The Structure of the Text of the E'
of Amoe
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THE STEUCTURE OF THE TEXT OF THE
BOOK OF AMOS
WILLIAM KM!
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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
l.ANOLAOKS \Mi 1.1 II K \ II l:l -
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CHICAGO
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BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
PRKFATOKY NOTE
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 n r rp 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 "
:—-"z HOST* litem
poon ma tnawi
fttTffiaa awT "r r om
i 1
'i'
mm — dk<
*-"p c-s-cr lbai
i ii
in
130
THE STRUCTURE OF THE TEXT OF THE BOOK
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
131
The Structure of the Text of the Book of Amos
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 '
;pnran« nbawi
rnparbj t T tam m «*
a
: mm vw nrx « «
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
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
■pbprow tav "patm
trawbB mwr tori »<*
C. JUIXiMENT UPON TYRE, 1:9,10
D. .JUDGMENT UPON EDOM, 1:11,12
i f&€ jH U HUi «» »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
\V i l 1. 1 a M B a i s i: I H\ b p i: k
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
/'. JllMiMKNT UPON EDOM, 1:11. r.'
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
f
Bdom,
■> f..r f.mr. I will n..t
r. -vi.li.- it ;
Becnu-.- It.- pursued In-
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.
l."W
The Structure of the Text of the Book of Amos
B. JUDGMENT UPON AMMON. 1:13-15
i:"rx xb nsa"»"byi
:nbiz"nx aim pab
13 I
:ncic era nrcn*
r nvr a ai na rx ttsm « n
rmrfiH"* ffysm
•rranba on surma
mrr "vox re i ■
TBT TCE nrbc~by
■oarou xb roxwr^n
mrr r B H ccx'a-by
mm
■hob xb vpm
srrars DOTPU
crrax ":'-- -rx
( : crmnx
rrrrrz ex rn'::- I D
i uV bhhp mrarM nb;x-
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
roipa Mitt trail
lap :rns mrarta'i
mrr una
O. JUDGMENT UPON JUDAH, 2:4, S
2./
3 III
»#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
Wi i.i.i \ m Bainbi II \ kpek
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 it shall devour her palao -.
With shouting in the day of battle,*
' Wnii 11 itora to tha day ..f
Uim|»'-t.
HI
:<-. b
III
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,
But I will send a lire in Moab,
And it shall devour the palaces of Ceryyoth,
With shouting, with the Bound of trumpet.
And I will cut off the judge from the midst of her.
And all her princes 1 will slay along with him;
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.
I thfir 11m have .■ I
than t.» i>rr.
Afi.r which tli.'ir father
walked.)
II ! lint I will send a fire in
Judah,
And it shall devour the
palaces of Jerusalem.
136
10 The Stricture of the Text of the Book op Amos
£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
trnxo y-s - : cms trhsn -::*o *.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 BBTi n a ffi rrx":b zr:n trptfl u« m
:---"Ds: b&vw "z nKTTM ran "«.
•'#' T Z-EXrn; as ubovo 6, », r. and Bacb, 'fff t:™: m abo?*, II...,«vsn. /.. ,i.. i,,,n fir
umini., Nowaok, Tmkkkv i./. .in -wii «( He alttmtamtnUietu FOTMnnfta/t, Vol. n pp. • B.
\,,l. W. ,., 151 . ii. A. Smith, iumI
(M/rrtucAunprn X. Huck Amu4, 1W0I). Tl, w.r.l- u* bond in 8.
l.ii;
Willi am Rairby Habpbb 1 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 I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
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.
137
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 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 lion mar 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?
139
It The Stricture of the Text of the Book of Amos
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 I U ,-" "
:-t"-;-s 1T3J1 -Tr man Tflpn
ypfl n" - b" r~r- Lva TPSfTl 15
iiui' - ukj * *°"-^ °' n - tbci "nDmra rnsn
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. Si n.. h . \V I I Mill -l s .< . i; LI I / \ LU KM.NOWACK, DMVJUi
NOH u K. (1. A. Smith. I k. blOBST, <)> i n i. BAVMAia LOiiu. BLBOUT, II ii.-.. h i . Oil i i.i. Makti.
| /•,. u,r> • ud M umi i Kurzer
ll'lifl-l'omttuntilr
140
W i i.i.i am Raisey Harper
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?
15
I .1:
in
II II
III 12
§6. THE DOOM OF SAMABIA, 8:9 1:8
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 how they know not to do good, it is the oracle
of Yahweh,
These who treasure violence and oppression in
their palaces.
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.*
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.
•and the opprwlum within
her,
"It i ~ th" oraele "f Yahweh.
141
16 The Stbuotubi of the Text of the Book of Amos
nw nma una*
urmasn *rt*) . .
bar— rmsra b- t r ip B i
: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 *n:s^r trsPBl
' v : - : t :
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
jmrr "-x ex:
bx-r— :- DtQTW "":
DOi -nr: -:x _ cyi « m
OSHrbaa ="-r frpp
tt mui p u 'VaQ onft xrn
:rwn»o "tj cn-r-sb-
1 flS^ rttfU^^ni i M sboTK, C. 1'. «nd Hitzio.
142
William Bairbi II a kpeb
17
iv 1:1 Bear ye and testify against the house of Jacob,* MtiiUwoneiaoi
That in the da; when I visit the transgressions of *«kweh (God of b
el apon him.
I will 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 shall SO 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 ;
18
Tin: Stbuotubb of the Text of the Book of Amos
onunn rrobu -rea*
■vspb
■ rcnar rnx npbn i »
■rnaiar x* -~x r.pbm
W : r: - r m&P
":s ='-r c'5c DTflB
ffna r-rcb nrw -py
war -1 b6i
•DTDMTtW D3H TCP3H ":S"C:i ?a iv
nrs Ty-bcP " moa Tf)
"■•l:'-s xb r~s Tybji
mrriMO "~~ dtqtdtiVi s^
CT:n b;x" DBTVTi zr:xm
trnrn tt B •-;■ cnzr-xbi
c;icio ■•ar cr«
trnsa"* p t 3 "qi err *n~br w w
•nrmrn mra wti
liTfiP'DM TP tffOW"»Vl
* * * * * c™^ "m, i
Twrtsi c-c-nx n--bx wanoa
ifflt T T M B TS crrr-xb-
VII
D"Hn -urn n:n 13 u
rm K*Q1
vnrtvo a~xb -pjei
nE^y "nr raw
bmar -b"~~~ x PO "b i»« vm
r--r rosaxTibs pnrr «»«
<\ 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\. tn drink uitt.-r
willniilt In-
•together with the oaptirftj
uf yinir boi
iv -. ,. I bIbo it was who withheld from you the ruin.'
And I sent rain on one city,
While upon another city I -'-tit ool rain;*
,<. lint w did ii/>t return onto me; ii is the oracle of
Yah wet/
\ n 1 smote you with blighl and decay,
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 i r young men with the Bword;*
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
(In- wnnl.
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
nip rcirrxb r'-z:
btevtr nbirc
. - N Ji t _ _.
••cz n-.rr .... »/
b->C3"i rna">5 nrr »a-c
mobs -psb Tom
-pcnn ''•nb-jbb cvn
on "nab x-rpn •
7-xn wis 2:ect
• II. ,>
I'" I
s
rbx rwxTi ~"rn s<, m
TWO Yttwn
bx~,r-r--b nx^ nxsvm
mrep T8wn
bx-r* rrzb
royn xb rz-r—xn 5 c
bsrva limn bxi 5,,.^ v
ixm «b b;b:.rn
_U-. _-- v-v — ..
Ifwb ITPr bxrrn
: :xn-2; -in ■psi
S ,/. e
[bx-r- rra nnn] « vi
vm mrr-nx "mm
nb2ST *rcr- u n-23 ix rbvr-&
uflar p-- ifx; n'**"' : ■» »bow, Wbixhaubmi, ". Hrmo, Oomx,
Ki. :st. Loiih. and Qi VMS.. {.TktoUvitekt Bhutttn, v„l. Qbaix* <;. \. smith. Nod us, ni.m.i. M um
LV1U, P. Bl). KflSI- X"C : ii- "!»'»•■. i r .. }'. S. T. iin.l V wi
>' f&Z nb^b ; «s above ill man) reodioaa, and so Datmi . 1|,,iim\\\. Q. A. smiiii. N,.«\.k. BlkOBST, mini.
Mi i. hi. i i., (Jii'ut. and Ki.ii.msT. IIuim, Slum.
lit;
Wi i. i.i AM Raisky II \ BPKB
•Jl
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\ inu r 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.
VI
-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
6 | And now. ( > house of Israel I
Seek Yahweh and live,
Lest he cast tire on Joseph's house*
And there be none to quench it for Bethel.
•mill it .li'vnr
8/ ••• a whose nam'' i-
Yahw.h.
