Amos 3:2

You only have I known of all the mishpechot ha'adamah: 1 therefore I will punish you for kol avonotechem. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Hear this word that Hashem hath spoken against you, O Bnei Yisroel, against the kol hamishpochoh which I brought up from Eretz Mitzrayim, saying: 1

3Can shnayim walk together, 1 except they be agreed? 1

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Cross References

Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if ye will obey My voice very carefully, and be shomer over My brit, then ye shall be a segullah (treasured possession) unto Me above all people; for kol ha'aretz is Mine;

Deuteronomy 7:6For thou art an Am Kadosh unto Hashem Eloheicha; Hashem Eloheicha hath chosen thee to be an Am Segullah (Treasured People) unto Himself, above all people that are upon the face of ha'adamah.

Deuteronomy 26:18And Hashem hath distinguished thee today to be His Am Segullah (treasured people), as He hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest be shomer over all His mitzvot;

Psalms 147:19He declareth His Devar unto Ya'akov, 1 His chukkot and His mishpatim unto Yisroel. 1

Jeremiah 1:15For, hineni, I am now summoning all the mishpekhot mamlechot of the north, saith Hashem; they shall come, they shall set every one his kisse at the petach Sha'arei Yerushalayim, and against all the surrounding chomot thereof, against all the towns of Yehudah.

Jeremiah 10:25Pour out Thy fury upon the Goyim that know Thee not, 1 and upon the mishpekhot that call not on Shimecha (Thy Name); + 10:25 See Yoel 3:5; Ac 2:21; Ro 10:13 1 for they have eaten up Ya'akov, 1 and devoured him, and consumed him, 1 and have made his habitation desolate.

Matthew Henry on Amos 3:2-9

God's Remonstrance with Israel. ( b. c. 790.) 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, 2 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? 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the… Read the whole commentary →

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