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That is why I must punish you for all your sins.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/amos/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/amos/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/amos/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/amos/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/amos/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“You only have I known among all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your wrongdoing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/amos/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You only have I chosen among all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/amos/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“You only have I chosen among all the families of the earth; Therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/amos/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“You only have I known among all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/amos/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I have known [chosen, cared for, and loved] only you of all the families of the earth; Therefore I shall punish you for all your wickedness.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/amos/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I have known only you out of all the clans of the earth; therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/amos/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I have known only you out of all the clans of the earth; therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/amos/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/amos/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Of all nations on earth, you are the only one I have chosen. That's why I will punish you because of your sins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/amos/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/amos/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Out of all the families on earth, I have known no one else but you. That is why I am going to punish you for all your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/amos/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Of all the nations on earth, you are the only one I have known and cared for. That is what makes your sins so terrible, and that is why I must punish you for them." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/amos/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You alone have I known from among all of the families of mankind; therefore I will hold you accountable for all your iniquities.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/amos/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/amos/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/amos/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/amos/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/amos/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“I have only chosen you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/amos/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Only you have I known of all families of the earth, "" Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/amos/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Only you I have known of all families of the land, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/amos/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />You only did I know from all the families of the earth: for this I will review over you all your iniquities.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/amos/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/amos/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I have known only you in such a way, out of all the families of the earth. For this reason, I will visit upon you all your iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/amos/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You alone I have known, among all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/amos/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/amos/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You only have I known of all the peoples and of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/amos/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />”You only I have known of all the nations and of all the families of the Earth; because of this I shall adjudge for you all your offenses<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/amos/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/amos/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />You especially have I known out of all the families of the earth: therefore will I take vengeance upon you for all your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/amos/3-2.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=378" 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">1</span>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: <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7535.htm" title="7535: raq (Adv) -- The same as raq as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although.">“Only</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏa‘·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">have I known</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: mik·kōl (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">from all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="4940: miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- From shaphah; a family, i.e. Circle of relatives; figuratively, a class, a species or sort; by extens. A tribe or people.">the families</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">of the earth;</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.">therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6485.htm" title="6485: ’ep̄·qōḏ (V-Qal-Imperf-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 punish</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">for all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·nō·ṯê·ḵem (N-cpc:: 2mp) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">your iniquities.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?…<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="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a></span><br />For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a></span><br />Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. / And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">Jeremiah 31:31-34</a></span><br />Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. / It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. / “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a></span><br />But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-4.htm">Romans 9:4-5</a></span><br />the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises. / Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/147-19.htm">Psalm 147:19-20</a></span><br />He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel. / He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1</a></span><br />When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-5.htm">Matthew 10:5-6</a></span><br />These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. / Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-1.htm">Romans 3:1-2</a></span><br />What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? / Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1</a></span><br />But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-22.htm">John 4:22</a></span><br />You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-2.htm">Deuteronomy 14:2</a></span><br />for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8-9</a></span><br />“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend— / I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-12.htm">Ephesians 2:12</a></span><br />remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-26.htm">Leviticus 20:26</a></span><br />You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.</p><p class="hdg">only.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5,6</a></b></br> Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth <i>is</i> mine: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a></b></br> For thou <i>art</i> an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that <i>are</i> upon the face of the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/10-15.htm">Deuteronomy 10:15</a></b></br> Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, <i>even</i> you above all people, as <i>it is</i> this day.</p><p class="hdg">all.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-32.htm">Genesis 10:32</a></b></br> These <i>are</i> the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/1-15.htm">Jeremiah 1:15</a></b></br> For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Jeremiah 10:25</a></b></br> Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.</p><p class="hdg">therefore.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/9-6.htm">Ezekiel 9:6</a></b></br> Slay utterly old <i>and</i> young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom <i>is</i> the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which <i>were</i> before the house.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/20-36.htm">Ezekiel 20:36-38</a></b></br> Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/9-12.htm">Daniel 9:12</a></b></br> And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.</p><p class="hdg">punish.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/9-25.htm">Jeremiah 9:25</a></b></br> Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all <i>them which are</i> circumcised with the uncircumcised;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/11-22.htm">Jeremiah 11:22</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/13-21.htm">Jeremiah 13:21</a></b></br> What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them <i>to be</i> captains, <i>and</i> as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joel/2-18.htm">Care</a> <a href="/amos/2-12.