

Fur tlir.'.. traaaffnaaloaa of
Jodah,
! fur four, I will not
rovnki' it
Becau-.' thai Ii 1 1 • n.jrot.^i
tli<- law nf Yaliw.-li.
An. I haro iml uh~.-rv.'.l ln^
rtatataa.
Ithfir 11m have . I

than t.» i>rr.

Afi.r which tli.'ir father
walked.)
II ! lint I will send a fire in
Judah,
And shall devour the
it
palaces of Jerusalem.

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£4- JUDGMENT AGAINST THE NATION [SBAEL, 2:6 LB

A. THE INJUSTICE AND OPPRESSION IN ISKVEL. J:6-«

:s re - «

"--ix xb -~"s-br

striw -zrz fra*n

>

IMF trams -,—

itr m» -pTi

':•!•— cr-rx *;';-

-r:b

«. THE EFFORTS MADE HY YAHWEH TO BUILD UP [SBABL, 2:9-12

trhsn -::*o
trnxo y-s :
-
cms *.b>

rM =tz~s -2t:z c:rs -b" s "

:—;s~ V"wrw rranb [ran cra-uo]

inhna —i—;i brar ma tbwi

D"iT:b BBTinaffi rrx":b zr:n trptfl u« m

:---"Ds: b&vw "z nKTTM ran "«.

•'#'T Bacb, 'fff t:™: m abo?*, II...,«vsn. /.. ,i.. i,,,n fir
umini.,
Z-EXrn; as

\,,l.
ubovo 6, », r. and
Nowaok, Tmkkkv
W. ,., 151 . ii. A.
i./.

Smith,
.in -wii
iumI
«( He alttmtamtnUietu FOTMnnfta/t, Vol. n pp. • B.
(M/rrtucAunprn X. Huck Amu4, 1W0I). Tl, w.r.l- u* bond in 8.

l.ii;
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Willi am Rairby Habpbb 1

S4. JUDGMENT AGAINST THE NATION ISRAEL, 2:6 L6

.1 THE INJUSTICE \NH OI'I'IiKSSION IN ISKAI

I I Tims has Yahweh saicl :

For t h r< -c transgressions of [srael,

Fea, for four, I will not revoke it:

Because they Bell » h«- righteous for money,

And the needy fur a pair of shoes.

ii « Ami because garments taken in pledge they spread

nut
Beside every altar.

And the wine of such ns have been fined they drink.

In tin- houses of their jjods.

in i Who crush the head of the poor,* •*> u» dut of the earth.
And the waj of the humble they turn aside,
And a man and his judge deal according to
agreement,
And so profane my holy name.

B. T1IK EFFORTS HADE HV YWIWKll TO BUTLD DP QBABL, 2:9-U

i .':io And yet it was I who brought you up from the land
of Egypt,
And led you in the wilderness fortv years,
[And brought you hither] to possess the land of
the Amorite.

ii And it was I who destroyed from before them the

Amorite,
Whose height was like that of th< dars. and he
was Btrong as the oaks;

Bui I destroyed his fruit from above and his ro,.ts

from beneath.

in Ua Moreover raised up some of your sons for prophets,

I

and some of your youths for nazirit. -;

12 But ye made the na/.irites drink wine, and upon
the prophets ye laid prohibition.* ' a*. "Te thai] not proph-
ii'. Is not this indeed so. () children of [srael? It is

the orade of Yahweh.

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12 The Structure of the Text of the Book of Amos

C. THE UPENDING CALAMITY. 2:18-16

"K PCPI [fib] 2:13

~,jW\ ""7* i — S-
I
I
-- I i- I IS. -I l

bpa DTBH ~XT ii n

ins "":x--Kb pim
STOW crr-sb -12:1
nar-sb roup?! wem usa

"abB"xb vb:n bpi at m

tTT'naa lib y:i<i i6c
-
HDB3 ab'r xb
;

nrri u<

§5. THE ROAR OF THE LION; DESTRUCTION IS COMING, 3:1-8

bs-rcp to* *Drb? fTST "amiDS nTmnTlTM VOV s:

nonRPi wr
******** mnBWB'baa c:nx p- 2 n

iffinwbs ns ttrbj -pis p-bs

:ti;i:-ds -nbz nrr err iDb-r; s

ib "pn cptn ~rz ms Mwm < m

Db"OS -r.bz VWffl ibip -pes p\YI
nb --s »piai ywn ""br l

-i£^ birr;
i-rob* sb robi pramTTo po-nbsm

ASF ns alxivp, O, *. f. }'. IIitzio, (iraetz.

