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Amos 3:2

Identity and self-worthSin

1 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,

You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken 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 thou art 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 are upon the face of the earth.

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  • Exodus 19:5–6

    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 is mine:

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  • Deuteronomy 10:15

    Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

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  • 1 Peter 4:17

    For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

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  • Zechariah 14:17–18

    And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

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  • Jeremiah 14:10

    Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:9

    For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

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  • Jeremiah 9:25

    Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;

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