Amos 3:14

“For in the day that I punish the sins of Israel, 1 I will also punish the altars of Bethel. 1 The horns of the altar will be cut off 1 and fall to the ground. 1

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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 and testify 1 against the house of Jacob 1 —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts: 1

15I will destroy the winter house 1 with the summer house. 1 The houses of ivory will perish, 1 and the large houses will vanish, 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration.”

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Cross References

1 Kings 13:2He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh: “Altar, altar! This is what Yahweh says, 'See, a son named Josiah will be born to the family of David, and on you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who now burn incense on you. On you they will burn human bones.'”

2 Kings 23:15Josiah also completely destroyed the altar that was at Bethel and the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat (the one who made Israel to sin) had constructed. He also burned that altar and the high place and beat it to dust. He also burned the Asherah pole.

2 Chronicles 34:6He did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, all the way to Naphtali, and in the ruins that surrounded them.

Hosea 10:8The high places of wickedness will be destroyed. 1 This is the sin of Israel! 1 Thorns and thistles will grow over their altars. 1 The people will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” 1 and to the hills, “Fall on us!” 1

Amos 5:5Do not seek Bethel; 1 nor enter Gilgal; 1 do not journey to Beersheba. 1 For Gilgal will surely go into captivity, 1 and Bethel will become nothing. 1

Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the foundations will shake. 1 Break them in pieces on all of their heads, 1 and I will kill the last of them with the sword. 1 Not one of them will get away, 1 not one of them will escape. 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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