^;5"1J1^
;
-/HP ng : as above, C an. I Peri.kh. Mnnlckten zur
(tOU \< k. Driver. Ki.iiokht, Ooht, Obtti.i. IIiksc R,ataX. TcjrtKntik dm Altrn TatamenU, 1895.

'inr 3"l"l7; UnrituwriwiUnniin iiwimrt Soma, p.m.

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a TIIK UPENDING CALAMITY, 2:18-16

i -is Therefore, behold, it is I

Who will make yon groan in your places,

.Inst as the flireshing-wagon makes groan
(The floor) filled with Bheaves.

ii 11 Then shall refuge fail the swift,

And the Btrong shall aol strengthen bis force,
And the warrior shall not deliver himself,
Ua And he that handles the bow shall aol stand.

111 1st And the swift of foot shall n..t rescue himself,

i6 And the stontesl of heart among the warriors;

18 And the skilled shall Dol deliver himself.

ua And he that rideth a horse shall flee away in that
jljj.. * "Ii i> th.' oracle of Yaliw.li.

§5. THE BOAB OF THE LION; DESTRUCTION IS COMING, .5:1-8

l s: i Hear this word which Yahweh has Bpoken against

y,,,, * *0 children of Israel,

Against the whole family that 1 1 >rought up from

the land of Egypt saying,
.

ii Vmi only have I known of all the families of the

earth,
[But you have forsaken and rejected Yahweh. your
Sod;]
Therefore will 1 visit upon yon all your iniquities;
s Can two walk together if they be not agreed?

m 4 Does a lionmar in the foresl when there is no prey

for him?
Does a young lion utter his voice from his den
unless he has taken something?
Does a bird fall upon the ground if there is no
hunter?
Does a snare fly up from the ground without
catching anything?

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mr-sb en -rz -z'- rpn-cs a n

:-•-?-&- mm tjs nn rmm»
:D-s-i:r; nays* mo ~b; cs-d

§6. THE DOOM OF SAMARIA, 3:9-4:3

y^si rnunirta Trrosa mwwbj lmrafi * • i

mnpa enprnn* *nrnr rom rarra urn -rTr-"---':r lawm

mrr ex: nrr: row* trr-sbi u
-
iDrrrvno-wa mm c:
-
trmtan

l N i —— w X li Hi - CN _N U ,-" I
"
:-t"-;-s 1T3J1 -Tr man Tflpn
-
ypfl n" b" r~r- Lva TPSfTl 15

- * *°"-^ °' n - tbci "nDmra rnsn

iiui' ukj

-:
rows, trawn bmar-'aa lbxr

»JBC '"in: as aboTo, O, 5. S>r.>.li<-xaplar, Ooet I'iHC 2^0^ : as abov. S, ud BTBH1 I, (h HIM,
(TheoUviM-h TijiUrhri/l, VoL XIV. p, 19), «l.l l.llil M s. LU KM.NOWACK, DMVJUi
'
Si n.. h \V. I I Mill -l s .< .
i; LI I / \

NOH u K. (1. A. Smith. I k. blOBST, <)> n i. BAVMAiai LOiiu. BLBOUT, II ii.-.. h i .

Oil i i.i. Makti.
|
/•,. u,r> • ud M umi i
Kurzer
ll'lifl-l'omttuntilr

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IV Cum n trumpet be Bounded in a city and the

I
|'li' not tremble '.

('an evil happen in a city and Yahweh imt have

caused it F

Hut the Lord Yahweh doea aothiiig,

pt he reveal his purpose to his servants the
prophets.

Thr linn has roared ; who is there that does not fear?
Tin' Lord Yahweh has spoken; who is it that
cannot prophesy?

§6. THE DOOM OF SAMABIA, 8:9 1:8

I .1: Proclaim over the palaces in Ashdod, and over the

palaces in the land of Kgypt:*
Gath.r ye apon the mountain of Samaria, and see
the manifold tumults therein;* •and the opprwlum within
in And how they know not to do good, it is the oracle her,

of Yahweh,
These who treasure violence and oppression in
their palaces.

II II Therefore, thus has the Lord Yahweh said: An

adversary shall snrronnd the land.
And he shall strip from thee thy strength, anil thy
palaces shall he plundered;
And I will smite the winter house together with
the summer house,
And the houses of ivory shall perish, yea many
houses shall cease.* "It i ~ th" oraele "f Yahweh.

