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href="/bsb/amos/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/amos/3.htm">New International Version</a> Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the LORD has spoken against you—against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt: <a href="/nlt/amos/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel—against the entire family I rescued from Egypt: <a href="/esv/amos/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: <a href="/bsb/amos/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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: <a href="/kjv/amos/3.htm">King James Bible</a> Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, <a href="/nkjv/amos/3.htm">New King James Version</a> Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying: <a href="/nasb_/amos/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Hear this word which the LORD has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against the entire family which He brought up from the land of Egypt: <a href="/nasb/amos/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> Hear this word which the LORD has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against the entire family which He brought up from the land of Egypt: <a href="/nasb77/amos/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Hear this word which the LORD has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against the entire family which He brought up from the land of Egypt, <a href="/lsb/amos/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Hear this word which Yahweh has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against the entire family which He brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, <a href="/amp/amos/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt: <a href="/csb/amos/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt: <a href="/hcsb/amos/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt: <a href="/asv/amos/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying, <a href="/cev/amos/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> People of Israel, I rescued you from Egypt. Now listen to my judgment against you. <a href="/erv/amos/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying, <a href="/gwt/amos/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Listen to this message which I, the LORD, have spoken against you Israelites, against your whole family that I brought out of Egypt. <a href="/gnt/amos/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> People of Israel, listen to this message which the LORD has spoken about you, the entire nation that he brought out of Egypt: <a href="/isv/amos/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken about you, people of Israel. It concerns the entire family that I brought from the land of Egypt: <a href="/msb/amos/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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: <a href="/net/amos/3.htm">NET Bible</a> Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the LORD is proclaiming against you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up from the land of Egypt: <a href="/nheb/amos/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying: <a href="/wbt/amos/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, <a href="/web/amos/3.htm">World English Bible</a> Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying: <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/amos/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Hear this word that YHWH has spoken concerning you, O sons of Israel, concerning all the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, <a href="/ylt/amos/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Hear ye this word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning you, O sons of Israel, concerning all the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying: <a href="/slt/amos/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Hear this word which Jehovah spake against you, ye sons of Israel, against all the family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/amos/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Hear the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O ye children of Israel: concerning the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying: <a href="/cpdv/amos/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Listen to the word which the Lord has spoken about you, sons of Israel, concerning the whole family that I led out of the land of Egypt, saying: <a href="/nabre/amos/3.htm">New American Bible</a> Hear this word, Israelites, that the LORD speaks concerning you, concerning the whole family I brought up from the land of Egypt: <a href="/nrsvce/amos/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/amos/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> HEAR this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, <a href="/hpbt/amos/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Hear this word that LORD JEHOVAH spoke unto you children of Israel, to all the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, and I said<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/amos/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying: <a href="/sep/amos/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Hear ye this word, O house of Israel, which the Lord has spoken concerning you, and against the whole family whom I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying, <a href="/parallel/amos/3-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=368" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/amos/3.htm">Witnesses Against Israel</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šim·‘ū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">Hear</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·dā·ḇār (Art:: N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">word</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·ber (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">has spoken</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.">against you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">O children</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.">of Israel,</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.">against</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.">the whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="4940: ham·miš·pā·ḥāh (Art:: N-fs) -- From shaphah; a family, i.e. Circle of relatives; figuratively, a class, a species or sort; by extens. A tribe or people.">family</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: he·‘ĕ·lê·ṯî (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">I brought up</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: mê·’e·reṣ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">out of the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·ra·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt:</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> 2“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a> 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.” <a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a> 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. <a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">Jeremiah 31:31-34</a> 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. ... <a href="/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1</a> When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son. <a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2</a> Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. <a href="/psalms/147-19.htm">Psalm 147:19-20</a> 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! <a href="/romans/9-4.htm">Romans 9:4-5</a> 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. <a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9-10</a> 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. / Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. <a href="/matthew/15-24.htm">Matthew 15:24</a> He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” <a href="/john/10-27.htm">John 10:27-28</a> My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. / I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. <a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Jeremiah 7:23-24</a> but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. / Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. <a href="/ezekiel/16-8.htm">Ezekiel 16:8</a> Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-20.htm">Deuteronomy 4:20</a> Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today. <a href="/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1</a> 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! <a href="/acts/3-25.htm">Acts 3:25-26</a> And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’ / When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,Hear.<a href="/2_chronicles/20-15.htm">2 Chronicles 20:15</a> And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.<a href="/isaiah/46-3.htm">Isaiah 46:3</a> Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:<a href="/isaiah/48-12.htm">Isaiah 48:12</a> Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.against.<a href="/jeremiah/8-3.htm">Jeremiah 8:3</a> And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.<a href="/jeremiah/31-1.htm">Jeremiah 31:1</a> At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.<a href="/jeremiah/33-24.htm">Jeremiah 33:24-26</a> Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them… which.<a href="/amos/2-10.htm">Amos 2:10</a> Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/amos/2-11.htm">Children</a> <a href="/joel/1-2.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/amos/2-10.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/amos/1-9.htm">Entire</a> <a href="/daniel/11-7.htm">Family</a> <a href="/joel/1-2.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/amos/2-11.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/amos/1-9.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/joel/2-11.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/3-12.htm">Children</a> <a href="/amos/3-12.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/amos/3-9.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/matthew/8-32.htm">Entire</a> <a href="/amos/3-13.htm">Family</a> <a href="/amos/3-13.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/amos/3-12.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/amos/8-8.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/amos/3-8.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 3</div>1. <a href="/amos/3-1.htm">The necessity of God's judgment against Israel.</a> 9. <a href="/amos/3-9.htm">The publication of it, with the causes thereof.</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you This phrase introduces a divine message of judgment. The use of "hear" emphasizes the importance of listening to God's word, a common prophetic call. The phrase "the LORD has spoken" underscores the authority and certainty of the message, as it comes directly from God. The context is a prophetic oracle, where God communicates through Amos, a shepherd and fig tree farmer called to prophesy to Israel. The phrase "against you" indicates a message of condemnation, highlighting the seriousness of Israel's sins.O children of Israel This term refers to the descendants of Jacob, also known as Israel, who became the twelve tribes. It emphasizes their identity as God's chosen people, with whom He established a covenant. Historically, this period is marked by Israel's division into two kingdoms: Israel (the northern kingdom) and Judah (the southern kingdom). Amos primarily addresses the northern kingdom, which had fallen into idolatry and social injustice. The phrase serves as a reminder of their special relationship with God and the responsibilities that come with it.against the whole family This phrase expands the scope of the message to include all the tribes of Israel, not just a select few. It underscores the unity of the nation under God's covenant, despite the political division into two kingdoms. The term "family" suggests a collective identity and shared responsibility. It also implies that the judgment is comprehensive, affecting every part of the nation. This collective accountability is a recurring theme in the prophets, who often call the entire community to repentance.that I brought up out of the land of Egypt This phrase recalls the Exodus, a foundational event in Israel's history where God delivered them from slavery in Egypt. It serves as a reminder of God's past faithfulness and the basis for His covenant with Israel. The Exodus is frequently referenced in the Old Testament as a demonstration of God's power and love. By invoking this event, the message highlights Israel's ingratitude and unfaithfulness despite God's past deliverance. It also serves as a warning that the same God who delivered them can also bring judgment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a> A prophet from Tekoa, a small town in Judah, who was called by God to deliver messages of judgment to Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/c/children_of_israel.htm">Children of Israel</a> The descendants of Jacob, also known as the Israelites, who were chosen by God as His covenant people. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal, self-existent nature and His relationship with Israel. 4. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> The land from which God delivered the Israelites, symbolizing bondage and oppression. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_exodus.htm">The Exodus</a> The event of God delivering the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, a foundational moment in Israel's history.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_call.htm">God's Sovereign Call</a> God initiates the relationship with His people. Just as He called Israel out of Egypt, He calls us out of sin and into His marvelous light. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_responsibility.htm">Covenant Responsibility</a> Being chosen by God comes with the responsibility to listen and obey His word. Israel's failure to do so serves as a warning to us. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_listening.htm">The Importance of Listening</a> The command to "hear" underscores the importance of being attentive to God's word. We must cultivate a heart that is receptive to His voice. <a href="/topical/h/historical_context_as_a_lesson.htm">Historical Context as a Lesson</a> Understanding the historical context of Israel's deliverance and subsequent disobedience helps us see the importance of faithfulness in our own lives. <a href="/topical/g/god's_consistent_character.htm">God's Consistent Character</a> God's actions in history reveal His unchanging nature. He is both just and merciful, calling us to repentance and offering grace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 3</a> <a href="/q/does_no_exodus_evidence_challenge_faith.htm">Amos 3:1: Does the lack of direct archaeological evidence for a mass exodus undermine the claim that God led Israel out of Egypt? </a> <a href="/q/key_themes_in_amos.htm">What are the key themes in the Book of Amos?</a> <a href="/q/why_punish_nations_for_unagreed_actions.htm">Amos 3:3: If two can’t walk together unless agreed, why does God punish nations for actions they have not consciously “agreed” to commit?</a> <a href="/q/why_have_jews_suffered_despite_god's_promise.htm">Isaiah 41:10: Why have the Jewish people endured long periods of suffering or exile if God’s promise to support and protect them is absolute? </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>(1) Children of Israel rather than "house of Israel" is a phrase not so usual in Amos. Hence in many MSS. the latter phrase is substituted. There is, however, significance in the former, as Amos addresses himself to both kingdoms in the phrase "the whole family." Yet the kingdom of the Ten Tribes seems to be chiefly in the mind of the prophet.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1-ch. 6:14. - Part II. THREE ADDRESSES PARTICULARIZING THE SINS OF ISRAEL AND ANNOUNCING IMMINENT JUDGMENT. Verses 1-15. - § 1. First address: the prophet begins by showing Israel's ingratitude for past mercies (vers. 1, 2), and his own commission to announce the coming judgment (vers. 3-8). They have drawn this upon themselves by iniquities which astonish even heathen nations; and they shall be punished by the overthrow of the kingdom and the destruction of their city (vers. 9-15). Verse 1. - The peculiar favour which God has shown the Israelites enhances the guilt of their ingratitude and increases their punishment. Hear this word. Each address (<a href="/amos/4-1.htm">Amos 4:1</a>; <a href="/amos/5-1.htm">Amos 5:1</a>) begins with this solemn call. O children of Israel. The summons is addressed to the twelve tribes, as the following words prove; but the succeeding denunciation is confined to Israel, Judah being only indirectly warned that she may expect a similar fate unless she turns in time. I brought up from the land of Egypt. This is mentioned as the crowning act of God's favour (<a href="/amos/2-10.htm">Amos 2:10</a>). <a href="/commentaries/amos/3-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Hear שִׁמְע֞וּ (šim·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently this הַזֶּ֗ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that word הַדָּבָ֣ר (had·dā·ḇār) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause that אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has spoken דִּבֶּ֧ר (dib·ber) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue against you, עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם (‘ă·lê·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against O children בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc against עַ֚ל (‘al) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the entire כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every clan הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֔ה (ham·miš·pā·ḥāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4940.htm">Strong's 4940: </a> A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people that אֲשֶׁ֧ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I brought up הֶעֱלֵ֛יתִי (he·‘ĕ·lê·ṯî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively out מֵאֶ֥רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Egypt: מִצְרַ֖יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/3-1.htm">Amos 3:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/amos/3-1.htm">Amos 3:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/amos/3-1.htm">Amos 3:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/amos/3-1.htm">Amos 3:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/amos/3-1.htm">Amos 3:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/3-1.htm">Amos 3:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/3-1.htm">Amos 3:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/3-1.htm">Amos 3:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/amos/3-1.htm">Amos 3:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/amos/3-1.htm">Amos 3:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/amos/3-1.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 3:1 Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken (Amo. 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