{"book":"Amos","slug":"amos","ch":3,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Amos","prev":"amos/2","next":"amos/4","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:","f":[],"h":"Witnesses against Israel","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”","f":["Or chosen"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Only you have I known"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from all the families of the earth;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"therefore I will punish you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for all your iniquities.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"Can two walk together without agreeing [where to go]?","f":["Or without an appointment to meet"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Can two walk together"},{"style":"indent2","t":"without agreeing [where to go]?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Does a lion roar in the forest"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when he has no prey?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Does a young lion growl in his den"},{"style":"indent2","t":"if he has caught nothing?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Does a bird land in a snare where no bait [has been set]? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Does a bird land in a snare"},{"style":"indent2","t":"where no bait [has been set]?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Does a trap spring from the ground"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when it has nothing to catch?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If a ram’s horn sounds in a city,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"do the people not tremble?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"If calamity comes to a city,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"has not the LORD caused it?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Surely the Lord GOD does nothing"},{"style":"indent2","t":"without revealing His plan"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to His servants the prophets."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"The lion has roared — who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken — who will not prophesy?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The lion has roared —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who will not fear?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"The Lord GOD has spoken —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who will not prophesy?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt:“ Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and to the citadels of Egypt:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Assemble on the mountains of Samaria;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"see the great unrest in the city"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the acts of oppression in her midst.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"“ For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD.“ They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ For they know not how to do right,”"},{"style":"indent2","t":"declares the LORD."},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ They store up violence and destruction"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in their citadels.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says:“ An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”","f":["Or An adversary"],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ An enemy will surround the land;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he will pull down your strongholds"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and plunder your citadels.”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"This is what the LORD says:“ As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued [having just] the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.","f":["Or so will the Israelites be snatched away, those who sit in Samaria on the edge of their beds and in Damascus on their couches"],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"This is what the LORD says:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion"},{"style":"indent2","t":"two legs or a piece of an ear,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[having just] the corner of a bed"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or the cushion of a couch."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit [destruction] on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will visit [destruction] on the altars of Bethel;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the horns of the altar will be cut off,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and they will fall to the ground."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will tear down the winter house"},{"style":"indent2","t":"along with the summer house;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the houses of ivory will also perish,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the great houses will come to an end,”"},{"style":"selah","t":"declares the LORD."}],"style":"indent1"}]}