III 12 Thus has Yahweh said: As the shepherd rescues.

From the mouth of the lion, two legs or a pice of
an ear.
So the children of Israel shall be rescued, they
who dwell in Samaria
In the corner of a couch, in the damask of a divan.

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nw nma una*
urmasn *rt*) . .

bar— rmsra b- tripBi

:y-xb •;&:: rnnsn rwp iron

fnaa ma [taw] ~wK

tnra* wcetct o-bn mp--~~
smriTEOi nsran c--:-xb r—o«n

Wipa ntT *:~s rir: « vi

orbr c-xz tnr ran "

rovrrrrroa "n-nxi tvosa orr.s woyi
-;:"-^—
nrmsBt rrosrnw* t : i "-.-rbrm
v - t
*n:s^r trsPBl
' : : :
I

§7. ISRAEL'S FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND THE DIVINE JUDGMENTS, 4:4-13

WSffl bxr— -si «: 4 1

DDTDT -p-b warn

rmn yona ^cpi 5

trawn maia unpi

bx-r— :- DtQTW "":
jmrr "-x ex:

DOi -nr: -:x cyi

_
« m
OSHrbaa ="-r frpp
ttmuipu 'VaQ onft xrn
:rwn»o "tj cn-r-sb-

1
flS^ rttfU^^ni i M sboTK, C. 1'. «nd Hitzio.
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 William Bairbi II a kpeb 17

iv 1:1 Bear ye and testify against the house of Jacob,* MtiiUwoneiaoi

That in the da; when visit the transgressions of
I
*«kweh (God of b

el apon him.

Iwill inflict punishment apon the altars of Beth-el,

Ami the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall

to the ground.

v I: 1 Hi-iir this word, ye kirn- of Bashan.

Who [dwell] in thf mountain of Samaria,
Who injure the poor, and <.'rush the needy,
Who say to their husbands, brin^ that we may
drink.

vi I The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness:

Behold days are coming upon you,
And ye shall lie taken with hooks, even the last of
\"ii with fish-hooks,
8 Ami through breaches &ve
SO
'
shall forth.* and ,eaeh *»»>«"» straight before
her,
ye shall be east toward Harmon.* 'it lithe oracle of Yahweh.

[SRAEL'S FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND THE DIVINE JUDGMENTS, II 13

I i: i li<> ye to Bethel and transgress,

In Gilgal increase transgression,
Ami bring every morning your sacrifices,
Every third day your tithes.

n .-, And burn of leavened bread a thank-offering,

And proclaim tree-will offerings, make them
known.
For so ye love to do, < » children of Israel:
It is the oracle of the Lord Yahweh.

in s I also it was who gave to you

Cleanness of teeth in all your cities.

And lack of bread in all your places,

Hut ye did not return unto me; it is the oracle of
Yahweh.

II ;
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18 Tin: Stbuotubb of the Text of the Book of Amos

onunn rrobu -rea* •DTDMTtW D3H TCP3H ":S"C:i ?a iv

vspb nrs Ty-bcP "moaTf)
rcnar rnx npbn i "•l:'-s xb r~s Tybji
rnaiar x* -~x r.pbm "~~
W : r: - r m&P
":s ='-r c'5c DTflB
mrriMO dtqtdtiVi s^

ffna r-rcb nrw -py

war -1
b6i

CT:n b;x" DBTVTi zr:xm

trnrn B tt
•-; cnzr-xbi

trnsa"*pt3 "qi err *n~br w w

c;icio •ar cr« •nrmrn mra wti
liTfiP'DM TP tffOW"»Vl

c™^ "m,
* * * * * i
VII

Twrtsi c-c-nx n--bx wanoa

ifflt TTMB TS crrr-xb-

bmar -b"~~~ x PO "b i»« vm

r--r rosaxTibs pnrr «»«

D"Hn -urn n:n 13 u

rm K*Q1
vnrtvo a~xb -pjei
nE^y "nr raw

<\ A DIIMI. \\\iilN(IN(i rSBAEL'S DOMING DESTRUCTION, B:] 8,8,9

:bs-r- rra firp

PTST "3TH lUR'lB " »«

'•'ffE r"13 n n U lbor«, H'u.miuma. NOWAOK, vv. hi-. UK) Will 11 vi -l\. <ii:ui/, u
N.i" K. LOUR.
Hum
:

BAUHAm.'and Mahti. Hxaacm, Oktti.i. /..in. rtniMgm, v.. I. \i,

"
:

u JM.tBWQ1l ' '' , »'»-- C. ft, K. \«i 11 v. Sim |,|v "" Ml

111
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William K \ in i;\ H \ bpbb 1'.'

iv -.
,. I bIbo itwas who withheld from you the ruin.' *wblla yt thara
tlirt-i- tin nit hi In t Li- linrvi -I.

And I sent rain on one city,

While upon another city I -'-tit ool rain;* •1 /. Ona Bald bains r

apoa and another

,<. lint w did ii/>t return onto me; ii is the oracle of which wit- mil mined npOD,
urn it
Yah wet/ drying op;
thr-
(8a
Kceringnota
i. in- i* 1 1 > tn drink uitt.-r
\ n 1 smote you with blighl and decay, willniilt In-

I laid waste your gardens and vineyards;

V.mr fig-trees and olive-trees the locusl devoured;

lint ye did doI return onto me; it is th -acle ol

Vahweli.

vi to I -ent among yon the pestilence after the maimer

of Egypl
1 Blew \ m r i young men with the Bword;* •together with the oaptirftj
uf yinir boi
And I caused the stench of your camps t<' rise in

your nostrils;
Bui redid aol return onto me; it Lb the oracle of
Yahweh.

vii n I overthrew among you * * * * *

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah;

And ye were as a brand snatched from the Maze;
Hut ye did not return unto me; it is tin- oracle of
Vahweh.

vim ita Therefore thus will I do to thee, <

» Israel,

13« Yahweh. God uf hosts, is his name;

I26,< Because I will do this to thee.

Prepare to meet th\ God, <

» Israel.
in ii •/. Kor. In! ha forma the
monntaini and on
wnnl.
(In-

Ami be tetla man art

nil thought
Hi- makee dawn ilurk i

A lul tri'.-iil- npOO the height*

of the i-arth.

B8. A DIBGE ANNOUNCING ISRAEL'S COMING DESTBU< HON, 5:1-6,8,9

l Hear this word

Which I take ii|> againbi you,
Even a dirge, house of Israel '
»

s.i For thus has said the Lord Yahweh:

L4G
20 The Stricture of the Text of the[Book of Amos

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lit;
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ii 2 She shall fall nut to rise again,

Tin- virgin Israel ;

She shall be hurled down upon her own soil,

With aone to raise her up,

in at, The city thai goeth forth a thousand

lla\ inur I'ut a hundred Left

And she thai ^>.th forth a hundred of th«' house

of Israel
Having but ten left.

iv 4 For thus said Sahweh

To the house of Israel.
Seek me and live,
Hut to HriTshiha ye shall not cross over.

-i.i. i, And do not seek Bethel,

And Qilgal ye shall not enter.
:,.(.,• For Grilgal shall surely go into exile

And Bethel shall become |

Beth]-aven

VI 6 |
And now. ( > house of Israel I

Seek Yahweh and live,

on Joseph's house* •mill .li'vnr

Lest he cast tire it

And there be none to quench it for Bethel.

8/ ••• a whose nam'' i-

Yahw.h.
8 a-t The Creator of the
Plein<l'-~ .iii-l On. 'ii.
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t'li.-th.

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.
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bnr-t npon tlif Ftronff,

\n.l OUUeth il.-v.'i-t.iti..n t«»

apoo the ft
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8,9. TRANSGBESSOBS SHALL COME TO GRIEF, 5:7, 10 17

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tof ahow reading KM Amimnnil Hotca,
NowACf, Rlhomt, Ciiiim (/„.././..)''' EKoUoa, ool. p. 121.

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i ii i i i i

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§9. IBAN8GRi-:»"i;s shall t'o.MK t< » <.i;ilt, 5:7, n it

i
•,. 7 They who turn judgment to wormw 1.

Ami rust righteousness to the ground,

io Who hate him thai reproveth in the gate,
Ami one who Bpeaks uprightly they abhor,
ii Therefore, because ye trample upon the meek,
Ami take from him exactions of grain,
( 1 •<!-. - of hewn Btone ye haw built,

Bui ye shall not dwell in them,

Vineyards of delight ye have planted,
Bui ye shall nol drink their wine.

ii i'j Surely I know thai many are your transgressions,

And great are your sins;
Persecutors of the righteous, takers of bribes!
fea, the idy in the gate they thrust aside.
is Therefore, si the prudent man al such n time is

keeping Bilence,
It is Burely an evil time,
ii Sick g< iod and aol evil,

That y may live;

That so may lie Yahweh, God of hosts,

With you. as ye have said.

in us Hate evil and love good,

Ami establish justice in the gate;
Perhaps, Yahweh may be gracious,
Tin- God of hosts, to a remnant of Joseph,
i6 Therefore thus has Yahweh* said. *Gudur hosts

I will cause Bhouting in all squares tor mourning,

And in all Btreets they shall Bay, Woe! Woe!
And the husbandman shall summon to mourning:* • \,,a onto nmn« those

it Yea, in all vineyards there shall be mourning,

Ai "'"' : »«tattoo
When 1 pass through the midst of thee, hns
Yahweh said.

