Amos 3 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Authority of the Prophet’s Message

The Condemnation of Samaria

Amo 3:1Hear 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:

Amo 3:2

Amo 3:2“You only have I known of all the families of the earth;
Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

Amo 3:3

Amo 3:3Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?

Amo 3:4

Amo 3:4Will 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?

Amo 3:5

Amo 3:5Will 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?

Amo 3:6

Amo 3:6If 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?

Amo 3:7

Amo 3:7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing,
Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.

Amo 3:8

Amo 3:8A lion has roared!
Who will not fear?
The Lord GOD has spoken!
Who can but prophesy?

Punishment of Israel’s Sins

Amo 3:9

Amo 3:9“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.

Amo 3:10

Amo 3:10For they do not know to do right,’
Says the LORD,
‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ”

Amo 3:11

Amo 3:11Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:

“An adversary shall be all around the land;
He shall sap your strength from you,
And your palaces shall be plundered.”

Amo 3:12

Amo 3:12Thus says the LORD:

“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!

Amo 3:13

Amo 3:13Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”
Says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

Amo 3:14

Amo 3:14“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.

Amo 3:15

Amo 3:15I 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.

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NKJV Footnotes

(3:9)

Following Masoretic Text; Septuagint reads Assyria.

(3:12)

The Hebrew is uncertain.

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