Amos 3:13

Hear ye and testify to the house of Jacob, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, God of Hosts.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

In Context

12Thus said Jehovah: As the shepherd delivereth from the lion's mouth Two legs, or a piece of an ear, So delivered are the sons of Israel, Who are sitting in Samaria on the corner of a bed, And in Damascus [on that of] a couch.

14For in the day of My charging the transgressions of Israel on him, I have laid a charge on the altars of Beth-El, And cut off have been the horns of the altar, And they have fallen to the earth.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 30:18I have declared to you this day, that ye do certainly perish, ye do not prolong days on the ground which thou art passing over the Jordan to go in thither to possess it.

2 Kings 17:13And Jehovah testifieth against Israel, and against Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and every seer, saying, 'Turn back from your evil ways, and keep My commands, My statutes, according to all the law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent unto you by the hand of My servants the prophets;'

2 Chronicles 24:19And He sendeth among them prophets, to bring them back unto Jehovah, and they testify against them, and they have not given ear;

Ezekiel 2:7And thou hast spoken My words unto them, whether they hear or whether they forbear, for they [are] rebellious.

Acts 2:40Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, 'Be saved from this perverse generation;'

Acts 20:21testifying fully both to Jews and Greeks, toward God reformation, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

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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