Amos 3 (NET)

Amos 3:1¹Listen, you Israelites, to this message that the Lord is proclaiming against you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up from the land of Egypt:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 2:10Jer 8:3Mic 3:12 Chr 20:15Ezek 37:16-17Hos 4:1Isa 48:12Jer 31:1Hos 5:1Isa 46:3

Amos 3:2²“I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 7:6Exod 19:5-6Deut 10:151 Pet 4:17Zech 14:17-18Deut 32:9Jer 14:10Dan 9:12Deut 26:18Ezek 20:36-38

Amos 3:3³Do two walk together without having met?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 6:14-16Gen 17:1Gen 5:22Gen 6:9

Amos 3:4⁴Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 11:10Ps 104:21Amos 1:2Amos 3:8Hos 5:14

Amos 3:5⁵Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait? Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 9:12Dan 9:14Jer 31:28

Amos 3:6⁶If an alarm sounds in a city, do people not fear? If disaster overtakes a city, is the Lord not responsible?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 45:7Isa 14:24-27Zeph 1:162 Cor 5:11Gen 50:20Jer 10:7Acts 2:23Jer 4:5Jer 6:1Acts 4:28

Amos 3:7⁷Certainly the Sovereign Lord does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 15:15Gen 18:17Ps 25:14Rev 1:1Dan 9:22-27Gen 6:13Rev 4:1Dan 10:21Rev 1:19Jer 23:22

Amos 3:8⁸A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The Sovereign Lord has spoken. Who can refuse to prophesy?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 4:20Amos 3:4Jer 20:9Amos 1:21 Cor 9:16Amos 2:12Amos 7:12-17Rev 5:5Acts 5:20Acts 5:29

Amos 3:9⁹Make this announcement in the fortresses of Ashdod and in the fortresses in the land of Egypt. Say this: “Gather on the hills around Samaria! Observe the many acts of violence taking place within the city, the oppressive deeds occurring in it.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 4:1Amos 6:1Amos 1:81 Sam 5:1Amos 8:6Jer 22:8-9Jer 31:5Jer 50:22 Sam 1:20Deut 29:24-28

Amos 3:10¹⁰“They do not know how to do what is right,” the Lord says. “They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 4:22Zeph 1:9Ps 14:4Zech 5:3-42 Pet 3:5Amos 5:7Amos 6:12Hab 2:8-11Jas 5:3-4Jer 5:4

Amos 3:11¹¹Therefore,” says the Sovereign Lord, “an enemy will encircle the land. He will take away your power; your fortresses will be looted.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 18:9-112 Kgs 15:192 Kgs 17:3-6Amos 2:5Amos 6:142 Chr 36:192 Kgs 15:29Amos 3:10Amos 3:15Amos 6:8

Amos 3:12¹²This is what the Lord says: “Just as a shepherd salvages from the lion’s mouth a couple of leg bones or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be salvaged. They will be left with just a corner of a bed, and a part of a couch.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 17:34-37Rom 11:4-5Isa 31:41 Kgs 20:301 Kgs 20:341 Kgs 22:252 Kgs 16:9Amos 9:2-3Amos 6:4Isa 17:1-4

Amos 3:13¹³Listen and warn the family of Jacob!” The Sovereign Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 4:62 Chr 24:192 Kgs 17:132 Kgs 17:15Acts 18:5-6Acts 2:40Acts 20:21Amos 5:27Deut 30:18-19Deut 8:19

Amos 3:14¹⁴“Certainly when I punish Israel for their covenant transgressions, I will destroy Bethel’s altars. The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 23:15Hos 10:5-82 Chr 34:6-7Hos 10:14-15Amos 5:5-61 Kgs 13:2-52 Chr 31:1Amos 9:1Exod 32:34Mic 1:6-7

Amos 3:15¹⁵I will destroy both the winter and summer houses. The houses filled with ivory will be ruined, the great houses will be swept away.” The Lord is speaking!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:39Jer 36:22Amos 6:11Isa 5:9Judg 3:20Ps 45:8Amos 3:11