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Amos 3:1
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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, |
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Amos 3:2
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You only have I known of all the families of
the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities. |
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Amos 3:3
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Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?
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Amos 3:4
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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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Amos 3:5
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Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where
no gin is set for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken
nothing at all? |
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Amos 3:6
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Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the
people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?
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Amos 3:7
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Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except
he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets. |
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Amos 3:8
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The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The
Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy? |
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Amos 3:9
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Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in
the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains
of Samaria, and behold what great tumults are therein, and what oppressions in
the midst thereof. |
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Amos 3:10
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For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah,
who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. |
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Amos 3:11
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Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary
there shall be, even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength
from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered. |
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Amos 3:12
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Thus saith Jehovah: As the shepherd rescueth
out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children
of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the
silken cushions of a bed. |
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Amos 3:13
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Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob,
saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts. |
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Amos 3:14
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For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions
of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Beth-el; and the horns of
the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. |
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Amos 3:15
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And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house;
and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end,
saith Jehovah. |
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