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The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/amos/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/amos/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/amos/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/amos/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will also visit <i>destruction</i> on the altars of Bethel; And the horns of the altar shall be cut off And fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/amos/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For on the day that I punish Israel’s offenses, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; The horns of the altar will be cut off, And will fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/amos/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For on the day that I punish Israel&#8217s transgressions, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; The horns of the altar will be cut off And they will fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/amos/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For on the day that I punish Israel’s transgressions, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; The horns of the altar will be cut off, And they will fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/amos/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“For on the day that I punish Israel’s transgressions, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; The horns of the altar will be cut in pieces, And they will fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/amos/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“On that day when I punish Israel’s transgressions, I shall also punish the altars of Bethel [with their golden calves]; And the horns of the altar shall be cut off And fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/amos/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will punish the altars of Bethel on the day I punish Israel for its crimes; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/amos/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will punish the altars of Bethel on the day I punish Israel for its crimes; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/amos/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Beth-el; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/amos/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When I, the LORD, punish Israel for their sins, I will destroy the altars at Bethel. Even the corners of the altar will be left in the dirt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/amos/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Beth-el, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/amos/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />On the day I punish Israel for its disobedience, I will also destroy the altars at Bethel. The horns of the altar will be cut off and will fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/amos/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"On the day when I punish the people of Israel for their sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel. The corners of every altar will be broken off and will fall to the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/amos/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"because on that day I will lay out the charges against Israel. I will also bring judgment upon the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and will fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/amos/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/amos/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Certainly when I punish Israel for their covenant transgressions, I will destroy Bethel's altars. The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/amos/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/amos/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/amos/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/amos/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“For in the day of My charging the transgressions of Israel on him, I have laid a charge on the altars of Beth-El, "" And the horns of the altar have been cut off, "" And they have fallen to the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/amos/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For in the day of My charging the transgressions of Israel on him, I have laid a charge on the altars of Beth-El, And cut off have been the horns of the altar, And they have fallen to the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/amos/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For in the day of my reviewing the transgressions of Israel upon him, and reviewed upon the altars of the house of God: and the horns of the altar were broken, and they fell to the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/amos/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />That in the day when I shall begin to visit the transgressions of Israel, I will visit upon him, and upon the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altars shall be cut off, and shall fall to the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/amos/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />that in the day, when I will begin to visit the betrayals of Israel, I will visit upon him and upon the altars of Bethel. And the horns of the altars will be cut off and will fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/amos/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />On the day when I punish Israel for its crimes, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; The horns of the altar shall be broken off and fall to the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/amos/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />On the day I punish Israel for its transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/amos/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />That in the day that I punish the transgressions of Israel I will also punish the altars of Beth-el; and the horns of the altars shall be cut off and fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/amos/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because in the day that I review the evil of Israel upon him, I shall review concerning the altars of Bayth Eil and the horns of the altars shall be cut off and they shall fall on the ground<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/amos/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also punish the altars of Beth-el, And the horns of the altar shall be cut off, And fall to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/amos/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For in the day wherein I shall take vengeance of the sins of Israel upon him, I will also take vengeance on the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be broken down, and they shall fall upon the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/amos/3-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=498" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/amos/3.htm">Witnesses Against Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bə·yō·wm (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">On the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/6485.htm" title="6485: pā·qə·ḏî (V-Qal-Inf:: 1cs) -- To attend to, visit, muster, appoint. A primitive root; to visit; by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.">I punish</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/6588.htm" title="6588: p̄iš·‘ê- (N-mpc) -- Transgression. From pasha'; a revolt.">for their transgressions,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6485.htm" title="6485: ū·p̄ā·qaḏ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To attend to, visit, muster, appoint. A primitive root; to visit; by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.">I will visit destruction</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·bə·ḥō·wṯ (N-mpc) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">the altars</a> <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm" title="1008: bêṯ- (Prep) -- From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine.">of</a> <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm" title="1008: ’êl (N-proper-fs) -- From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine.">Bethel;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7161.htm" title="7161: qar·nō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- From qaran; a horn; by implication, a flask, cornet; by resembl. An elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray; figuratively, power.">the horns</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: ham·miz·bê·aḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">of the altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/1438.htm" title="1438: wə·niḡ·də·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To hew, hew down or off. A primitive root; to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything.">will be cut off,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: wə·nā·p̄ə·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">and they will fall</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: lā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">to the ground.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/10-8.htm">Hosea 10:8</a></span><br />The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-15.htm">2 Kings 23:15</a></span><br />He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">1 Kings 13:2</a></span><br />And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-19.htm">2 Kings 23:19-20</a></span><br />Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger. / On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-11.htm">Isaiah 10:11</a></span><br />and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-14.htm">Jeremiah 7:14</a></span><br />therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-5.htm">Micah 1:5-7</a></span><br />All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? / Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations. / All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-9.htm">2 Kings 17:9-12</a></span><br />The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. / They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. / They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a></span><br />After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” / One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. / And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-4.htm">2 Chronicles 34:4-7</a></span><br />Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. / Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. / Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Hosea 4:15</a></span><br />Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-2.htm">Matthew 24:2</a></span><br />“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-2.htm">Mark 13:2</a></span><br />“Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-6.htm">Luke 21:6</a></span><br />“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-20.htm">John 4:20-21</a></span><br />Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.” / “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel on him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.</p><p class="hdg">in the.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-34.htm">Exodus 32:34</a></b></br> Therefore now go, lead the people unto <i>the place</i> of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/9-1.htm">Amos 9:1</a></b></br> I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">1 Kings 13:2-5</a></b></br> And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/23-15.htm">2 Kings 23:15</a></b></br> Moreover the altar that <i>was</i> at Bethel, <i>and</i> the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, <i>and</i> stamped <i>it</i> small to powder, and burned the grove.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/amos/2-8.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">Altars</a> <a href="/hosea/12-4.htm">Bethel</a> <a href="/hosea/12-4.htm">Beth-El</a> <a href="/amos/3-2.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/daniel/8-4.htm">Charging</a> <a href="/amos/2-3.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/amos/3-5.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/amos/3-5.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/amos/3-5.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/daniel/8-22.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/amos/3-12.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/hosea/7-10.htm">Israel's</a> <a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/amos/3-2.htm">Punish</a> <a href="/amos/3-2.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/amos/3-2.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Transgressions</a> <a href="/amos/3-2.htm">Visit</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/9-1.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/romans/11-3.htm">Altars</a> <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">Bethel</a> <a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Beth-El</a> <a href="/micah/6-2.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/nahum/3-3.htm">Charging</a> <a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/amos/4-13.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/amos/7-17.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/amos/5-2.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/amos/5-7.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/amos/6-13.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/amos/4-5.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/micah/5-1.htm">Israel's</a> <a href="/amos/7-9.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-12.htm">Punish</a> <a href="/amos/7-4.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Transgressions</a> <a href="/jonah/3-3.htm">Visit</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/3-1.htm">The necessity of God's judgment against Israel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/3-9.htm">The publication of it, with the causes thereof.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The context is the Northern Kingdom of Israel, which had fallen into idolatry and social injustice. The "transgressions" refer to the covenant violations, including worshiping other gods and neglecting the poor. This judgment is consistent with the warnings given in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where blessings and curses are outlined based on Israel's obedience or disobedience to God's law.<p><b>I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel</b><br>Bethel was a significant religious site in the Northern Kingdom, where King Jeroboam I set up a golden calf (<a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-29</a>). This act was a direct violation of the first two commandments and represented a major departure from the worship of Yahweh. The destruction of these altars signifies God's rejection of false worship and a return to true worship as prescribed in Jerusalem. Archaeological evidence suggests that Bethel was a center of idolatrous practices, making it a focal point for divine judgment.<p><b>the horns of the altar will be cut off</b><br>The horns of the altar were considered sacred and were often associated with seeking asylum or mercy (<a href="/1_kings/1-50.htm">1 Kings 1:50-51</a>). Cutting them off symbolizes the removal of any hope for mercy or protection from judgment. This act signifies the complete desecration and nullification of the altar's supposed sanctity. It also underscores the futility of relying on false religious systems for salvation.