148
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Jl The Stblctlbe of the Text of the Book of Amos

g 10. THE DOOM OF CAPTIVITY, 5:18 6:14

A. A WOE UPON THOSE WHO PRAY FOR VAHWEH S DAT, 5:18-8J

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150
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g in. Tin: DOOM i'l' CAPTIVITY, :.:ls 6:14

i \ WOE UPOE THOSE WHO PBA1 FOB IAHWKH'8 DAY, I m-27

I I i- Alas tot those who I'm'' for tin- da\ of Viiliw.'h

"
;* 'What havo tc t., .1.. with
, . ,
, ,
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Yuhw.h-.l..y1
It is darkness, ami not light.
i» A~ when one flees bom a lion and a bear meets him,
Or k <»-s r
into the house, and leans \>\> hand upon
the wnll, and a serpent bites him.
:» Shall iu>t Vahw.'h's day be darkness and aol Light,

V.:i. deep darkness without any brightness in it?

n -.'i I hat.-. I despise your feasts,

And I will not smell in your fWtivnls.
i For although ye offer me your burnt-offerings and
meal-offerings I will not accept them.* •Ami the peAoaofferiiuBi "f
your (atlioci 1 will in, l r.
•j:t Take away from me the aoise of thy BOngB and the
mid.
melody of thy lyres;* ' 1 will not b

m And lei justice roll as waters,

And righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.

Ill j-, Was it onlj sacrifices and offerings ye broughl me

in the wilderness
During forty years, I > bouse of Israel;
28 Bui now ye
up the Bhrine of your kimr. lift

And the image* of your God which ye have made • \,nir Lmnges, t be ttel "f

for yourselves;

n And so I will cany you into exile beyond Damascus,

Has said Vahwch. God of hosts is his name.

K. A WOB DPON RECKLESS IHD IM'in KltKNT BAMARTA, 8:1 :

i f. i Alas for those who arc careless in /ion.

And reckless in the mount of Samaria.
Who specify themselves the chief of the nations,
And make a prey for themselves "f the house of
Israel, •>. r txCaluohnndaee.
An. I k'«< thenee to lLinmth
3 Who postpone the day of calamity, tin- crt'ut.

And cause the seat of violence to conic iieai'. tad k'<> down t.> Oath <-f the
Philistines.
\r,' >,' lvlt»>r than t h ese
Idiufdonuil
I four bolder greater than
WSJ tli.'ir IhinierT

l.-.l
^r, The Stbootubb of the Text of the Book of AMOS

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C. YAHWEHS OATH THAT IsinKl. SHU.' BE DESTROYED, 8:8 U

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Who lie mi ivory couches,

And Btretch themselves out upon their divans,
And '-at lambe oul of the flock,

Ami calves from the miilst of the Btall;

Who twitter to the Bonnd of the harp,
Like David they devise for themselves instruments
of SOng.

in Who drink from bowls of win.-.

And with the tirst of "ils they anoint themselvi B,

And do nol grieve for the breach of Joseph.

Therefore, now, they shall go into exile at the head
of the captii
And the shout of the banqueters shall cease;
•
It is the oracle <>f Tahweh, God of hosts.

MHWEH'S OATH rHAT I8BAEL SHALL BE DESTBOTSS

The Lord Vahwfh has Bworn by himself:

8c-* I abhor the glory of Jacob,
And his palaces I hate,
And I will deliver ap the city and its contents;
ii/...- And one shall smite the great house into fragments, '.'
And it aboil ooue t-
ifthan be left ten una in
And the small house into fissures. one house thai thai shall
ii.'. in And oae*i undo.

