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 which the Lord has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against the entire family which He brought up from the land of Egypt: “You only have I chosen among all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” 3Do two men walk together unless they have made an appointment? 4Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl from his den unless he has captured something?

Amos 3:2 word by word

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

• You onlyרַקraq · thinH7534
• chosenיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• amongמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• of the earthאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: planetH127
• Thereforeעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
• punishפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
• your iniquitiesעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771

Cross-references for Amos 3:2

• Exodus 19:5Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;
• Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
• Deuteronomy 10:15Yet on your fathers did the Lord set His affection to love them, and He chose their descendants after them, even you above all peoples, as it is this day.
• Deuteronomy 26:18The Lord has today declared you to be His people, a treasured possession, as He promised you, and that you should keep all His commandments;
• Deuteronomy 32:9For the Lord’s portion is His people; Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance.
• Psalms 147:19He declares His words to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.
• Isaiah 63:19We have become like those over whom You have never ruled, Like those who were not called by Your name.
• Genesis 10:32These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.
• Jeremiah 1:15For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” declares the Lord; “and they will come and they will set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the cities of Judah.
• Jeremiah 10:25Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You And on the families that do not call Your name; For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him And have laid waste his habitation.
• Nahum 3:4All because of the many harlotries of the harlot, The charming one, the mistress of sorceries, Who sells nations by her harlotries And families by her sorceries.
• Zechariah 14:17And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, there will be no rain on them.
• Acts 17:26and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,
• Ezekiel 9:6Utterly slay old men, young men, maidens, little children, and women, but do not touch any man on whom is the mark; and you shall start from My sanctuary.” So they started with the elders who were before the temple.
• Ezekiel 20:36As 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 9:12Thus He has confirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what was 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