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Amos 3 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 3
Authority of the Prophet’s Message
The Condemnation of Samaria
1 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:
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2 ​​“You only have I known of all the families of the earth;
​​Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
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3 ​​Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
4 ​​Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey?
​​Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
5 ​​Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it?
​​Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?
6 ​​If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid?
​​If there is calamity in a city, will not the LORD have done it?
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7 ​​Surely the Lord GOD does nothing,
​​Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
8 ​​A lion has roared!
​​Who will not fear?
​​The Lord GOD has spoken!
​​Who can but prophesy?
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Punishment of Israel’s Sins
9 ​​“Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod,[fn]
​​And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say:
​‘​Assemble on the mountains of Samaria;
​​See great tumults in her midst,
​​And the oppressed within her.
10 ​​For they do not know to do right,’
​​Says the LORD,
​‘​Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ”
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11 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
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​​“An adversary shall be all around the land;
​​He shall sap your strength from you,
​​And your palaces shall be plundered.”
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12 Thus says the LORD:
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​​“As a shepherd takes from the mouth of a lion
​​Two legs or a piece of an ear,
​​So shall the children of Israel be taken out
​​Who dwell in Samaria—
​​In the corner of a bed and on the edge[fn] of a couch!
13 ​​Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”
​​Says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
14 ​​“That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions,
​​I will also visit destruction on the altars of Bethel;
​​And the horns of the altar shall be cut off
​​And fall to the ground.
15 ​​I will destroy the winter house along with the summer house;
​​The houses of ivory shall perish,
​​And the great houses shall have an end,”
​​Says the LORD.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Following Masoretic Text; Septuagint reads Assyria.
The Hebrew is uncertain.
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