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Amos 1

Am. 1:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, The Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
wille roar
sha'ag (Hebrew #7580)
to rumble or moan
KJV usage: X mightily, roar.
Pronounce: shaw-ag'
Origin: a primitive root
from Zion
Tsiyown (Hebrew #6726)
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
KJV usage: Zion.
Pronounce: tsee-yone'
Origin: the same (regularly) as 6725
, and utter
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
his voice
qowl (Hebrew #6963)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
KJV usage: + aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-)claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or qol {kole}
from Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
; and the habitations
na'ah (Hebrew #4999)
a home; figuratively, a pasture
KJV usage: habitation, house, pasture, pleasant place.
Pronounce: naw-aw'
Origin: from 4998
of the shepherds
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
shall mourn
'abal (Hebrew #56)
to bewail
KJV usage: lament, mourn.
Pronounce: aw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the top
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
of Carmel
Karmel (Hebrew #3760)
Karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in Palestine
KJV usage: Carmel, fruitful (plentiful) field, (place).
Pronounce: kar-mel'
Origin: the same as 3759
shall wither
yabesh (Hebrew #3001)
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
KJV usage: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), X utterly, wither (away).
Pronounce: yaw-bashe'
Origin: a primitive root
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The Lord.
the habitations.
Am. 4:7‑8• 7Y también yo os detuve la lluvia tres meses antes de la siega: é hice llover sobre una ciudad, y sobre otra ciudad no hice llover: sobre una parte llovió; la parte sobre la cual no llovió, secóse.
8Y venían dos ó tres ciudades á una ciudad para beber agua, y no se hartaban: con todo no os tornásteis á mí, dice Jehová.
(Am. 4:7‑8)
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Is. 33:9• 9Enlutóse, enfermó la tierra: el Líbano se avergonzó, y fué cortado: hase tornado Sarón como desierto; y Basán y Carmel fueron sacudidos. (Is. 33:9)
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Jer. 12:4• 4¿Hasta cuándo estará desierta la tierra, y marchita la hierba de todo el campo? Por la maldad de los que en ella moran, faltaron los ganados, y las aves; porque dijeron: No verá él nuestras postrimerías. (Jer. 12:4)
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Jer. 14:2• 2Enlutóse Judá, y sus puertas se despoblaron: oscureciéronse en tierra, y subió el clamor de Jerusalem. (Jer. 14:2)
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Jl. 1:9‑13,16‑18• 9Pereció el presente y la libación de la casa de Jehová: los sacerdotes ministros de Jehová hicieron luto.
10El campo fué destruído, enlutóse la tierra; porque el trigo fué destuído, se secó el mosto, perdióse el aceite.
11Confundíos, labradores, aullad, viñeros, por el trigo y la cebada; porque se perdió la mies del campo.
12Secóse la vid, y pereció la higuera, el granado también, la palma, y el manzano; secáronse todos los árboles del campo; por lo cual se secó el gozo de los hijos de los hombres.
13Ceñíos y lamentad, sacerdotes; aullad, ministros del altar; venid, dormid en sacos, ministros de mi Dios: porque quitado es de la casa de vuestro Dios el presente y la libación.
16¿No es quitado el mantenimiento de delante de nuestros ojos, la alegría y el placer de la casa de nuestro Dios?
17El grano se pudrió debajo de sus terrones, los bastimentos fueron asolados, los alfolíes destruídos; porque se secó el trigo.
18Cuánto gimieron las bestias! cuán turbados anduvieron los hatos de los bueyes, porque no tuvieron pastos! también fueron asolados los rebaños de las ovejas.
(Jl. 1:9‑13,16‑18)
Carmel.
 Such is the opening of our prophet, who begins where Joel ends (Joel 3:16). These references to, or citations from, other prophets are designed of God, and serve to bind the various witnesses in one testimony. (Amos 1 by W. Kelly)
 How solemn it is that Jehovah utters His voice from the central spot of His worship and government, not to comfort and direct but to denounce; and to denounce not strangers and enemies but His own people! (Amos 1 by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he said, Jehovah roareth from Zion, and uttereth his voice from Jerusalem; and the pasturesa of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withereth.

JND Translation Notes

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or "habitations." see Jer. 9.10; 23.10; 25.37, etc.