Amos 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Amos in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] In the Hebrew Bible, Amos is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets.[3][4] The book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Amos. This chapter contains his prophecies regarding God's judgment against Moab, Judah, and Israel, following a pattern established in chapter 1.
Amos 2 | |
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Book | Book of Amos |
Category | Nevi'im |
Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 30 |
The original text was written in Hebrew. This chapter is divided into 16 verses. Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).[5]
Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls including 4Q78 (4QXIIc; 75–50 BCE) with extant verses 11–16;[6][7][8] 4Q82 (4QXIIg; 25 BCE) with extant verses 1, 7–9, 15–16;[6][7][9] and Wadi Murabba'at (MurXII; 75–100 CE) with extant verse 1.[7]
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century), Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century)[10][a] and Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 846 (~550 CE; with extant verses 6–12).[12]
This chapter continues the use of the numerical proverb format established in chapter 1.[13]
Despite the literary closures, this oracle seems to form a larger pattern with the others.[14] The Moabites were related to Lot and therefore to Abraham and his descendants.[15] The crime of Moab probably is more about sacrilege (cf. Jeremiah 8:1–3; cf. 2 Kings 23:16–20), with bones mentioned also in 6:9–10; verse 2b echoing 1:14b; and the trumpet reappears in 3:6, in a similar context (cf. Exodus 19:13, 16,19).[14]
The editors of the Jerusalem Bible suggest that this oracle may have been a later addition to the text.[20]