IV.
Jehovah's contending with the house of Jacob
3:1—9:10
A.
Jehovah's three reproofs to Israel
3:1—5:27
1.
The first reproof
3:1-15
Amos 3
:1
3:1
Hear this word that Jehovah has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
Amos 3
:2
3:2
Only you have I known
Of all the
afamilies of the earth;
Therefore I will visit upon you
All your iniquities.
Amos 3
:3
3:3
1Will two walk together
If they have not met at an appointed place?
Amos 3
:4
3:4
Will the lion roar in the forest
When he has no prey?
Will a young lion utter his voice from his den
If he has not seized anything?
Amos 3
:5
3:5
Will a bird fall into a trap on the earth
When there is no snare
laid for it?
Will a trap spring up off the ground
When it has seized nothing at all?
Amos 3
:6
3:6
Can a
atrumpet be blown in a city
And the people not dread?
Can there be ill in a city
And Jehovah did not do
it?
Amos 3
:7
3:7
Surely the Lord Jehovah will not do anything unless He
areveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
Amos 3
:8
3:8
The lion has roared —
Who will not fear?
The Lord Jehovah has spoken —
Who can but prophesy?
Amos 3
:9
3:9
Cause it to be heard in the palaces of Ashdod
And in the palaces of the land of Egypt, and say,
Assemble yourselves in the mountains of Samaria,
And see what great tumults are in the midst of it
And what oppressions are within it;
Amos 3
:10
3:10
And they do not know to do what is right,
Declares Jehovah,
They who store up violence and devastation in their palaces.
Amos 3
:11
3:11
Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah,
An
aadversary! Indeed
one surrounding the land;
And he will bring down your strength from you,
And your palaces will be plundered.
Amos 3
:12
3:12
Thus says Jehovah,
As the shepherd rescues
Out of the mouth of the lion
Two legs or a piece of the ear,
So will the children of Israel
Who dwell in Samaria be rescued,
With the corner of a bed
And a silk cushion of a couch.
Amos 3
:13
3:13
Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.
Amos 3
:14
3:14
For in the day when I visit
The transgressions of Israel upon him,
I will visit the
aaltars of
1Bethel,
And the horns of the altar will be cut off
And will fall to the ground.
Amos 3
:15
3:15
And I will strike the
1winter house
Along with the
1summer house;
And the houses of ivory will perish,
And many houses will come to an end,
Declares Jehovah.
