Amo 8:7-10 | TNotes | STEP | 8:7 the Pride of Israel: The same Hebrew phrase alludes in 6:8 to Israel’s arrogance. Here, the phrase is probably a name for God, who is the legitimate object of Israel’s pride. Elsewhere (Ps 47:4 ; Nah 2:2 ), this phrase refers to the Promised Land under a king from David’s line (cp. Jer 13:9 ; Ezek 32:12 ). If the phrase here means the land, it would spotlight Israel’s perverse pride in its national and geographic identity.

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‏ Amos 8:7-10

8:7 ^a the Pride of Israel: The same Hebrew phrase alludes in 6:8 ^b to Israel’s arrogance. Here, the phrase is probably a name for God, who is the legitimate object of Israel’s pride. Elsewhere (Ps 47:4 ^c; Nah 2:2 ^d), this phrase refers to the Promised Land under a king from David’s line (cp. Jer 13:9 ^e; Ezek 32:12 ^f). If the phrase here means the land, it would spotlight Israel’s perverse pride in its national and geographic identity.
8:9 ^g The day of the Lord would invert the cosmos. Jeremiah used similar imagery to describe the desecration of Judah as the Babylonian armies approached (Jer 4:23 ^h; see also Isa 13:10 ⁱ; 34:4 ^j; 50:3 ^k; Ezek 32:7-8 ^l; Joel 2:10 ^m, 31 ⁿ; Mic 3:6 ^o).