Amoschapter 9
15 verses · Amos · about 760 BC · The Twelve
Original Language
Amos 9— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
In Jewish life
Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Amos 9. 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
Read here as the Haftarah
- Amos 9:7 to 9:15, with the portion Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1 to 20:27) in Ashkenazi use.
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
4 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 4 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.
No place to hide, from Sheol to the top of Carmel1
Amos 9:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Amos 9:1
standing beside the altar —Going away from the cherub to the altar on its way out, on the golden altar which is in the Temple, and this is one of the ten travels made by the Shechinah. [from Jonathan ]
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Amos 9:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Amos 9:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Amos 9:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
The God who builds his chambers in heaven sifts Israel5
Amos 9:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Amos 9:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Amos 9:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Amos 9:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Amos 9:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Amos 9:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Amos 9:10
“The evil shall not soon come upon us.” —Because of our iniquities, the evil shall not hasten to approach and to come.
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Raising up the fallen tabernacle of David11
Amos 9:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Amos 9:11
On that day —And, after all these will befall him, that day will come, the day destined for the redemption, and thereon.. I will raise up the fallen Tabernacle of David — Jonathan renders: the kingdom of the house of David.
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Amos 9:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
The plowman overtakes the reaper; planted and never plucked up13
Amos 9:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Amos 9:13
that the plowman shall meet the reaper —(Lev.:5) “And your threshing shall overtake the vintage, and the vintage shall overtake the sowing.” They will not finish plowing until the harvest comes, and they will not finish harvesting until the time of sowing comes.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Amos 9:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Amos 9:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible