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Amos 3:2

Identity and self-worthSin

1 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:

“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

3 Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?

4 Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
KJV
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
WEB
“I have chosen only you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”
ASV
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
DARBY
You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.
BLB
“Only you⁺ have I known from all of the families of the earth; upon thus I will visit punishment on you⁺ [for] all your⁺ iniquities.”
ÅB
Dere alene har jeg villet kjennes ved blant alle jordens slekter; derfor vil jeg hjemsøke dere for alle deres misgjerninger.
OTB
"Dere alene har jeg anerkjent blant alle jordens familier;
derfor vil jeg straffe dere for alle deres misgjerninger."
B1930
Eder alene har jeg villet kjennes ved blandt alle jordens ætter; derfor vil jeg hjemsøke eder for alle eders misgjerninger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 7:6

    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.

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  • Exodus 19:5–6

    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.

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  • Deuteronomy 10:15

    Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.

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  • 1 Peter 4:17

    For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

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  • Zechariah 14:17–18

    And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.

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  • Jeremiah 14:10

    This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and call their sins to account.”

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  • Deuteronomy 32:9

    But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

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  • Jeremiah 9:25

    “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:

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