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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
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Intertextuality Pair

Amos 1:2 → Joel 3:16

Quotation

Later text

Amos 1:2BSB

He said: "The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers."

Earlier text

Joel 3:16BSB

The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Significance

Amos 1:2 and Joel 3:16 share nearly identical language: "The LORD roars (יִשְׁאָג, yish'ag) from Zion and raises His voice (יִתֵּן קוֹלוֹ, yitten qolo) from Jerusalem." This verbal overlap is so precise that the two texts likely draw on a common prophetic formula associating Yahweh's theophanic voice with Zion as His dwelling. While Amos uses this roar to introduce judgment oracles against the nations, Joel places it in an eschatological context where the LORD simultaneously judges the nations in the Valley of Jehoshaphat and shelters His people. The shared formula thus carries opposite implications for Israel: threat in Amos, refuge in Joel. Joel names this refuge מַחֲסֶה (machseh), the term for a place of shelter from a storm, showing that the same terrifying roar that scatters the nations doubles as sanctuary for God's own.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme

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