8 a-t The Creator of the
Pleinm
Into morning,
\n.l .lay int.. night dark-
t'li.-th.
itl.e Whooailatfa tha ■
..f lli-
Aii. 1 pourath th.'ni OD lit* 1
tl tl artli.
. eaoaath riolem
bnr-t npon tlif Ftronff,
\n.l OUUeth il.-v.'i-t.iti..n t«»
apoo the ft "
117
22 The Stkictlbe of the Text of the Book of Amos
8,9. TRANSGBESSOBS SHALL COME TO GRIEF, 5:7, 10 17
ttsws n»bb c-r~- »i -> i
Jirran ywb npnn
_.»... _...„_ . x:;c M
jiojrr trrai "an
b*rbj u DDwa~fr pb u
Dma ma to
D2 'awn xbi
DrotM "ran -•--:
:n:*-ns wwr. xbi
UZTZZ ffon w 1 i- ii
__ N_ > u B_3
u i N i it i iV_ , ...ii S3 II
, is i i ii/ rv _
■— n wob
"~ 1-8 ms™ *
rosax Tfts mrr p-m
ait: 'OTISI r^ isrr « m
_- — "",ra '"um
nvr ""■ -bis
:rcr trow nisax-^nbK
r-sn- v.'rx- *mrr --8 ns pb i«
-zee worn-baa - rrw
trnn r-8- msTPbadi
!TC TT' »TBD_ 58V * b_8 _ b8 "28 18"pT
SttBT -.8 -p^pa -_r8 -:
KJHi*' Z"C"2 : » s "hove, Oetti l : . I. \\ i i i ii \i -i \. V'/HIT *I~X I tof ahow reading KM Amimnnil Hotca,
NowACf, Rlhomt, Ciiiim (/„.././..)■''■' EKoUoa, ool. p. 121.
"JMC bdt 1BTO1 ■ >'• *. im.i <>..i:i. «h i-
i»jH.' r Z"~X_n : «i iboTe, Wl nini.iv Non *■ k. b u-iv Noh m k. Hhaetz, Oettli. Elbobi
i ii i i i i
148
William Raihbi IIarteb 28
§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 ■ • osb nr rtab* ' t T BT - PTTM D' T K fl a fl "in t-.u i
\y» vkn "pon Kin
3T1 TWEri ■narnw r-x ci: — rac 19
:•!—:- ■onm Tprrbs IT toci n-z--S2 , i
:ib rra-Kbi bsxi
Xb tB'WWJ D5EV
: U'2X
:712rX X3'
or;- -ncx-_ -px:\r a
:ODTnxsa rm« xbi
*rnr*rsb ta y nr o a i mby -b-ibrrrnx •= n
Tbarman - pcp t S 'i -br; ten
• . 1 IS y< '._ I \y I.A I
23
H
II
2—; Esnns'
.__.— .V
Drwan nr o i n dtqtpi
: baro-tra nw c-ri-x
n:=:
Teens Drttwsai
:c:b Drnar-nus nr-nbx *-v=-nxi
pwoii risbma c:rx -nbsm
:*RW) r-xzi: -nbx STST "^x
Ml
/(. A WOE UPON RECKLl>s \NH INDIFFERENT SAMARIA. I 1 I
frxa c":s-r- -in •: i
Vp-~ vo Dnta m
D-i;r; man "trapsm
■nm n:b= n» « : bs-i- fra oni "wcM
nan ran ntra i=bi , n--r«- ,
"•513 i onx i D ' DTu n : C -~ nza *p03IVl
rfeim CK/Xton
cb'naij 3TOM
» ■ ■
J-'jRC n^2Q ; ns above. G. S. )'. Srimiiii'v an. I
Dozy i /'ic ImratUti » :n Uakfeo, p, 0), BoKmm [Journal «/ p, 1 I-.
Bibtlcal Literature, Vol. MM. p. 8). ., „-.__l_.„ ^■•_, , . ,.
-•JHrZ;";~ " '23 : H- hIn.w en k.i ii U nchrift
n f&€ *yp^; (or abore raiding Me ^skm and Homo, Ul „f (TbsrMtmiwaii cur BiM), Oort, Wkli.haihkn,
PP. HI f. ,s, N,,« v, K , OETTLI. t7 'l/.
150
-'• IBS' ^X31 ; ns above, JS; sec datti and //
William Rainbi Habpbb
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
, . , , , ,. , " 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 r <»-s 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.*
•j:t Take away from me the aoise of thy BOngB and the
melody of thy lyres;*
m And lei justice roll as waters,
And righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.