<p><b>and they will fall to the ground</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the total collapse and humiliation of the idolatrous system. The falling of the altar's horns to the ground represents the end of false worship and the failure of Israel's leaders to uphold the covenant. It serves as a prophetic warning to all who turn away from God, highlighting the inevitable downfall of those who trust in anything other than Him. This imagery can also be seen as a type of Christ, who is the true altar and sacrifice, offering a new covenant through His death and resurrection.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a></b><br>A prophet from Tekoa, called by God to deliver messages of judgment and repentance to Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, often straying from God's commandments and engaging in idolatry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/bethel.htm">Bethel</a></b><br>A significant religious site in Israel, where idolatrous practices were conducted, including the worship of golden calves.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/altars_of_bethel.htm">Altars of Bethel</a></b><br>Central to Israel's idolatrous worship, representing the nation's spiritual apostasy.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/horns_of_the_altar.htm">Horns of the Altar</a></b><br>Symbolic of strength and sanctuary, their removal signifies the end of false security and divine protection.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_on_idolatry.htm">Judgment on Idolatry</a></b><br>God’s judgment on the altars of Bethel underscores His intolerance for idolatry and false worship. Believers are called to examine their own lives for modern-day idols that may take precedence over God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/false_security.htm">False Security</a></b><br>The cutting off of the altar's horns symbolizes the removal of false security. Christians should place their trust in God alone, rather than in material or worldly assurances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>The prophecy serves as a call to repentance. Just as Israel was warned, believers today are encouraged to turn from sin and seek restoration through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God’s Sovereignty</a></b><br>The passage highlights God’s control over nations and His ability to execute judgment. This should inspire reverence and awe, reminding believers of the importance of aligning with God’s will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/historical_context_and_relevance.htm">Historical Context and Relevance</a></b><br>Understanding the historical context of Israel’s idolatry helps believers appreciate the relevance of God’s timeless principles and the importance of faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/proof_of_bethel's_altars'_destruction.htm">Amos 3:14: Have researchers discovered any compelling historical proof of the destruction of Bethel’s altars described here? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_deut._33_17's_metaphor_explained.htm">Deuteronomy 33:17 promises Joseph a strength likened to “horns of a wild ox”; how do we address this metaphor scientifically or literally? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_sharing_altars_with_ot_laws.htm">(Amos 2:8) How do we reconcile the practice of sharing pagan altars with strict laws against idolatry found elsewhere in the Old Testament?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_amaziah's_claim_fit_jeroboam's_era.htm">Amos 7:10-13 - Does the account of Amaziah's accusation against Amos align with known historical records and political dynamics of Jeroboam's reign?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">That in the day,</span> etc. This verse is rightly joined to the preceding, as it particularizes the threats which the heathen are summoned to testify. <span class="cmt_word">Visit upon;</span> equivalent to "punish" (<a href="/zephaniah/1-8.htm">Zephaniah 1:8</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Altars of Bethal.</span> We read of one altar being set up by Jeroboam I (<a href="/1_kings/12-29.htm">1 Kings 12:29, 33</a>), but doubtless others had been added in the course of time. The denunciation of <a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">1 Kings 13:2, 3</a> is here repeated. <span class="cmt_word">The horns of the altar.</span> These were certain projections at the four angles of the altar, perhaps in the form of an ox's horn, on which the blood of the sin offering was smeared, and which therefore were considered the holiest part of the altar (see <a href="/exodus/27-2.htm">Exodus 27:2</a>; <a href="/exodus/29-12.htm">Exodus 29:12</a>; <a href="/leviticus/16-18.htm">Leviticus 16:18</a>). The instruments of idolatry or impure worship should share the destruction of the idolaters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/amos/3-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">On the day</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּי֛וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I punish</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּקְדִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(pā·qə·ḏî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6485.htm">Strong's 6485: </a> </span><span class="str2">To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for their transgressions,</span><br /><span class="heb">פִשְׁעֵֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(p̄iš·‘ê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6588.htm">Strong's 6588: </a> </span><span class="str2">Transgression</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will visit [destruction]</span><br /><span class="heb">וּפָֽקַדְתִּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·p̄ā·qaḏ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6485.htm">Strong's 6485: </a> </span><span class="str2">To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the altars</span><br /><span class="heb">מִזְבְּח֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(miz·bə·ḥō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּֽית־</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">Bethel;</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1008.htm">Strong's 1008: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the horns</span><br /><span class="heb">קַרְנ֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(qar·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7161.htm">Strong's 7161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the altar</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miz·bê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be cut off,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִגְדְּעוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niḡ·də·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1438.htm">Strong's 1438: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fell a, tree, to destroy anything</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they will fall</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָפְל֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·p̄ə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the ground.</span><br /><span class="heb">לָאָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/3-14.htm">Amos 3:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/amos/3-14.htm">Amos 3:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/amos/3-14.htm">Amos 3:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/amos/3-14.htm">Amos 3:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/amos/3-14.htm">Amos 3:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/3-14.htm">Amos 3:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/3-14.htm">Amos 3:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/3-14.htm">Amos 3:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/amos/3-14.htm">Amos 3:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/amos/3-14.htm">Amos 3:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/amos/3-14.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 3:14 For in the day that I visit (Amo. 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