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Amos 09 General Notes

Structure and formatting

This chapter is written in poetic form and continues to show the awesome and terrible judgment of Yahweh on his people. In verse 11, the writer writes about the forgiveness and mercy of God on the kingdom of Israel. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/judge, rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/peopleofgod, rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/forgive and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/mercy)

Special concepts in this chapter

"The declaration of Yahweh"

This phrase is used to introduce prophecy. It highlights what God is proclaiming. Try to remain consistent in translating this phrase throughout the book. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet)

Links:

• Amos 09:01 Notes __<< | __