Amos 3:2
Only you, have I acknowledged, of all the families of the ground, For this cause, will I visit upon you all your iniquities.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
3Can two walk together,—except they meet?
Cross References
Exodus 19:5Now, therefore, if ye will, indeed hearken, to my voice, And keep my covenant, Then shall ye be mine as a treasure beyond all the peoples, For, mine, is all the earth;
Deuteronomy 7:6For a holy people, art thou unto Yahweh thy God: of thee, hath Yahweh thy God, made choice, that thou shouldest become his people as a treasure, above all the peoples that are on the face of the ground:
Deuteronomy 26:18And, Yahweh, hath avowed to-day that thou shalt be, his people, as a treasure, as he spake unto thee,—and that thou shalt observe all his commandments;
Psalms 147:19Declaring his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his regulations, unto Israel.
Jeremiah 1:15For behold me! calling for all the families of the kingdoms of the North, Declareth Yahweh,—and they shall come, and set every one his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem and against all her walls round about, and against all the cities of Judah!
Jeremiah 10:25Pour out thy wrath—Upon the nations that know thee not, and Upon the families that, upon thy Name, have not called,—For they have devoured Jacob Yea they have devoured him and consumed him, And, his habitation, have they made desolate.
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 →