Footnotes

1. Amos 6:1 tn On the Hebrew term הוֹי (hoy; “ah, woe”) as a term of mourning, see the notes in 5:16, 18.
2. Amos 6:1 sn Zion is a reference to Jerusalem.
3. Amos 6:1 tn The words “They think of themselves as” are supplied in the translation for clarification. In the Hebrew text the term נְקֻבֵי (n^equvey; “distinguished ones, elite”) is in apposition to the substantival participles in the first line.
4. Amos 6:1 tn Heb “house.”
5. Amos 6:1 tn Heb “comes to them.”