Revised Version 1895

Amos 8

1Thusכֹּ֥הkohH3541theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136shewedmeהִרְאַ֖נִיhir.'A.niH7200: andbeholdוְהִנֵּ֖הve.hi.NehH2009, abasketכְּל֥וּבke.LuvH3619ofsummerקָֽיִץ׃Ka.yitzH7019fruit.

2And hesaidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Amosעָמ֔וֹסa.MosH5986,whatמָֽה־mah-H4100seest thou? And Isaidוָאֹמַ֖רva.'o.MarH559, Abasketכְּל֣וּבke.LuvH3619ofsummerקָ֑יִץKa.yitzH7019fruit. Thensaidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068untomeH413, Theendהַקֵּץ֙ha.KetzH7093iscomeבָּ֤אba'H935uponH935mypeopleעַמִּ֣י'a.MiH5971Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478; I willnotלֹא־lo'-H3808againע֖וֹדodH5750passעֲב֥וֹרa.VorH5674by themanyH5750moreH5750.

3And thesongsשִׁיר֤וֹתshi.RotH7892of thetempleהֵיכָל֙hei.KhalH1964shall be howlings in thatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117, saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136: thedeadH6297bodiesH6297shall bemanyרַ֣בravH7227; ineveryבְּכָל־be.kholH3605placeמָק֖וֹםma.KomH4725shall theycastהִשְׁלִ֥יךְhish.LikhH7993them forth withsilenceהָֽס׃ פHasH2013.

4Hearשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085this, O ye that would swallow up theneedyאֶבְי֑וֹן'ev.YonH34, and cause thepoorH34of thelandאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776to fail,

5sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, When will thenewהַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ha.Cho.deshH2320moonH2320be gone, that we maysellוְנַשְׁבִּ֣ירָהve.nash.Bi.rahH7666corn? and thesabbathוְהַשַּׁבָּ֖תve.hash.sha.BatH7676, that we may set forthwheatבָּ֑רBarH1250? making theephahאֵיפָה֙'ei.FahH374smallלְהַקְטִ֤יןle.hak.TinH6994, and theshekelשֶׁ֔קֶלShe.kelH8255greatוּלְהַגְדִּ֣ילu.le.hag.DilH1431, and dealing falsely withbalancesמֹאזְנֵ֥יmoz.NeiH3976ofdeceitמִרְמָֽה׃mir.MahH4820;

6that we maybuyלִקְנ֤וֹתlik.NotH7069thepoorH34forsilverבַּכֶּ֙סֶף֙ba.Ke.sefH3701, and theneedyוְאֶבְי֖וֹןve.'ev.YonH34for a pair ofshoesנַעֲלָ֑יִםna.'a.La.yimH5275, andsellנַשְׁבִּֽיר׃nash.BirH7666therefuseוּמַפַּ֥לu.ma.PalH4651of thewheatבַּ֖רbarH1250.

7TheLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hathswornנִשְׁבַּ֥עnish.Ba'H7650by the excellency ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290,SurelyH518I willneverH518forgetאֶשְׁכַּ֥ח'esh.KachH7911anyכָּל־kol-H3605of theirworksמַעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם׃ma.'a.sei.HemH4639.

8Shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776trembleתִרְגַּ֣זtir.GazH7264for this, andeveryכָּל־kol-H3605onemournוְאָבַ֖לve.'a.ValH56that dwelleth therein? yea, it shallriseH5927upH5927whollyכֻּלָּ֔הּku.LahH3605like theRiverכָאֹר֙kha.'OrH2975; and it shall betroubledH7264and sink again, like theRiverכִּיא֥וֹרki.'orH2975ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃ סmitz.Ra.yimH4714.

9And it shallcomeH935topassH935in thatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117, saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136, that I willcauseוְהָיָ֣ה׀ve.ha.YahH1961thesunהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121togoוְהֵבֵאתִ֥יve.he.ve.TiH935down atnoonבַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִםba.tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6672, and I will darken theearthלָאָ֖רֶץla.'A.retzH776in the cleardayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117.

10And I willturnH7760yourfeastsחַגֵּיכֶ֜םcha.gei.KhemH2282intoH5921mourningלְאֵ֗בֶלle.'E.velH60, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605yoursongsשִֽׁירֵיכֶם֙shi.rei.KhemH7892intoH5921lamentationלְקִינָ֔הle.ki.NahH7015; and I willbringוְהַעֲלֵיתִ֤יve.ha.'a.lei.TiH5927upH5927sackclothשָׂ֔קSakH8242uponH5921allכָּל־kol-H3605loinsמָתְנַ֙יִם֙ma.te.Na.yimH4975, andbaldnessקָרְחָ֑הka.re.ChahH7144uponH5921everyכָּל־kol-H3605headרֹ֖אשׁroshH7218; and I willmakeוְשַׂמְתִּ֙יהָ֙ve.sam.Ti.haH7760it as themourningכְּאֵ֣בֶלke.'E.velH60for anonlyיָחִ֔ידya.ChidH3173sonH3173, and theendוְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּve.'a.cha.ri.TahH319thereof as abitterמָֽר׃MarH4751dayכְּי֥וֹםke.YomH3117.

11Beholdהִנֵּ֣ה׀hi.NehH2009, thedaysיָמִ֣יםya.MimH3117comeבָּאִ֗יםba.'ImH935, saith theLordH3068GODH3068, that I willsendוְהִשְׁלַחְתִּ֥יve.hish.lach.TiH7971afamineרָעָ֖בra.'AvH7458in thelandבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776,notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808afamineרָעָ֤בra.'AvH7458ofbreadלַלֶּ֙חֶם֙la.Le.chemH3899,norוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808athirstצָמָ֣אtza.Ma'H6772forwaterלַמַּ֔יִםla.Ma.yimH4325, but ofhearingלִשְׁמֹ֔עַlish.Mo.a'H8085thewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of theLORDH3068.

12And they shallwanderH5128fromseaמִיָּ֣םmi.YamH3220toseaיָ֔םYamH3220, and from thenorthוּמִצָּפ֖וֹןu.mi.tza.FonH6828evenH5704to theeastמִזְרָ֑חmiz.RachH4217; they shall run to andfroH5128toseekלְבַקֵּ֥שׁle.va.KeshH1245thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, and shallnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808findיִמְצָֽאוּ׃yim.Tza.'uH4672it.

13In thatdayבַּיּ֨וֹםbai.YomH3117shall thefairהַיָּפ֛וֹתhai.ya.FotH3303virginsהַבְּתוּלֹ֧תha.be.tu.LotH1330and theyoungוְהַבַּחוּרִ֖יםve.ha.ba.chu.RimH970menH970faintתִּ֠תְעַלַּפְנָהTit.'a.laf.nahH5968forthirstבַּצָּמָֽא׃ba.tza.Ma'H6772.

14They thatswearהַנִּשְׁבָּעִים֙ha.nish.ba.'ImH7650by the sin ofSamariaשֹֽׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111, andsayוְאָמְר֗וּve.'a.me.RuH559, As thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, ODanדָּ֔ןDanH1835, liveth; and, As thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of Beer-sheba liveth;evenH5750they shallfallוְנָפְל֖וּve.na.fe.LuH5307, andneverוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808riseיָק֥וּמוּya.Ku.muH6965upH6965againעֽוֹד׃ סodH5750.

Commentaries on Amos 8

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain