Amos 3:2

Amos 3:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
• New International Version (NIV)“You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

Context of Amos 3:2

1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: “Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” 3Can two walk together without agreeing where to go? 4Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?

Amos 3:2 word by word

רַ֚ק אֶתְכֶ֣ם יָדַ֔עְתִּי מִכֹּ֖ל מִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת הָאֲדָמָ֑ה עַל־כֵּן֙ אֶפְקֹ֣ד עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם אֵ֖ת כָּל־עֲוֹנֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Onlyרַקraq · exceptH7535
• youאֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• have I knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• from allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• of the earthאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: planetH127
• thereforeעַל‛al · uponH5921
• thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
• I will punishפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
• your iniquitiesעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771

Cross-references for Amos 3:2

• Exodus 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
• Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
• Deuteronomy 10:15Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
• Deuteronomy 26:18And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
• Deuteronomy 32:9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
• Psalms 147:19He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
• Isaiah 63:19We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.
• Genesis 10:32All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
• Jeremiah 1:15For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.
• Jeremiah 10:25Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
• Nahum 3:4because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.
• Zechariah 14:17And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.
• Acts 17:26From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
• Ezekiel 9:6Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
• Ezekiel 20:36Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the Lord GOD.
• Daniel 9:12You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.

Commentaries on Amos 3:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2You only have I known - I have taken no other people to be my own people. I have approved of you, loved you, fed, sustained, and defended you; but because you have forsaken me, have become idolatrous and polluted, therefore will I punish you. And the punishment shall be in proportion to the privileges you have enjoyed, and the grace you have abused.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities - Such is the one law of God. The nearer anyone is brought unto God, the worse is his fall, and, his trial over, the more heavily is he punished. Nearness to God is a priceless, but an awesome gift. The most intense blessing becomes, by the abuse of free will, the most dreadful woe. For the nearer God places anyone to His own light, the more…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The word translated as have known suggests a deep, personal understanding that goes beyond just knowing facts. It can mean formal recognition (Exodus 1:8; 5:2), personal experience (Genesis 2:17), or sexual relations (Genesis 4:1). This word often describes God's relationship with Israel (Hosea 5:3) and the ideal relationship Israel should have with God (Hosea 2:20). Because of Israel's special status, God would hold them accountable for all their sins…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. You only have I known--that is, acknowledged as My people, and treated with peculiar favor (Ex 19:5; De 4:20). Compare the use of "know," Psa 1:6; 144:3; Joh 10:14; 2Ti 2:19. therefore I will punish--the greater the privileges, the heavier the punishment for the abuse of them; for to the other offenses there is added, in this case, ingratitude. When God's people do not glorify Him, He glorifies Himself by punishing them.Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 3:2

• God
• Ingratitude
• Judgment
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Agreed
• Fellowship
• Amos (1)
• Choose; Chosen
• Deuteronomy
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• God
• Israel, Religion of
• Salvation
• Wrath, (anger)

Commentaries on Amos 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings