Amos 8 is the eighth chapter of the

Book of Amos The Book of Amos is the third of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Old Testament (Tanakh) and the second in the Greek Septuagint tradition. Amos, an older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah, Harris, Stephen L., ''Understanding the Bible''. Palo Alt ...

in the

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. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the

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; in particular, the

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, eighth, and ninth chapters contain visions and their explanations. It is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets.

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The original text was written in

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. This chapter is divided into 14 verses.

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Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in

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are of the

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tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century),

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(1008). Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the

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including 4Q82 (4QXII^g; 25 BCE) with extant verses 1–5, 11–14; Dead sea scrolls – Amos
/ref> DSS F.Amos1 (DSS F.181; 1–30 CE) with extant verse 1; and

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(MurXII; 75–100 CE) with extant verses 3–7, 11–14. There is also a translation into

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known as the

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, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the

version include

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(A;

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^A; 5th century) and

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Verse 8

: ''Shall not the land tremble for this,'' :: ''and every one mourn that dwelleth therein?'' : ''and it shall rise up wholly as a flood;'' :: ''and it shall be cast out and drowned,'' ::: ''as by the flood of Egypt.'' * "cast out and drowned": "swept away and overwhelmed", as the land adjoining the Nile is by it, when flooding (). The Nile rises generally twenty feet. The waters then "cast out" mire and dirt ().Robert Jamieson, Andrew Robert Fausset; David Brown. '' Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary On the Whole Bible''. 1871.

Verse 11

: ''Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God,'' :: ''that I will send a famine in the land,'' : ''not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,'' :: ''but of hearing the words of the Lord:'' KJV * "Famine": When the light of God's revelation is withdrawn, the longing for the Word, will remain unsatisfied, like that of Saul (), just like the psalmist grieves: "We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knoweth how long" (); but it will be in vain (cf. ; ; ).Joseph S. Exell; Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones (Editors). The Pulpit Commentary. 23 volumes. First publication: 1890. * "Not a famine for bread": There could be both bodily and spiritual famine, such as stated, "the famine of the word of the Lord." Saul, in his extremity, "inquired of the Lord and He answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets" . Jeroboam sent his wife to inquire of the prophet Ahijah about his son's health (). They sought for temporal relief only, and therefore found it not. Barnes, Albert. Notes on the Old Testament. London, Blackie & Son, 1884. Reprint, Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. * "A thirst for water": the destruction by thirst is the most afflictive manner (). Lysimachus is said to part with his kingdom for a draught of water; and the torments of hell are set forth by a violent thirst for it (); but something worse than either of these is here threatened. John Gill. John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Exposition of the Old and New Testament. Published in 1746–1763. * "The words of the Lord": are the Scriptures, the word of prophecy, and the preaching of the word, or explaining the Scriptures. Hearing them signifies the preaching of them () for by hearing comes a great blessing.

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