Amos 3:1

Amos 3:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
• New King James Version (NKJV)Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:
• New Living Translation (NLT)Listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel—against the entire family I rescued from Egypt:

Context of Amos 3:1

Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the Lord has spoken against you—against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt: 2“You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins.” 3Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?

Amos 3:1 word by word

שִׁמְע֞וּ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַ֚ל כָּל־הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר הֶעֱלֵ֛יתִי מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם לֵאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• this wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• against you, O childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• against the whole familyמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• which I brought upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• from the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Amos 3:1

• 2 Chronicles 20:15He said: “Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.
• Isaiah 46:3“Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob, all the remnant of the people of Israel, you whom I have upheld since your birth, and have carried since you were born.
• Isaiah 48:12“Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am the last.
• Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites, because the Lord has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land.
• Hosea 5:1“Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen, royal house! This judgment is against you: You have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
• Micah 3:1Then I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel. Should you not embrace justice,
• Revelation 2:29Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
• Jeremiah 8:3Wherever I banish them, all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life, declares the Lord Almighty.’
• Jeremiah 31:1“At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”
• Jeremiah 33:24“Have you not noticed that these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two kingdoms he chose’? So they despise my people and no longer regard them as a nation.
• Ezekiel 37:16“Son of man, take a stick of wood and write on it, ‘Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick of wood, and write on it, ‘Belonging to Joseph (that is, to Ephraim) and all the Israelites associated with him.’
• Amos 2:10I brought you up out of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness to give you the land of the Amorites.

Commentaries on Amos 3:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Against the whole family - That is, all, both the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. In this all the twelve tribes are included.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Amos, like Hosea, rebukes Israel directly, Judah indirectly. He had warned each nation separately. Now, ere he concentrates himself on Israel, he sums up what he had before said to Judah and in the Person of God. “Ye have been alike in My gifts to you, alike in your waste of them and your sins; alike ye shall be in your punishment.” What was said to Israel was said also to Judah: what was directed first to the former people, belongs to us, the later. What…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Judgments against Israel. (1-8) The like to other nations. (9-15) Verses 1-8 The distinguishing favours of God to us, if they do not restrain from sin, shall not exempt from punishment. They could not expect communion with God, unless they first sought peace with him. Where there is not friendship, there can be no fellowship. God and man cannot walk together, except they are agreed. Unless we seek his glory, we cannot walk with him. Let us not presume on…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Amos begins with a reference to God’s goodness to Israel when he rescued them from Egypt (see Amos 2:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-151. children of Israel--not merely the ten tribes, but "the whole family brought up from Egypt"; all the descendants of Jacob, including Judah and Benjamin. Compare Jr 8:3, and Mi 2:3, on "family" for the nation. However, as the prophecy following refers to the ten tribes, they must be chiefly, if not solely, meant: they were the majority of the nation; and so Amos concedes what they so often boasted, that they were the elect people of God [Calvin], but…Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 3:1

• Ingratitude

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• Egypt
• Israel
• Children of Israel
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• God

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