II 12 Do horses run upon crags? BTOO hi- huriirr. ^hall Ink.'

him ap to brini; out the
Does one- plough the sea with oxen? body from the hODOO. ftti.i

That ye have tamed Bbal] nj to t. in win. i. in

justice into poison
i

the inn.'rnio-t part- of tin-

And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood. lion-.'. I- than yt anyone

with th...-* And he -hall
13 Who rejoice is that which is not, a] :
n lad be -Lull
Who Have we not taken
say: for ourselves horns Hnshl one m.iy not
mention the name of Yah-
by our own Btrength F weh.— 11 For lot Y.ihw.'h
will command ....
in II n I
Yea. behold 1 am raising up against yon,
( > house of Israel, a nation ;

And they shall crush you.

From the entrance to Hamath
I'nto the stream of the Arabah:
m It is the oracle of Vahweli, (iod of hosts.

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28 The Structure op the Text of the Book of Amos

§11. THREE VISIONS OF DESTRUCTION. 7:1 9

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Sll. TIIKI'.i: VISIONS OF DKSTKl'CTION, 7:1 9

i 7: io-e Thus the Lord Sahweh Bhowed me,

Ami lu! |
Yahwch was forming locusts,
In the beginning of the coming up of the after-
growth ;
l .1And lol than wen full-

flown tocuftfl aft'T the

•j
And when they were making an end king's mowings.
( )f devouring the hero of the land.
Then I said. <> Lord Sahweh, forgive, I pray thee,
How can Jacob stand, for he is small
s Sahweh repented him concerning this,

It shall not be, said Yahwch.

li i Thus the Lord Yahwvh showed me,

And lo! he was calling to contend,
l'.\ tire, the Lord Yahwch.
And it devoured the great deep,
And had begun to devour the land:
And I said. <> Lord Yahwch. case. I pray thee.
How can Jacob stand, for he is small?
6 Yahwch repented him concerning this.

Neither shall this he. said* Yahwch. •tli.. Lord

in -.
Thus [the Lord] showed me,
And lo! the Lord was stationed
I '..side n* wall, with a plumb-lino in his hand. • plumb-
s' a knd Sahwah mid onto
8(. And the Lord said: Heboid lam Betting a plumb- ma, What .l..-t thou
amoal and I laid, i.lumb-
line.
liue.

In the midst of my people Israel.

I will not again pass by them any more.
9 And the high-places of Isaac shall be desolate.
And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid

waste
I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with
the sword.

l.V,
30 The Stbuotube of the Text of the Book ok Amos

§12. AN ACCUSATION AND A REPLY, 7:10 17

.1. THE ICCUSATION, 1:10 IS

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 W i i.i.i am Sainby Habpbb 81

gl2. AN ACCUSATION AND A REPLY, 7:10-11

.t. l mi: Ll CUBAl [ON, I

i 7:io And senl Ama/.iah. the pries! o£ Bethel,

To Jeroboam, the k n^- of [srael, i Baying:
Amos has conspired against thee
In the miilst of the boose "!' [srael;
The land is not able
To contain all his words.

ii ii For thus has Amos said:

Jeroboam shall die by the Bword,
And [srael shall suivlv go captive from bis land.

Ill 13 And Ama/.iah said onto Amos:

< • thou Beer! Go flee thee to the land of Judah;
And eal bread then', and prophesy there.
But at Bethel thou shalt do longer prophesj ;

For it is the king's Banctnary,

And it is the royal residence.

ft TIIK REPLY, 7:M 17

I 7:11 And Amos answered and said to Ama/.iah:

I am no prophet, nor am I a prophet's son;
But a shepherd am I. and a dresser of sycamores;
is And Yahweh took me from behind the Bheep,
And Yahweh said unto me:
Go. prophesy againsl my people, [srael.

ii u Now. therefore, hear the word of Yahweh:

Thou sayest, thou shalt not
prophesy againsl Israel.

Nor preach againsl the house of [saac —

in 17 Therefore thus has Yahweh said:
Thy wife shall lie a harlot in the city,
And thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the
sword;
And thy land shall be divided by line,
And thou shalt die upon an unclean soil;
Anil Israel shall surely go captive from his laud.

157
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32 The Stbucttbe of the Text of the Book of Amos

g 13. A FOURTH VISION OF DESTRUCTION-. WITH AN EXPLANATORY

DISCOURSE, 8:1-14.

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Z"XCn: as above, wn.i.im -i \. Wowack, »JW ;
Q; u ibore, Emnun, Oort. Wei.l-
1 ll l i l i, M \RTI. SAO»H», (dim. NOWAOK, Bt.lt—*, I.OIIK. Oiiiii,
"1HC nj{3 ; »s aboro, Oort, Wri i n u -i \. Oraetz. Marti.
Hi mi. Nowaox, Oh r i i.i. M miti. <•!&€ jpbtjn a* above, (>iirt. Qumraio,
: el <(.

ice
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§18. A POUKTB VISION or DKSTKI < Nov WITH AN KXI'LANATOBI

DIS001 |;sk. 8:1 II

I 8: 1 Tims tin- Lord Fahweb Bhowed me,

.'',
*********
Ami lo! a basket of summer fruit!

