Evangelical Exegetical Commentary

AMOS, JONAH, & MICAH

JOANNA M. HOYT

General Editor: H. Wayne House

Old Testament Editor: William D. Barrick

Amos, Jonah, & Micah

Evangelical Exegetical Commentary

Copyright 2019 JoAnna M. Hoyt

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English quotations from Amos, Jonah, and Micah in this commentary are the author’s own translation.

Unless otherwise indicated, all English translations from the Bible, except for the books of Amos, Jonah, and Micah, are from the New American Standard Bible, 1995.

Unless otherwise indicated, all translations of the Septuagint are from the New English Translation of the Septuagint, 2007.

Unless otherwise indicated, all English translations of the Targums are from: Kevin J. Cathcart and R. P. Gordon, The Targum of the Minor Prophets. The Aramaic Bible 14. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1989.

The Targumic texts are from Targum Jonathan in M. Cohen, Mikraot Gedolot HaKeter, Bar-Ilan University Press, 1992.

The lxx texts are from Rahlf’s edition 1935 by the Württembergische Bibelanstalt/Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft (German Bible Society), Stuttgart.

ISBN 9781683592464

Lexham Editorial Team: Derek Brown, Claire Brubaker, Amy Ballor, Danielle Thevenaz

Cover Design: Shiloh Hubbard

Contents

Acknowledgments

Editors’ Preface

Abbreviations

Amos

1:1 Introduction

1:2–2:16 Judgments against the Nations (Indictment Oracles and Covenant Lawsuit)

3:1–15 Judgment for the Chosen (Covenant Lawsuit)

4:1–13 Past and Future Judgments (Covenant Lawsuit)

5:1–17 Judgment Brings Mourning (Covenant Lawsuit)

5:18–27 Rejected Worship (Woe Oracle)

6:1–14 Arrogance Denounced (Woe Oracle)

7:1–8:3 Visions and Threats (Visions and Narratives)

8:4–14 The Greedy Accused (Covenant Lawsuit)

9:1–15 Yahweh’s Final Words (Speech)

Jonah

1:1–16 The Unwilling Prophet

2:1–10 [2:2–11] Unrepentant Prayer

3:1–10 Unmerited Relenting

4:1–11 Unpacking God’s Nature

Micah

1:1 Introduction

1:2–16 Coming Judgment on Both Kingdoms (Covenant Lawsuit)

2:1–11 Injustice Lamented (Woe Oracle)

2:12–13 Assurance of Restoration (Hope Oracle)

3:1–12 Leaders Denounced (Covenant Lawsuit)

4:1–5:15[14] The Full Range of Hope (Hope Oracle)

6:1–16 Yahweh’s Accusation (Covenant Lawsuit)

7:1–6 The Absence of the Faithful (Woe Oracle)

7:7–20 Their Complete Hope (Hope Oracle)

Acknowledgments

I am very appreciative of Wayne House and Bill Barrick for allowing me the opportunity to research and write about these three remarkable prophetic books. They took a risk in assigning this volume to me when I was a newly minted PhD, and I am thankful for that.

I wish to thank my professors at both Howard Payne University and Dallas Theological Seminary for training and preparing me for a life in Christian academics. Howard Payne gave me my first introduction ...