Amos 2:11

2:11 I made some of your sons prophets

and some of your young men Nazirites. ¹ 

Is this not true, you Israelites?”

The Lord is speaking!

Amos 3:2

3:2 “I have chosen ²  you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”

Amos 6:4

6:4 They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, ³ 

and sprawl out on their couches.

They eat lambs from the flock,

and calves from the middle of the pen.

Amos 8:13

8:13 In that day your ⁴  beautiful young women ⁵  and your ⁶  young men will faint from thirst. ⁷ 

[2:11]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “religious devotees” (also in the following verse). The Hebrew term נָזִיר (nazir) refers to one who “consecrated” or “devoted” to God (see Num 6:1-21).

[3:2]  ² tn Heb “You only have I known.” The Hebrew verb יָדַע (yada’) is used here in its covenantal sense of “recognize in a special way.”

[6:4]  ³ tn Heb “beds of ivory.”

[8:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “the.”

[8:13]  ⁵ tn Or “virgins.”

[8:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “the.”

[8:13]  ⁷ tn It is not clear whether the speaker in this verse is the Lord or the prophet.