Amoschapter 1
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Gustave Doré, 1866The Prophet Amos, Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Original Language
Amos 1— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
In Jewish life
Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Amos 1. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.
The reading
The yearly cycle does not read Amos 1. The Haftarah is drawn from the Prophets a passage at a time rather than continuously, so most chapters of most prophetic books are never read in the service, and this is one of them.
The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →
Where the rabbis cite this chapter
3 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 3 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
The LORD roars from Zion — the words of a herdsman1
Amos 1:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Amos 1:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four3
Amos 1:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Amos 1:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Amos 1:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Gaza and Tyre, who sold off whole captivities6
Amos 1:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Amos 1:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Amos 1:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Amos 1:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Amos 1:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Edom's endless anger and Ammon's cruelty11
Amos 1:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Amos 1:11
for pursuing their brother with a sword —As it is said: (Num.:18) “Lest I go forth against you with the sword.” And he still clings to his anger, keeps his wrath, and has not retracted it.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Amos 1:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Amos 1:12
the palaces of Bozrah —It is between Moab and Edom, and it belonged to the land of Moab, but it was attracted to Edom.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Amos 1:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Amos 1:13
they ripped up the pregnant woman of Gilead —They destroyed it and also ripped up their pregnant women so that no heir would remain who would contest the inheritance. And so does Scripture state: (Jer.:1) “Concerning the children of Ammon. So said the Lord: Has Israel no sons?
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Amos 1:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible