Amos 3:14

On the Yom that I visit her 1 to punish the peysha'im of Yisroel, 1 I will also visit to punish the mizbechot of Beit-El; 1 and the horns of the mizbe'ach shall be cut off, 1 and fall to ha'aretz. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

In Context

13Hear ye, and testify against Bais Ya'akov, 1 saith Adonoi Hashem, Elohei HaTzva'os, 1

15And I will strike the bais hachoref with the bais hakayitz; 1 and the batim (houses) of ivory shall perish, 1 and the batim rabbim (great houses) shall have an end, 1 saith Hashem.

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Cross References

1 Kings 13:2And he cried against the mizbe'ach by the Devar Hashem, and said, 1 O mizbe'ach, mizbe'ach, thus saith Hashem; 1 Hinei, ben nolad (a son shall be born) unto the Bais Dovid, 1 Yoshiyah shmo; 1 and upon thee shall he offer 1 the kohanim of the + 13:2 idolatrous high places that burn ketoret upon thee, 1 and atzmot adam shall be burned upon thee. + 13:2 2Kgs 23:15-16

2 Kings 23:15Moreover the mizbe'ach that was at Beit-El, and the high place which Yarov'am ben Nevat, who caused Yisroel to sin, had made, both that mizbe'ach and the high place did he break down, burn the high place, did grind it to powder, did burn the Asherah.

2 Chronicles 34:6And so did he in the towns of Menasheh, and Ephrayim, and Shim'on, even as far as Naphtali, and in their ruins all around.

Hosea 10:8The high places also of Aven, the chattat Yisroel, 1 shall be made shmad; 1 the kotz (thorn) and the dardar (thistle) shall come up on their mizbechot; 1 and they shall say to the mountains: Cover us; 1 and to the hills: Fall on us. 1

Amos 5:5But seek not Beit-El, 1 nor enter into Gilgal, 1 and pass not to Be'er-Sheva; 1 for Gilgal shall surely go into golus, 1 and Beit-El shall come to naught. 1

Amos 9:1I saw Adonoi standing by the mizbe'ach; and He said: 1 Strike the pillar capitals, + 9:1 of the heathen shrine that the thresholds may shake; 1 and smash them upon the heads of all; 1 and I will slay the last of them with the cherev; 1 he that fleeth of them shall not get away, 1 and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 1

Matthew Henry on Amos 3:10-15

Israel Convicted and Condemned. ( b. c. 790.) 9 Publish 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 the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. 10 For they know not to do right, saith the Lord , who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee,… Read the whole commentary →

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