Amos 3:14

That, in the day I visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, then will I punish, concerning the altars of Bethel, So shall the horns of the altar, be broken off, and they shall fall to the ground;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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 ye and bear witness, throughout the house of Jacob,—Commandeth My Lord, Yahweh, God of hosts:

15And I will smite the winter house along with the summer house,—and the houses of ivory, shall be destroyed! and the great houses, shall disappear, Declareth Yahweh.

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Cross References

1 Kings 13:2And he made proclamation against the altar, by the word of Yahweh, and said, O altar! altar! Thus, saith Yahweh,—Lo! a son to be born unto the house of David, Josiah his name, who shall sacrifice upon thee the priests of the high-places, who are making a perfume upon thee, and, human bones, shall be burned upon thee;

2 Kings 23:15moreover also, the altar that was in Bethel, the high place which Jeroboam son of Nebat made, wherewith he caused, Israel, to sin,—even that altar, and the high place, brake he down,—and burned the high place, crushing it to powder, and burned a Sacred Stem.

2 Chronicles 34:6also throughout the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even as far as Naphtali,—searched he their houses, round about.

Hosea 10:8So shall the high places of Aven, be destroyed, the sin of Israel, Thorn and prickle, shall come up on their altars,—Therefore shall they say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall on us.

Amos 5:5Then do not seek Bethel, and, Gilgal, shall ye not enter, and, unto Beer-sheba, shall ye not cross over, For, Gilgal, shall, surely go into exile, and, Bethel, shall become a trouble.

Amos 9:1I saw My Lord stationed by the altar, and he said—Smite the capital—that the sills, may tremble, Yea break them off on the head of them all, and, the last of them, with the sword, will I slay,—He that fleeth of them, shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them, shall not make good his escape.

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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