Amos 3:9
Proclayme in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the lande of Egypt, and saye, Assemble your selues vpon the mountaines of Samaria: so beholde the great tumultes in the middes thereof, and the oppressed in the middes thereof.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
8The lyon hath roared: who will not bee afraide? the Lord God hath spoken: who can but prophecie?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:24Then shall all nations say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus vnto this lande? how fierce is this great wrath?
2 Samuel 1:20Tell it not in Gath, nor publish it in the streetes of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistims reioyce, lest the daughters of the vncircumcised triumph.
Proverbs 11:16A gracious woman atteineth honour, and the strong men atteine riches.
Jeremiah 2:10For goe ye to the yles of Chittim, and beholde, and sende vnto Kedar. and take diligent heede, and see whether there be such things.
Jeremiah 31:5Thou shalt yet plant vines vpon the mountaines of Samaria, and the planters that plant them, shall make them common.
Jeremiah 46:14Publish in Egypt and declare in Migdol, and proclaime in Noph, and in Tahpanhes, and say, Stand still, and prepare thee: for the sworde shall deuoure rounde about thee.
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 →