Ami Yahwi'li saiil to me,

la Lnd be
thou
it b.ik. i of
laid,

rammer
what dost

fruit.

The end lias come onto mj people Israel,

I will nut again pass them by.

II I Hear this, oh ye that trend upon the needy,

And are for making the poor of the earth to cease,
saying:
Winn will the new moon pass that we may sill grain,
And the Sabbath thai we may offer corn?
Diminishing the ephah and enlarging the shekel.
And perverting balances of deceit, 6 Baying the i»>"r fur tilrer,
And the ly f. -r a pair of
sbo.'-.
III 7 Vahwih hath sworn by the <jli>ry of Jacob: And thai ire may -.'II tin-
r-fii f the corn.
I will never forgel all their deeds.
( )n this aCCOUnl shall not the earth tremble,
And every inhabitant in her mourn?
And shall nut the whole of it rise like the Nil'-.

•And sink like the Nile of Egypt? •and heave

IV And it shall come t" pass in that day,* •it i- I In' uracil- nf the
Yaliw-li.
That 1 will cause the bud to set at noon,
And I will darken the earth in the clear day.

And the Binging-women of the palace Bhall wail,* • in thai day.

It is the oracle of the Lord Yahweh: A multitude

of carcasses!
In every plan- thej are cast.* iiu-h:

And I will turn your pilgrimages into mourning,

And all your Bongs into dirges,
And will bring sackcloth upon all loins,
I

And upon every head baldness,

And will make it like the mourning for an only son,
I

And the end of it like a hitter day.

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;54 The Strictlbe of the Text of the Book of Amos

trtta trur nan ua .— si an -nrb-rm u» vi

mr xr» =s:
n : K « s K bi arte arrs6
-. -v

:mrr "la^i-ns rrrb-zx '-a

on* ma wi >2

wtsw i uiii un fasui

snssff xbi mn — aTrw wpab

-:*;mn sinn era u vn

502 Sn . {•D'mnaiTi mbti rirean

mam rtaova uvwean »
p -pnbs ti rfflKi
rzr -az --n tn
step rr.p-sbi ibsai

g 14. A FIFTH VISION OF DESTRUCTION, WITH A PASSIONATE DESCRIPTION

OF THE RUIN, 9:1-86

nararbs ass Tam» tmn « <

tricn mam Tinen in ran

cba -zsrz crszi
yirw z--z anrw
c: nnb WRb
itrbs Bib err abi

bis<"xz rnrv ns « "

n-pn t traa
UBT
ff l lbr d«i
i urnrw DTO3
btnan ~k~z *isz"""cs"i »«.»

DT-pb- BBTM DOS

D^n rp-pz T5 T3W TWTWl »«.d m

lorrr -rr:r;-ns msa DW3

MJBC ^"QT ; » abc-re, 6. S, V, K, many Hebrew codices, and Drives., Mahti

lflO
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VI ii'.
...
And
Not a
I will send a famine
[amine for bread, nor
in the land,
a chirm tor water,
""
inw.
B»koWtb*d«j»ijr«<
it

UudTahwah.
i- tha oraola ei the

Hut fur bearing tin- word c.f Fahweh.

i- Ami they shall wander From Bea to -

And from tli*- north even to the rising of the sun
thej shall run In ami fro,
To seek the word of Yahweb, bnl they shall not
find it.

vil is In that dav there shall faint

The fairesl maidens ami the youths.* •fortunt
ii Who swear by Samaria's guilt,
And sa\ As liwth thy (iod, O Dan:
:

Ami: A- liwth the way of Beersheba;

And they shall fall and not rifle again.

§14. A FIFTH VISION OF DESTRUCTION, WITH A PASSIONATE DESCRIPTION

OF THE RUIN, 86 ;• : 1

i l I saw the Lord standing by the altar.

