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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Amos 7:8

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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7:8 The Hebrew word translated plumb line (Hebrew ’anak) is similar to the word for groaning (’anakhah, see Isa 35:10; Lam 1:22), alluding to great suffering when God would hold Israel accountable.
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