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Amos 3 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:1 - Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:2 - "You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:3 - "Do two walk together, unless they have made an appointment?
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 - Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing?
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 - Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing?
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:6 - Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does evil befall a city, unless the LORD has done it?
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:7 - Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:8 - The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken; who can but prophesy?"
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:9 - Proclaim to the strongholds in Assyria, and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, "Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Sama'ria, and see the great tumults within her, and the oppressions in her midst."
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:10 - "They do not know how to do right," says the LORD, "those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds."
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:11 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "An adversary shall surround the land, and bring down your defenses from you, and your strongholds shall be plundered."
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12 - Thus says the LORD: "As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the people of Israel who dwell in Sama'ria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part of a bed."
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:13 - "Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:14 - "that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:15 - I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall come to an end," says the LORD.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

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