Amos 3:1

Listen to this message, Israelites, which the Lord has spoken against you, against the whole nation that I brought out of Egypt:

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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,

In Context

2You alone have I cared for of all the nations of the world, this is why I will punish you for your crimes.

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Cross References

Hosea 4:1Hear the Lord’s message, Israelites, for the Lord has brought charges against the inhabitants of the land, for there is no fidelity, nor true love, nor knowledge of God in the land,

Amos 2:10It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, led you forty years in the wilderness, brought you here to possess the land of the Amorites.

Matthew Henry on Amos 3:1

A stupid, senseless, heedless people, are, in this chapter, called upon to take notice, I. Of the judgments of God denounced against them and the warnings he gave them of those judgments, and to be hereby awakened out of their security, ver. 1-8 . II. Of the sins that were found among them, by which God was provoked thus to threaten, thus to punish, that they might justify God in his controversy with them, and, unless they repented and reformed, might expect no other than that God should proceed in his… Read the whole commentary →

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