■j-, Was it onlj sacrifices and offerings ye broughl me
in the wilderness
During forty years, I > bouse of Israel;
28 Bui now ye lift up the Bhrine of your kimr.
And the image* of your God which ye have made
for yourselves;
n And so I will cany you into exile beyond Damascus,
Has said Vahwch. God of hosts is his name.
Ill
•Ami the peAoaofferiiuBi "f
your (atlioci 1 will in, l r. -
■mid.
' 1 will not b
• \,nir Lmnges, t be ttel "f
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,
3 Who postpone the day of calamity,
And cause the seat of violence to conic iieai'.
■ •>. r txCaluohnndaee.
An. I k'«< thenee to lLinmth
tin- crt'ut.
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
4 II
111
vr mt«r» trason
CRVxrv ~~ DTnci
-pci'i una c-'::s-
:— r"br ffilb "men TTB
._.„... -«•-■- r-rs-"
.ww _ _ -• - - N 1
=-';: ts-2 ibr rms pb ■
itrrwc rmo ~ct
r'si^ Tibs mrr ex: u>
C. YAHWEHS OATH THAT IsinKl. SHU.' BE DESTROYED, 8:8 U
1TDB33 "-• " _ s rz-r: 6: »<. i
z.-,v --x:-rx. -::x "ayna «<■-*
TWWJ TOWW1
mt? TWTSI PPFV1 9 D'w'C^ ^Tlii"! P"™ "!"!*. "'■•'
:-r—-nxr-22=--:x [DtTpa WpTI P""'
tmoBTi mi ixr:i 10
To, orasx* inmb c - = -- v ~ zz ------ u n
-rx^ —x- nran „ —
-r- rron TOTa D * ''" - _
■nan cex tobi -pas BBW3 -S~- ~r:i. na
DW3 T3H* x: " Cn ; n;r ;; -p-» --r-
:d"0tp 133 I3npb I3wru «i3pi tmasn
i-
cr'rr trwa *::- -= •• ■ ■
zrrx 'i-:-
nan ffabo
r-xi::;-; t6k fflPP ~x: "'•
:• " ZX.—C ; m ■bore, Qtaawx, Wbluuosbi, Oobt, Giastz, \vi m h h -i v Gvra, Valko* Krrci
Mm, in 1.1.. E1.I1..11-1. I.. .in: i)i i ii i . I „l. Mil.. \. smiiii. NOT U h. IMiucb. LOHK. Kl, -
HI Q JM ■ .,!.. .i .-. . I. Ii. Mi. ii U i i-. Ill i/i... ill in i.
in
W ! I.I.I \ M K A I N i:V il \ KPER
■-'7
in
•
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.
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 the small house into fissures.
II 12 Do horses run upon crags?
Does one- plough the sea with oxen?
That ye have tamed justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood.
Who rejoice is that which is not,
Who say: Have we not taken for ourselves horns
by our own Btrength F
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.
in
13
II n I
'.' And it aboil ooue t-
if than be left ten una in
one house thai thai shall
■ ii.'. in And oae*i undo.
BTOO hi- huriirr. ^hall Ink.'
him ap to brini; out the
body from the hODOO. ftti.i
Bbal] nj to t. i in win. i. in
the inn.'rnio-t part- of tin-
lion-.'. I- than yt anyone
with th...-* And he -hall
■a] : n lad be -Lull
Hnshl one m.iy not
mention the name of Yah-
weh.— 11 For lot Y.ihw.'h
will command ....
153
28 The Structure op the Text of the Book of Amos
§11. THREE VISIONS OF DESTRUCTION. 7:1 9
l i il > . .X .X i l i ." •: 1 •' ' 1
-z; w [mrr] n:m
•ni nnx »pb; rem id Opbn mbj rb-rz
:Tbnn "rft*Q xn Ttt_ 2
yisn z--~-nx birxb
xrnbc ItlJT ""X ne«l
irxi C1T27 nx-i nnx
i:x
:xti *,i:p"" apr c-.p— -
nx7-br ST&T an; 3
irrrr ^-x rrmn xb
mrr *:-x -:x-- re « n
3 i3 JJs p 1 1.1 m
TfST "~X OK3
-z^ mnrrnx brxm
:pbm nx nb:x-
xrbin rrrr tm 1*3*1 5
!*CT fop " apr Dip' TO
nxT-by 8T6T d~ e
■o-m« :nin- *non rmn xb x-n d;
L*:hx] "Mm ~3 1 in
i:x- :-:x rrai "*ntfin-bj
rw ■*« nw -mam •« -j:x cr izr, ts ■■:s , i
bx-r- tsp z-pi
:ib may tip cpow xb
piw roao iowi
■d-ut bx-r- -r—'-i
la-ffia hot rra-bj T«3pi
86
XIII. p 18), W111 ■ u -1 ■
.-/HE tjpb : ** than, HbvmAni, \\i i i h u -i.\. q/ Biblical Literature, v,.|. ]
M, ,,„,,,., 8? A. smiim. i,„,„, ud Cmn lOritiea Dmtm, Oow, and LOhb.
