Thematic Bible
Amos 3:1 (show verse)
Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole clan that I brought up from the land of Egypt:
Amos 3:2 (show verse)
"You only have I {chosen} of all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Amos 3:3 (show verse)
Do two walk together unless they have met?
Amos 3:4 (show verse)
Does a lion roar in the forest {when he has no prey}? Does a fierce, young lion cry out from his den unless he has caught [something]?
Amos 3:5 (show verse)
Does a bird fall into a trapping net on the earth when there is no snare for it? Does a trapping net spring up from the ground unless it has certainly caught something?
Amos 3:6 (show verse)
Or is a horn blown in a city and people are not afraid? Or does a disaster occur in the city and Yahweh has not done [it]?
Amos 3:7 (show verse)
Surely my Lord does not do anything unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets.
Amos 3:8 (show verse)
A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? My Lord Yahweh has spoken, who will not prophesy?
Amos 3:9 (show verse)
Proclaim to the citadel fortresses in Ashdod and the citadel fortresses in the land of Egypt and say: "Gather on the mountains of Samaria and see the great panic in her midst and the oppression in her midst!"
Amos 3:10 (show verse)
"They do not know [how] to do right," {declares Yahweh}, "those who store up violence and destruction in their citadel fortresses."
Amos 3:11 (show verse)
Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahweh, "A foe shall surround the land and bring down your strongholds, and your citadel fortresses shall be plundered."
Amos 3:12 (show verse)
Thus says Yahweh, "Just as the shepherd rescues two legs or a piece of an ear from the mouth of the lion, so shall the {people} of Israel who dwell in Samaria, with the corner of a couch and the damask of a bed."
Amos 3:13 (show verse)
"Listen and testify against the house of Jacob," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts.
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Amos 3:14 (show verse)
"For on the day I punish Israel for {its transgression}, I will also punish the altars of Bethel and the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.
Amos 3:15 (show verse)
I will ruin the winter house as well as the summer house, and the houses of ivory will perish and the great houses shall come to an end," {declares} Yahweh.