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Amos 01 General Notes
Structure and formatting
This book is written in a poetic form. Because it was written by a farmer, it includes many references to agricultural concepts.
"For three sins of Judah, even for four"
The phrase "For three sins of Judah, even for four," is used to begin each oracle. This is not intended to be a literal count but is an idiom indicating a large number of sins. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin)