AMOS 3
1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
3 Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?
4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is set for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?
6 Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shalt evil befall a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
9 Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold what great tumults are therein, and what oppressions in the midst thereof.
10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: An adversary there shall be, even round about the land: and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
12 Thus saith the LORD: As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.
13 Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.
14 For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Beth-el, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.
Cross-references
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- 1Amo 2:10, Mic 3:1, Jer 8:3, 2Ch 20:15, Ezk 37:16–17, Hos 4:1, Isa 48:12, Jer 31:1
- 2Deu 7:6, Exo 19:5–6, Deu 10:15, 1Pe 4:17, Zec 14:17–18, Deu 32:9, Jer 14:10, Jer 9:25
- 32Co 6:14–16, Gen 17:1, Gen 5:22, Gen 6:9
- 4Hos 11:10, Psa 104:21, Amo 1:2, Hos 5:14, Amo 3:8
- 5Ecc 9:12, Dan 9:14, Jer 31:28
- 6Isa 45:7, Isa 14:24–27, Zep 1:16, Gen 50:20, 2Co 5:11, Jer 10:7, Jer 4:5, Jer 6:1
- 7Jhn 15:15, Gen 18:17, Psa 25:14, Rev 1:1, Dan 9:22–27, Gen 6:13, Rev 4:1, Dan 10:21
- 8Act 4:20, Jer 20:9, Amo 3:4, Amo 1:2, Amo 7:12–17, Rev 5:5, Amo 2:12, 1Co 9:16
- 9Amo 4:1, Amo 6:1, Amo 1:8, 1Sa 5:1, Jer 22:8–9, Amo 8:6, Jer 50:2, Jer 31:5
- 10Zep 1:9, Jer 4:22, Zec 5:3–4, Psa 14:4, Amo 6:12, Jer 5:4, Hab 2:8–11, Amo 5:7
- 112Ki 18:9–11, Amo 2:5, Amo 6:14, 2Ki 15:19, 2Ki 17:3–6, Isa 10:5–6, Isa 8:7–8, Hos 11:5–6
- 121Sa 17:34–37, Rom 11:4–5, Isa 31:4, 1Ki 20:30, 2Ki 16:9, 1Ki 20:34, Amo 9:2–3, 1Ki 22:25
- 132Ch 24:19, Eph 4:17, Deu 30:18–19, Amo 5:27, Act 2:40, Ezk 2:7, Jos 22:22, Act 18:5–6
- 142Ki 23:15, Hos 10:5–8, 2Ch 34:6–7, Hos 10:14–15, Amo 5:5–6, Mic 1:6–7, 2Ch 31:1, Amo 9:1
- 151Ki 22:39, Jer 36:22, Amo 6:11, Isa 5:9, Jdg 3:20, Psa 45:8, Amo 3:11
Topics in this chapter
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Afflictions and Adversities, Ashdod, Beth-El, Communion, Damascus, Dishonesty, Fellowship, Friendship, Gin, God, House, Hunting, Idolatry, Ingratitude, Israel, Prophecies Concerning, Ivory, Judgment, Lion, Meekness, Mysteries, Palace, Prophets, Rulers, Secret, Shepherd, Sin, Snare, Summer, Trumpet, War, Wicked (People), Winter