WW*« v jht niQin ; u tbors, Oobt, Sbajrs, Nowaoi
«flS€ n>~ ~{t I I'M PI I m ibor»i Tobbbi (Journal Blbobst, Loiib, Oettli.
l.M
\\'i i.i.i \ m K \ i s ; i:\ II \u:i:i;
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 ;
•j And when they were making an end
( )f devouring the hero of the land.
Then I said. <> Lord Sahweh, forgive, I pray thee,
How can Jacob stand, for he is small T
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.
in -. Thus [the Lord] showed me,
And lo! the Lord was stationed
I '..side n* wall, with a plumb-lino in his hand.
8(. And the Lord said: Heboid lam Betting a plumb-
line.
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 .1 And lol than wen full-
flown tocuftfl aft'T the
king's mowings.
•tli.. Lord
• plumb-
s' a knd Sahwah mid onto
ma, What .l..-t thou
amoal and I laid, ■ i.lumb-
liue.
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
bottra --.: rpS08 nbun »>«o i
-*xb bs-c— pa c:~ — bx
"-■■■••■ —«*«.« _.«•_.
bjnw rva —p-
y-sn brn sb
:-"--b:-rs b-™b
—-.::• ie« ro " u ii
sinois b"-^ nbr nba bvnm*\
ciarbs stxbh nan u m
i nil i* \ S"--X j3n i — ~^ I™!". I
:jc:n DWi nnb trerbssi
xirnb nr "c*.n sb bxn-n
sin "[''— "w~p"— *-
ism PDbao rrol
B. THE HEPLY, 7:14 17
rrsatrss ican die* "r"i u i
-r:x s-i:---sbi -r:s x": - sb
:c--p-r cVoi ":s "-p:: "
"sun * "~x"^ ~*~" " — p** i: »
iTBT "bs TOR*!
* -CS — iJj ->. CN — .t i (J
mn — ai r-r nwi u n
bs-r-b:- s~:r-sb Tr» nns
I I II > — Is I IJ (J^ ■ ■ '"
rwr Tjs ~pts
ibi- 3TD -t:i- --:n
pb~r bz~z "jnaiHl
man rnoata Tvcmrbs ~rs-
ITTttrw bya -b- -b:. bs-r-i
"iHc ip"Q j •■ nin.v.-. Brrao, bn ro:2 pnapb «
o^y: -nam yraam
iTannabnn npr fttuo mm Jaw - m
• Ui i 109 y '— I -»•' I own — N
ywn nronti ntr^n «
na awba bzsi
nbr ""^ra nrion
rnwov sonsa iwa'njpwyi*
rwr ^-x zx:* *Knn ffra mm » iv
cvnma oatDPi -nxzm
jtk era ywb tttwnm
x-!nn ora* •bati "n+ia "ib-b-m
nam an mm V» ex:
wv * K :-b*-=~ nip- taa
bzsb cr"- team »» v
-:-pb Darin bsi
pis cnrerba-bcp trsjm
nmp wrsa bsn
ttp bzsr mra a nn
" 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
Wi i.i.i \ m Iv un i:\ Ih BPBB
§18. A POUKTB VISION or DKSTKI < Nov WITH AN KXI'LANATOBI
DIS001 |;sk. 8:1 II
I 8: 1
■.'',
II I
III 7
IV
Tims tin- Lord Fahweb Bhowed me,
Ami lo! a basket of summer fruit!
*********
Ami Yahwi'li saiil to me,
The end lias come onto mj people Israel,
I will nut again pass them by.
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,
Vahwih hath sworn by the ry of Jacob:
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 it shall come t" pass in that day,*
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,*
It is the oracle of the Lord Yahweh: A multitude
of carcasses!
