Amos 3:2
“I have chosen only you 1 from all the families of the earth. 1 Therefore I will punish you 1 for all your sins.” 1
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3Will two walk together 1 unless they have agreed? 1
Cross References
Exodus 19:5Now then, if you obediently listen to my voice and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession from among all peoples, for all the earth is mine.
Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God. He has chosen you to be a people for him to possess, more than all the other peoples that are on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 26:18Today Yahweh has declared that you are a people who are his own possession, as he had promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments,
Psalms 147:19He proclaimed his word to Jacob, 1 his statutes and his righteous decrees to Israel. 1
Jeremiah 1:15For I am calling all the tribes of the northern kingdoms, declares Yahweh. They will come, and everyone will set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all the walls that surround it, and against all the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah 10:25Pour your fury on the nations that do not know you and on the families that do not call on your name. 1 For they have devoured Jacob and consumed him so as to completely destroy him and demolish his habitation.
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 →