OET-LV AMOS Chapter 3

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This OET (very) Literal Version was designed to be used as a view into the original language words, so as to be an aid to understanding the source text for the Readers’ Version, so you won’t get the best understanding from this single viewpoint. This is still an early look into the drafted text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.

3 Hear DOM the_message the_this which YHWH he _has _spoken on_you(pl) Oh _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) on all _of the_clan which I _brought _up from_the _land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to_say.

2 Only you(pl) I _have _known from_all the _clans _of the_soil therefore yes/correct/thus/so I _will _visit on_you(pl) DOM all _of iniquities _of_your(pl).

3 Do_ two_people _they _walk together except if they _have _met _by _appointment.

4 Does_ a _lion _it _roar in_forest and_prey there_is_not to_him/it does_ a _young _lion _it _give _forth voice _of_its from_den _of_its except if it _has _caught_something.

5 Does_ a _bird _it _fall on (the)_bird-trap the_earth/land and_a _snare there_is_not to/for_her/it does_ a _bird-trap _it _go _up from the_soil and_surely _(catch) not it _catches_something.

6 (If) a _trumpet is _it _blown in_a _city and_the_people not they _tremble or calamity is _it in_a _city and_YHWH not he _has _done_it.

7 If/because not my_master YHWH he _does anything if/because (if) he _has _revealed counsel _of_his _secret to servants _of_his the_prophets.

8 A _lion it _has _roared who not will _he _be _afraid my_master YHWH he _has _spoken who not will _he _prophesy.

9 Proclaim to the_fortresses in_ʼAshdōd and_to the_fortresses in_land of _Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and_say gather _yourselves on the _mountains _of Shomrōn and_see disturbances great in_the _midst _of_of _it and_oppression(s) in_midst _of_its.

10 And_not they _know to _do straightforwardness the _utterance _of YHWH those_who_store _up violence and_devastation in_fortresses _of_their.

11 For_so/thus/hence thus my_master YHWH he _says a _foe and_around _of the_earth/land and_he _will _bring _down from_you strength _of_your and_ fortresses _of_your _they _will _be _plundered.

12 Thus YHWH he _says just_as the_shepherd he _delivers from_the _mouth _of (the)_lion two _of legs or a _piece _of an _ear so the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) who_dwell in_Shomrōn with_a _corner _of a _bed and_with_silk a _couch they _will _be _delivered.

13 Hear and_warn in_house _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) the _utterance _of my_master YHWH the _god _of (the)_soldiers/messengers.

14 If/because _that in/on_day visit_I the _transgressions _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) on/upon/above_him/it and_I _will _visit_them on the _altars _of Bēyt- ^ʼēl and_ the _horns _of the _altar _they _will _be _cut _off and_they _will _fall to_ground.

15 And_I _will _strike the _house _of the _winter to the _house _of the _summer and_ the _houses _of (the)_ivory _they _will _perish and_ houses great _people _will _snatch _away the _utterance _of YHWH.

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