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/daniel/11-15.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/amos/2-7.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-15.htm">Families</a> <a href="/hosea/10-10.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/hosea/12-2.htm">Punish</a> <a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/hosea/8-10.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Visit</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/7-14.htm">Care</a> <a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/nahum/3-17.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/amos/3-5.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/nahum/3-4.htm">Families</a> <a href="/micah/7-19.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Punish</a> <a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/amos/3-11.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/amos/3-14.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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/amos/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Only you have I known from all the families of the earth;</b><br>This phrase highlights the unique relationship between God and Israel. "Known" in this context implies an intimate, covenantal relationship, not merely awareness. This echoes <a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a>, where Israel is described as a chosen people, set apart by God. The term "families of the earth" refers to the various nations, emphasizing Israel's distinct status. This special relationship is rooted in the Abrahamic covenant (<a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a>), where God promises to make Abraham's descendants a great nation. The exclusivity of this relationship underscores Israel's responsibility to live according to God's laws, as seen in <a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a>, where they are called to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.<p><b>therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.</b><br>The consequence of Israel's unique relationship with God is accountability. The word "therefore" indicates a direct connection between being chosen and being judged. Israel's iniquities, or sins, are more grievous because they violate the covenant with God. This principle is consistent with the biblical theme that privilege comes with responsibility (<a href="/luke/12-48.htm">Luke 12:48</a>). The punishment is not merely punitive but corrective, intended to bring Israel back to faithfulness. This reflects the prophetic tradition where judgment is often a precursor to restoration (<a href="/jeremiah/30-11.htm">Jeremiah 30:11</a>). The concept of divine discipline is also seen in <a href="/hebrews/12-6.htm">Hebrews 12:6</a>, where God disciplines those He loves. This passage foreshadows the ultimate judgment and redemption through Jesus Christ, who fulfills the law and offers salvation to all nations, extending the covenant blessings beyond Israel (<a href="/galatians/3-14.htm">Galatians 3:14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a></b><br>A prophet from Tekoa, a small town in Judah, who was called by God to deliver messages of judgment to the Northern Kingdom of Israel during a time of prosperity and moral decay.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, consisting of ten tribes, which had turned away from God and was engaging in idolatry and social injustice.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who chose Israel as His people and held them accountable to His laws.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The divine consequence that God declares upon Israel due to their iniquities and failure to uphold the covenant.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a></b><br>The special relationship established between God and Israel, beginning with Abraham and formalized through Moses, which included blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/chosen_for_a_purpose.htm">Chosen for a Purpose</a></b><br>Israel was chosen by God not for privilege alone but for a purpose—to be a light to the nations. As believers, we are also chosen to reflect God's character and love to the world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/accountability_in_relationship.htm">Accountability in Relationship</a></b><br>With privilege comes responsibility. Just as Israel was held accountable for their actions, Christians are called to live in a manner worthy of their calling.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>God's judgment on Israel serves as a reminder that sin has consequences. We must be vigilant in our walk with God, seeking repentance and transformation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>God's faithfulness to His covenant is unwavering, but He expects His people to respond in obedience. Our relationship with God should be marked by faithfulness and commitment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Prophets like Amos were sent to call God's people back to Him. We should be open to correction and guidance from spiritual leaders and the Word of God.<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/what_does_lo-ruhamah_mean_in_the_bible.htm">What does Lo-ruhamah symbolize in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_two_walk_together_without_agreeing.htm">How can two walk together without agreement?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'judgment_at_god's_house'_mean.htm">What does "Judgment Begins at the House of God" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_ezek._16_46-48_and_history_align.htm">How does Ezekiel 16:46–48 align with historical records that do not portray Sodom or Samaria as more righteous than Jerusalem?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Known.--</span>The knowledge of God is love. There was special knowledge and intimacy between God and Israel. Upon such knowledge followed advantages and privileges innumerable.<p><span class= "bld">Therefore I will</span> . . .--This may mean, in proportion to your privileges will be your doom--but more probably that this intimacy of knowledge is the ground of gracious chastisement. For nation or man to be allowed to go on in sin without rebuke is the greatest curse that can befall it or him.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Have I known;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> loved, acknowledged, chosen. So in <a href="/hosea/13-5.htm">Hosea 13:5</a> God says. "I knew thee in the wilderness;" and St. Paul (<a href="/2_timothy/2-19.htm">2 Timothy 2:19</a>), "The Lord knoweth them that are his" (comp. <a href="/nahum/1-7.htm">Nahum 1:7</a>). The peculiar relation in which God allowed Israel to stand to him is much dwelt upon (see <a href="/deuteronomy/4-8.htm">Deuteronomy 4:8, 20</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/14-2.htm">Deuteronomy 14:2</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/7-23.htm">2 Samuel 7:23</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/17-21.htm">1 Chronicles 17:21</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Therefore I will punish you;</span> literally, <span class="accented">visit upon you.</span> They must not presume upon their privileges; the retention of God's favour depended upon obedience to his Word (<a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5</a>): the nearer they were brought to God, the greater their guilt if they fell from him. Unlike the nations denounced in the former chapters, Israel had sinned against light and knowledge and love, therefore the sentence on her must be heavier (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/9-6.htm">Ezekiel 9:6</a>; <a href="/luke/12-47.htm">Luke 12:47</a>; <a href="/1_peter/4-17.htm">1 Peter 4:17</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/amos/3-2.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">“You</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶתְכֶ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">only</span><br /><span class="heb">רַ֚ק</span> <span class="translit">(raq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7535.htm">Strong's 7535: </a> </span><span class="str2">But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have I known</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדַ֔עְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏa‘·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from all</span><br /><span class="heb">מִכֹּ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(mik·kōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the clans</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4940.htm">Strong's 4940: </a> </span><span class="str2">A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the earth;</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֲדָמָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">therefore</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">I will punish</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶפְקֹ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(’ep̄·qōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - 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">you for all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your iniquities.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲוֺנֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·wō·nō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/amos/3-2.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 3:2 You only have I chosen of all (Amo. 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