Ami he said: Smite the capitals, that the thresh-
olds may shake,
\ i a. break them off upon the head of all of
them (
?),
And tie- residue of them I will slay with the sword.
There shall not escape of them a fugitive,
And there shall not l>e delivered of them a refugee.

ii : If they dig through to Sheol,

Thence will my hand take them;
And if they climb up to heaven.
Thence will I bring them down:
So, l And if they conceal themselves at the top of Carmel,
Thence will I search them out and take them.

in Sc,d And if they hide from before mine eyes at the

bottom of the sea,
Theme will 1 command the serpent audit will bite
them :

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36 The Structure of the Text of the Book of Amus

nr;--i :t-ts »tce« Dtro

c--b" •'" "mown
i i— ID3 N- i - -

r-xasn mni vwi

vram t-si rr:r,
IV
PQ latBT '-2 nbaxn
"
nba x = nnbyi mrr ex: ;s-i- :;
, -,

tgnit) is 3 nrpr-
,,

„._„.. ..- - «- v^-^-p^ s «v n

s ..
-
r :
".—'-r ffnawa natin
r-i- fttrtJP -r-.-s-
=-n ""as inpn nam '

ii i robEoa "- ".-x tj rwi »«.»

T^sn :£"'" D30V*l rwisn "i bwa tins "rruwm
sum mrv
|>UB I sb " CEX 8 c

spy r^-rs TUBS

: rvrp-cx:

§15. A LATER VOICE OF PROMISE, 9:9 L6

m*B-"»33K PBTPO 9

= --;rrbaa VrOTPfl

maaa r*:* -rx:

:ynn *ms b's^xbi
-
-sun ':: WW
anna w

r.-.r'xb cnrsn
:nr-r. -;-- r
""-
z'-x mm
orra " "
nbesi ~"~ r::"rs
rrs-E rx trroi
trp» "rrrc-irn
:nbir wa rwaai

njw fTibra; Mafaora, Ooxx, Qomraao, Obak*, lettww. pp. 6» 1 Q«o H>aj> Bum, n..»»<k,
\\ m,iv Mi" i. NOWACE, Ki. ;-i. in i.i. i i « (* '"' • •
l '"'- :-i. Oi.iti.i. Marti.
Mm:h. I'lHT -; —
r~ ibow, Hamun /.

l-^SC SP3P ; a- lllx.v. \\ l i.i Anwi

11 u -i v «»>». Will. mi -in. I. mill. \. N'.ih M K, Ki.iiok-t. Uiinl.
Smith, Nowaoz, Tobjcst, Daxrm, Oobt (SmmdatUmm), Mum.
BlhOUT, 'iii ii. i. M uiti. n^ac "pPCHm. lTpJ"YPl as abov. \\ 1:1.1 11 u »i \

nf&e C*~pr* I
•* nix'vi'. Hi 1 1 h \\ i.i i ii um\ Hn>
162
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William Raisin H \ uii:ic i

i Ami if they go about in captivity before their

enemies,
Thence will I command the sword and it will slay
them; ''
An. iliwrhSaba-
And I will put mine eye on them ..il,.

ll" ih.it touches tl arte

For evil and aoi for zood, mi. i ii malts,
Ami all irbo dwall to it

iiii'ilrn.
iv 7 Are ye not us the Bons of the Onshitee onto me, An. II r 111., th..
I IIJ. Nile,
(> Bons of fsrael? It is the oracle of Yahweh. all .if it.

Am. I rinks lit- th.- Nil.. ,,f

Did I aol bring up I Marl out of the land of Egypt, pi

And the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from 6 Be thai builds ln~ chamber!
in has tl..-

Kir? Ami ha- eatabllshad hi>

vmill iiihiii tl artli —
Behold theeyes of the Lord Yahweb are apon this He tliit i-.ill- f.ir tin- Mit. r-

sinful kingdom, of tl.-

And iH.nr- tin-in nut ui*.n

And I wilL destroy il from off the face of the earth. the flu--, "f tl arth —
Yahweh te lii- m

.. tl..it I will ii. .1 utterly

destroy the house «*f Jacob;
it i- the oraele "f ^ ahweh.

S If). A I.ATKIi VOICE OF IMJOMISK. '.l:'.l la

Efl For behold command. I

And will shake iIm- I I

of brael among all the

nation-.
Just ii- 0116 -halo-- i t la a
sieve;
And not i kernel -hill fall
to til.- ground.
in Bj th-' sword -hall die nil
tin 1
.dnnen of mj !*«•« »
i « l
r
-

Who i\ uter shall

: 1 1

not touch or befell ns.

II 11 In that .lay I will rai>.>

up the hut of David that
Ifl fallen,
And I will wall Up it-
broach*-- and rai-<- up it-
ruin-,
V.-i I will build it as in
the day- of old.

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