OET-RV GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
OET-RV AMOS Intro C1 C2 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9
OET-RV AMO 3 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15
This OET Readers’ Version was designed to be used with the Literal Version alongside, 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 this message that Yahweh has spoken against you, people of Yisrael (Israel), against Ya’akov’s (Jacob’s) descendants that I brought out of Mitsrayim (Egypt) saying: 2 “I have chosen only you from all the families of the earth, therefore I’ll punish you all for all your sins.”
3 Do two people walk together, without first agreeing to meet?
4 Would a lion roar in the forest when he doesn’t have any prey?
≈ Would a young lion growl from his den if he’s caught nothing?
5 Would a bird fall into a trap on the ground when no bait has been put in it?
≈ Would a trap just spring up from the ground when it hasn’t caught anything?
6 If a warning trumpet sounds in a city, won’t the people start to worry?
≈ If disaster comes to a city, wouldn’t it be Yahweh who sent it?
7 Surely the master Yahweh wouldn’t do anything unless he first reveals his plan to his servants the prophets.
9 Declare this in the fortresses at Ashdod,
≈ and those in Mitsrayim (Egypt),
saying, “Assemble yourselves on Shomron’s (Samaria’s) mountains
and see what great confusion is in her,
≈ and what oppression is in her.
10 Yahweh declares that they don’t know how to do right.
They store up violence and destruction in their fortresses.”
11 Therefore, this is what the master Yahweh says:
“An enemy will surround the land,
and weaken your powerful grip,
and then your fortresses will be looted.”
“Just as the shepherd rescues out of the lion’s mouth two legs only, or a piece of an ear,
≈ so will the Israelis who live in Shomron (Samaria) be rescued with only the corner of a couch or a piece of a bed.” 13 Take notice of this and testify against Ya’akov’s (Jacob’s) descendants.
That is the declaration of the master Yahweh, Commander-in-chief God.
14 “On the day that I bring punishment for Yisrael’s (Israel’s) sins to her, I’ll also bring punishment on the altars of Beyt-El (Bethel). The altar’s four projecting corners will be cut off and fall to the ground.[ref] 15 I’ll destroy the winter house along with the summer house. The houses of ivory will perish, and the large houses will vanish.
That is Yahweh’s declaration.”
