Amos 3:13

Amos 3:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,
• New International Version (NIV)“Hear this and testify against the descendants of Jacob,” declares the Lord, the Lord God Almighty.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,” Says the Lord God, the God of hosts,
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Now listen to this, and announce it throughout all Israel,” says the Lord, the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.

Context of Amos 3:13

11Therefore thus says the Lord God: "An adversary shall surround the land and bring down your defenses from you, and your strongholds shall be plundered." 12Thus says the Lord: "As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the people of Israel who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part of a bed. "Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord God, the God of hosts, 14"that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground. 15I will strike the winter house along with the summer house, and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall come to an end," declares the Lord.

Amos 3:13 word by word

שִׁמְע֥וּ וְהָעִ֖ידוּ בְּבֵ֣ית יַֽעֲקֹ֑ב נְאֻם־אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י הַצְּבָאֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• ye, and testifyעוּד‛ûd · to testifyH5749
• in the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635

Cross-references for Amos 3:13

• Deuteronomy 8:19And if you forget the Lord your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish.
• Deuteronomy 30:18I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess.
• 2 Kings 17:13Yet the Lord warned Israel and Judah by every prophet and every seer, saying, "Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, in accordance with all the Law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent to you by my servants the prophets."
• 2 Chronicles 24:19Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord. These testified against them, but they would not pay attention.
• Acts 2:40And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation."
• Acts 18:5When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
• Acts 20:21testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Ephesians 4:17Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:6that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.
• Amos 5:27and I will send you into exile beyond Damascus," says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.
• Joshua 22:22"The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows; and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in breach of faith against the Lord, do not spare us today
• Isaiah 1:24Therefore the Lord declares, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes.

Commentaries on Amos 3:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Hear ye - This is an address to the prophet.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Hear ye and testify ye in - (Rather unto or against ) the house of Israel; first “hear” yourselves, then “testify,” that is, solemnly “protest,” in the Name of God; and “bear witness unto” and “against” them, so that the solemn words may sink into them. It is of little avail to “testfy,” unless we first “hear;” nor can man “bear witness” to what he doth not know; nor will words make an “impression,” that is, leave a trace of themselves, be stamped in or…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 That power which is an instrument of unrighteousness, will justly be brought down and broken. What is got and kept wrongfully, will not be kept long. Some are at ease, but there will come a day of visitation, and in that day, all they are proud of, and put confidence in, shall fail them. God will inquire into the sins of which they have been guilty in their houses, the robbery they have stored up, and the luxury in which they lived. The pomp…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13The Lord's message is for all of Israel, also known as the house of Jacob. Jacob was the ancestor of both Israel and Judah. The witnesses who are told to listen could be the nations mentioned in Amos 3:9, the people of Samaria, or groups of prophets. the God of Hosts: This title (also in Amos 4:13; 5:14–16, 27; 6:8) shows God as the leader of the heavenly armies. This is the true God of the universe, not a local deity (see also Exodus 15:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. testify in the house, &c.--that is, against the house of Jacob. God calls on the same persons as in Am 3:9, namely, the heathen Philistines and the Egyptians to witness with their own eyes Samaria's corruptions above described, so that none may be able to deny the justice of Samaria's punishment [Maurer]. God of hosts--having all the powers of heaven and earth at His command, and therefore One calculated to strike terror into the hearts of the guilty…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• God
• Jacob
• Jacob, Israel
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Agreed
• Amos (1)

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