Amos 3

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Amos 3

God’s Reasons for Punishing Israel

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1} Listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt:^(A)

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I have known only you^(B)
out of all the clans of the earth;
therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.^(C)

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Can two walk together^(D)
without agreeing to meet?^(a)

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Does a lion roar^(E) in the forest
when it has no prey?
Does a young lion growl from its lair
unless it has captured something?

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Does a bird land in a trap on the ground
if there is no bait for it?
Does a trap spring from the ground
when it has caught nothing?

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If a ram’s horn^(F) is blown in a city,
aren’t people afraid?^(G)
If a disaster^(H) occurs in a city,
hasn’t the Lord done it?^(I)

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Indeed, the Lord God does nothing
without revealing His counsel
to His servants the prophets.^(J)

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A lion has roared;^(K)
who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken;^(L)
who will not prophesy?^(M)

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Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod^(N)
and on the citadels in the land of Egypt:
Assemble on the mountains of Samaria^(O)
and see the great turmoil in the city
and the acts of oppression within it.^(P)

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The people are incapable of doing right^(Q)—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
those who store up violence and destruction^(R)
in their citadels.

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11} Therefore, the Lord God says:

An enemy^(S) will surround the land;
he will destroy^(T) your strongholds
and plunder your citadels.^(U)

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12} The Lord says:

As the shepherd snatches two legs
or a piece of an ear
from the lion’s mouth,^(V)
so the Israelites who live in Samaria
will be rescued
with only the corner of a bed^(W)
or the^(b) cushion^(c) of a couch.^(d)^(X)

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Listen and testify^(Y) against the house of Jacob—
this is the declaration of the Lord God,
the God of Hosts.

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I will punish the altars of Bethel^(Z)
on the day I punish Israel for its crimes;
the horns of the altar^(AA) will be cut off
and fall to the ground.^(AB)

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I will demolish the winter house^(AC)
and the summer house;^(AD)
the houses inlaid with ivory^(AE) will be destroyed,
and the great houses^(AF) will come to an end.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Footnotes:

a. Amos 3:3: LXX reads without meeting

b. Amos 3:12: Or Israelites will be rescued, those who sit in Samaria on a corner of a bed or a

c. Amos 3:12: Hb obscure

d. Amos 3:12: LXX, Aq, Sym, Theod, Syr, Tg, Vg read or in Damascus

Cross references:

A. Amos 3:1: Amos 2:10

B. Amos 3:2: Exodus 19:5-6; Deuteronomy 4:32-37

C. Amos 3:2: Jeremiah 14:10; Ezekiel 20:36; Daniel 9:12

D. Amos 3:3: Leviticus 26:23-24

E. Amos 3:4: Psalm 104:21

F. Amos 3:6: Jeremiah 4:5; Jeremiah 4:19; Jeremiah 4:21; Jeremiah 6:1

G. Amos 3:6: Numbers 10:9; Jeremiah 4:19; Joel 2:1

H. Amos 3:6: Isaiah 14:24-27; Isaiah 45:7

I. Amos 3:6: Lamentations 3:37-39

J. Amos 3:7: Genesis 18:17; Jeremiah 23:18; Jeremiah 23:22; Jonah 1:2

K. Amos 3:8: Amos 1:2

L. Amos 3:8: Jonah 1:1-3; Jonah 3:1-3

M. Amos 3:8: Jeremiah 6:10-11; Jeremiah 20:9

N. Amos 3:9: Amos 1:8

O. Amos 3:9: Amos 4:1; Amos 6:1

P. Amos 3:9: Amos 5:11; Amos 6:8

Q. Amos 3:10: Psalm 14:4; Jeremiah 4:22; Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12

R. Amos 3:10: Habakkuk 2:8-10

S. Amos 3:11: Amos 6:14

T. Amos 3:11: Amos 2:14

U. Amos 3:11: 2 Kings 17:5-6; 2 Kings 18:9-12

V. Amos 3:12: 1 Samuel 17:34-37

W. Amos 3:12: Psalm 132:3

X. Amos 3:12: Amos 6:4

Y. Amos 3:13: Ezekiel 2:7

Z. Amos 3:14: Amos 4:4; Amos 5:5-6; Amos 7:10; Amos 7:13

AA. Amos 3:14: Leviticus 8:15; Leviticus 16:18-19; Psalm 118:27

AB. Amos 3:14: Hosea 10:1-2

AC. Amos 3:15: Jeremiah 36:22

AD. Amos 3:15: Judges 3:20

AE. Amos 3:15: 2 Chronicles 9:17; Amos 6:4

AF. Amos 3:15: Amos 2:5; Amos 6:11