Amos 3
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Amos 3:9-15

9ProclaimH8085 on the citadelsH759 in 1AshdodH795 and on the citadelsH759 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714 and sayH559, “AssembleH622 yourselves on the 2mountainsH2022 of SamariaH8111 and seeH7200 the greatH7227 tumultsH4103 withinH8432 her and the 3oppressionsH6217 in her midstH7130. 10But they 4do not knowH3045 how to doH6213 whatH5228 is rightH5228,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068, “these who 5hoardH686 up 6violenceH2555 and devastationH7701 in their citadelsH759.”

11ThereforeH3651, thusH3541 saysH559 the LordH136 GodH3068, “An 7enemyH6862, even oneH5439 surroundingH5439 the landH776, Will pullH3381 downH3381 your 8strengthH5797 from you And your 9citadelsH759 will be lootedH962.” 12ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068, “JustH3512 as the shepherdH7462 1011snatchesH5337 from the lion’sH738 mouthH6310 a coupleH8147 of legsH3767 orH176 a pieceH915 of an earH241, SoH3651 will the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 dwellingH3427 in SamariaH8111 be 12snatchedH5337 awayH5337-- With the 13cornerH6285 of a bedH4296 and the 1415coverH1833 of a couchH6210!13HearH8085 and 16testifyH5749 against the houseH1004 of JacobH3290,” DeclaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, the GodH430 of hostsH6635.14“For on the dayH3117 that I punishH6485 Israel’sH3478 transgressionsH6588, I will also punishH6485 the altarsH4196 of 17BethelH1008; The hornsH7161 of the altarH4196 will be cutH1438 offH1438 And they will fallH5307 to the groundH776.15I will also smiteH5221 the 1819winterH2779 houseH1004 togetherH5971 with the 20summerH7019 houseH1004; The housesH1004 of 2122ivoryH8127 will also perishH6 And the 23greatH7227 housesH1004 will comeH5486 to an endH5486,” DeclaresH5002 the LordH3068.

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Notes

  1. 1. Amos 3:9 1 Sam 5:1 ↩
  2. 2. Amos 3:9 Amos 4:1; 6:1 ↩
  3. 3. Amos 3:9 Amos 5:11; 8:6 ↩
  4. 4. Amos 3:10 Ps 14:4; Jer 4:22; Amos 5:7; 6:12 ↩
  5. 5. Amos 3:10 Hab 2:8-10; Zeph 1:9; Zech 5:3, 4 ↩
  6. 6. Amos 3:10 I.e. the booty from violence ↩
  7. 7. Amos 3:11 Amos 6:14 ↩
  8. 8. Amos 3:11 Or stronghold ↩
  9. 9. Amos 3:11 Amos 2:5 ↩
  10. 10. Amos 3:12 Or delivers ↩
  11. 11. Amos 3:12 1 Sam 17:34-37 ↩
  12. 12. Amos 3:12 Or delivered ↩
  13. 13. Amos 3:12 Ps 132:3 ↩
  14. 14. Amos 3:12 Lit damask ↩
  15. 15. Amos 3:12 Esth 1:6; 7:8; Amos 6:4 ↩
  16. 16. Amos 3:13 Ezek 2:7 ↩
  17. 17. Amos 3:14 2 Kin 23:15; Hos 10:5-8, 14, 15; Amos 4:4; 5:5, 6; 7:10, 13 ↩
  18. 18. Amos 3:15 Or autumn ↩
  19. 19. Amos 3:15 Jer 36:22 ↩
  20. 20. Amos 3:15 Judg 3:20 ↩
  21. 21. Amos 3:15 I.e. ivory inlay ↩
  22. 22. Amos 3:15 1 Kin 22:39; Ps 45:8 ↩
  23. 23. Amos 3:15 Amos 2:5; 6:11 ↩

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