Amos 3:2

From all the people-groups on the earth, I chose and took care of only you. That is the reason that I will punish you for the sins that you have committed.”

Translation for Translators

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

1“You people of Israel, I brought all your ancestors out of Egypt; so listen to what I am saying about you.

3Two people certainly cannot [RHQ] walk together if they have not already agreed about what place they will start walking from.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:5So now, if you will do what I tell you and obey all that I command you, you will be my own people. All the people-groups on the earth are mine, but you will be ◄dearer/more special► to me than all the other people-groups.

Deuteronomy 7:6You must do that because you are a group of people who belong to Yahweh our God. He has chosen you from among all the people-groups in the world to be his own special people.

Deuteronomy 26:18And today Yahweh has declared that you are his people, which is what he promised that you would be, and he commands you to obey all his commands.

Psalms 147:19He sent his message to the descendants of Jacob; he tells to his Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.

Jeremiah 1:15Listen to what I say: I am summoning the armies of kingdoms that will come from the north of Judah to Jerusalem. Their kings will set up their thrones at the gates of this city to indicate that they are now the kings of Judah. Their armies will attack and break down the walls of this city, and they will do the same thing to all the other towns in Judah.

Jeremiah 10:25Punish [MTY] all the nations whose people do not acknowledge/say that you are God; punish all the nations whose people do not worship you, because they are completely destroying [DOU] us people of Israel and they are causing our land to soon be only a desert.

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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