In every plan- thej are cast.*
And I will turn your pilgrimages into mourning,
And all your Bongs into dirges,
And I will bring sackcloth upon all loins,
And upon every head baldness,
And I will make it like the mourning for an only son,
And the end of it like a hitter day.
la Lnd be laid, what dost
thou
it b.ik. i of rammer fruit.
6 Baying the i»>"r fur tilrer,
And the ly f. -r a pair of
sbo.'-.
And thai ire may -.'II tin-
r-fii f the corn.
•and heave
•it i- I In' uracil- nf the
Yaliw-li.
• in thai day.
■iiu-h:
IV. i
;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 -. : v K « s - K bi arte arrs6
:mrr "la^i-ns rrrb-zx '-a
on* ma wi >2
wtsw i uiii un f asui
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
ff U BT l lbr d«i
i ur nr w DTO3
b t nan ~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
Wl i.i.i am Rainbi H I BPBB 35
VI ii'. And I will send a famine in the land, "" B»koWtb*d«j»ijr«< ■
... inw. it i- tha oraola ei the
Not a [amine for bread, nor a chirm tor water, UudTahwah.
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, ;• : 1 86
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 :
161
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,
PQ latBT '-2 nbaxn
nba " , x -, = nnbyi
tg ni t) is ,, 3 nrpr-
".—'-r ffnawa natin «
r-i- fttrtJP -r-.-s-
=-n ""as inpn
T^sn ■:£"'" D30V*l
sum mrv
|>UB I sb " CEX 8 c
spy r^-rs TUBS
: rvrp-cx:
mrr ex: ;s-i- ■:;
„._„.. ..- s .. - r - : «- v^-^-p^ s «v n
n am ' i i i robEoa "■-■ ".-x tj rwi »«.»
rwisn "i bwa tins "rruwm
IV
§15. A LATER VOICE OF PROMISE, 9:9 L6
m*B-"»33K PBTPO 9 1
= --;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
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William Raisin H \ uii:ic
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i Ami if they go about in captivity before their
enemies,
Thence will I command the sword and it will slay
them;
And I will put mine eye on them
For evil and aoi for zood,
iv 7 Are ye not us the Bons of the Onshitee onto me,
(> Bons of fsrael? It is the oracle of Yahweh.
Did I aol bring up I Marl out of the land of Egypt,
And the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from
Kir?
Behold theeyes of the Lord Yahweb are apon this
sinful kingdom,
And I wilL destroy il from off the face of the earth.
'' An. i iliwrhSaba-
..il,.
ll" ih.it touches tl arte
mi. i ii malts,
Ami all irbo dwall to it
iiii'ilrn.
An. I II r IIJ. 111., th.. Nile,
all .if it.
Am. I rinks lit- th.- Nil.. ,,f
pi
6 Be thai builds ln~ chamber!
in tl..- has
Ami ha- eatabllshad hi>
vmill iiihiii tl artli —
He tliit i-.ill- f.ir tin- Mit. r-
of tl.-
And iH.nr- tin-in nut ui*.n
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 I command.
And I will shake iIm- 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\ : 1 1 uter shall
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.
L6S
38 The Structure of
the Text of the Book
of Amob
TW ~z — pttb 12
12 In ordai thai they may
"5Dn 2— IS rmwB
poBttaan ili'' remnant of
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Bdom anil all the nations.
Which are called by my
=--':r "cz x-p: -rx
name.
:tst nc7 mm ex:
It is the oracle of Yahwi h.
who will do this.
Ill 13 Behold the day- ;. r.-
coming, it la the oracle
DfQ S" , r" 1 n:n mm
Of Yahw.-h,
mm ran
Wh.-ii the plonghmaii shall
tnpa tmn c^:i
overtake the n-aper.
And the trader of grapes
rwi two trow "jtti
him who soweth - 1 :
ccr nnnn "ttnam
Ami the mountain'- shall
iroavmnri rroaan '"■
drop swi-et wine.
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And all the hills -hall melt.
14 a And I will lead hack the
captivity of my people
Israel.
IV Ub-d And they shall re-
cny i:m n wi iv
build waste citie- and
■otm rmna
inhabit them.
_ rx inn vera wan
Ami they shall plant vine-
DS 1 "
yards and drink their
~rx ib:xi rvoa ion
wine.
And they shall make Har-
: Dnma
dens and eat their fruit,
omarttrts z'rr-j:- is
1.", And 1 will plant them u|w»n
5r« -sir tow x'5T
their land,
And they -hall not again
DTittrtS
be plucked tip from their
-ex zro Tttis irx
land.
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Which I have civeii th.-m.
Vahweh thyQod ha- -aid.
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