amo/01/01.md

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 # General Information:
 
-God speaks through Amos using poetic language. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
+God speaks through Amos using poetic language. 
 
 # the shepherds from Tekoa, ... concerning Israel
 
-Tekoa is the name of a town or village in Judah, but this message is primarily to the northern kingdom of Israel. It seems that Amos was one of a group of shepherds who had left Tekoa to work in Israel, and while he was there at work, God gave him these words (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
+Tekoa is the name of a town or village in Judah, but this message is primarily to the northern kingdom of Israel. 
 
 # saw
 
-If your language uses a word for "see" only in poetry or mostly to indicate seeing in a vision or dream, you might want to use it here.
+If your language has a word for "see" that it uses only in poetry or mostly to indicate seeing in a vision or dream, you might want to use it here.
 
 # in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and also in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel
 
-The words "in the days of" is an idiom and refers to the time when each king reigned. Alternate translation: "when Uzziah was king of Judah, and also when Jeroboam son of Joash was king of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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-# two years before the earthquake
-
-The assumed knowledge is that the original hearers would be aware of when a large earthquake had affected the area. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
+"when Uzziah was king of Judah, and also when Jeroboam son of Joash was king of Israel"