SIL Translator’s Notes on Amos 7:7

7:7a This is what He showed me:

Then Yahweh showed me this,
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⌊Amos continued to speak:⌋ These are other things that Yahweh showed to me ⌊in another vision⌋ .

7:7b Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall

Look! ⌊I saw⌋ Yahweh standing beside a wall
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⌊In the vision⌋ Yahweh ⌊showed himself to me,⌋ standing near a wall.

7:7c true to plumb,

which ⌊people⌋ built using a plumb line.
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⌊People⌋ built the wall using a measuring rope. ⌊The rope was tied with a stone on one end to determine how straight the wall was.⌋

7:7d with a plumb line in His hand.

And he held the plumb line in his hand.
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Yahweh held the measuring rope/cord in his hand.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on Amos 9:8

9:8a Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom,

Surely I, the Lord Yahweh, am keeping an eye on you people ⌊of Israel⌋ , a sinful country.
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Truly, I Yahweh, your (plur.) Lord, am watching you sinful people ⌊Israel⌋ .

9:8b and I will destroy it from the face of the earth.

I will destroy you (plur.) ⌊and wipe you out⌋ from the surface of the earth.
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I will kill you ⌊and remove you⌋ from the earth.

9:8c Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”

But I will not kill all of the descendants of Israel.
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However, I will not totally wipe out the people of Israel,”

9:8d declares the LORD.

I, Yahweh have spoken.”
-or-
says Yahweh.

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