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class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Christian Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/csb/esv/amos/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><section epub:type="chapter" id="csb-Amos.3" /><h3 class="head1">God’s Reasons for Punishing Israel</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.3.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Listen to this message that the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.3.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I have known only you<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">out of all the clans of the earth;</p><p class="poem">therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.3.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Can two walk together<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">without agreeing to meet?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.3.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Does a lion roar<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in the forest</p><p class="poem">when it has no prey?</p><p class="poem">Does a young lion growl from its lair</p><p class="poem">unless it has captured something?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.3.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Does a bird land in a trap on the ground</p><p class="poem">if there is no bait for it?</p><p class="poem">Does a trap spring from the ground</p><p class="poem">when it has caught nothing?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.3.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>If a ram’s horn<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> is blown in a city,</p><p class="poem">aren’t people afraid?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">If a disaster<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.6.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> occurs in a city,</p><p class="poem">hasn’t the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> done it?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.6.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.3.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Indeed, the Lord G<span class="smallcaps">od</span> does nothing</p><p class="poem">without revealing his counsel</p><p class="poem">to his servants the prophets.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.3.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>A lion has roared;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">who will not fear?</p><p class="poem">The Lord G<span class="smallcaps">od</span> has spoken;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">who will not prophesy?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.8.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.3.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and on the citadels in the land of Egypt:</p><p class="poem">Assemble on the mountains of Samaria,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and see the great turmoil in the city</p><p class="poem">and the acts of oppression within it.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.9.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.3.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The people are incapable of doing right<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">this is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s declaration —</p><p class="poem">those who store up violence and destruction<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">in their citadels.</p></blockquote><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.3.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Therefore, the Lord G<span class="smallcaps">od</span> says:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">An enemy<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> will surround the land;</p><p class="poem">he will destroy<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> your strongholds</p><p class="poem">and plunder your citadels.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.11.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.3.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> says:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">As the shepherd snatches two legs</p><p class="poem">or a piece of an ear</p><p class="poem">from the lion’s mouth,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">so the Israelites who live in Samaria</p><p class="poem">will be rescued</p><p class="poem">with only the corner of a bed<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">or the<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Amos.3.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> cushion<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Amos.3.12.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> of a couch.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Amos.3.12.3"><span class="fnAlphabet">C</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.12.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.3.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Listen and testify<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> against the house of Jacob —</p><p class="poem">this is the declaration of the Lord G<span class="smallcaps">od</span>,</p><p class="poem">the God of Armies.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.3.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will punish the altars of Bethel<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">on the day I punish Israel for its crimes;</p><p class="poem">the horns of the altar<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.14.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> will be cut off</p><p class="poem">and fall to the ground.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.14.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.3.15" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I will demolish the winter house<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the summer house;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">the houses inlaid with ivory<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.15.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> will be destroyed,</p><p class="poem">and the great houses<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.3.15.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a> will come to an end.</p></blockquote><p class="scripture">This is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s declaration.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Amos.3" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Amos.3.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.12">3:12</a></span> Or <span class="italic">Israelites will be rescued, those who sit in Samaria on a corner of a bed or a</span></aside><aside id="fn.Amos.3.12.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.12">3:12</a></span> Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Amos.3.12.3"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.12">3:12</a></span> LXX, Aq, Sym, Theod, Syr, Tg, Vg read <span class="italic">or in Damascus</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Amos.3" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.1">3:1</a></span> Am 2:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.2">3:2</a></span> Ex 19:5–6; Dt 4:32–37</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.2">3:2</a></span> Jr 14:10; Ezk 20:36; Dn 9:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.3">3:3</a></span> Lv 26:23–24</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.4">3:4</a></span> Ps 104:21; Hs 5:14; 11:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.6">3:6</a></span> Jr 4:5,19,21; 6:1; Hs 5:8; Zph 1:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.6">3:6</a></span> Nm 10:9; Jr 4:19; Jl 2:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.6.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.6">3:6</a></span> Is 14:24–27; 45:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.6.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.6">3:6</a></span> Lm 3:37–39</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.7">3:7</a></span> Gn 18:17; Jr 23:18,22; Jnh 1:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.8">3:8</a></span> Am 1:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.8">3:8</a></span> Jnh 1:1–3; 3:1–3</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.8.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.8">3:8</a></span> Jr 6:10–11; 20:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.9">3:9</a></span> 1Sm 5:1; Am 1:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.9">3:9</a></span> Am 4:1; 6:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.9.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.9">3:9</a></span> Am 5:11; 6:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.10">3:10</a></span> Ps 14:4; Jr 4:22; Am 5:7; 6:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.10">3:10</a></span> Hab 2:8–10; Zph 1:9; Zch 5:3–4</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.11">3:11</a></span> Am 6:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.11">3:11</a></span> Am 2:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.11.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.11">3:11</a></span> 2Kg 17:5–6; 18:9–12</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.12">3:12</a></span> 1Sm 17:34–37</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.12">3:12</a></span> Ps 132:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.12.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.12">3:12</a></span> Est 1:6; 7:8; Am 6:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.13">3:13</a></span> Ezk 2:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.14">3:14</a></span> Hs 10:5–8,14–15; Am 4:4; 5:5–6; 7:10,13</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.14.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.14">3:14</a></span> Lv 8:15; 16:18–19; 1Kg 1:50–51; 2:28; Ps 118:27</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.14.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.14">3:14</a></span> Hs 10:1–2</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.15">3:15</a></span> Jr 36:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.15">3:15</a></span> Jdg 3:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.15.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.15">3:15</a></span> 1Kg 22:39; 2Ch 9:17; Am 6:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.3.15.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.3.15">3:15</a></span> Am 2:5; 6:11</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Amos.3" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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