Amos 3 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 Heare this worde that the Lord pronounceth against you, O children of Israel, euen against the whole familie which I brought vp from the land of Egypt, saying,
1 Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
2 You onely haue I knowen of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visite you for all your iniquities.
2 “I have chosen only you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”
3 Can two walke together except they bee agreed?
3 Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?
4 Will a lion roare in ye forest, when he hath no pray? or wil a lions whelpe cry out of his den, if he haue taken nothing?
4 Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
5 Can a birde fall in a snare vpon the earth, where no fouler is? or will he take vp the snare from the earth, and haue taken nothing at all?
5 Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?
6 Or shall a trumpet be blowen in the citie, and the people be not afraide? or shall there be euil in a citie, and the Lord hath not done it?
6 Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn’t done it?
7 Surely the Lord God will doe nothing, but he reueileth his secrete vnto his seruantes the Prophets.
7 Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
8 The lyon hath roared: who will not bee afraide? the Lord God hath spoken: who can but prophecie?
8 The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?
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.
9 Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them.”
10 For they knowe not to doe right, sayth the Lord: they store vp violence, and robbery in their palaces.
10 “Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”
11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, An aduersary shall come euen rounde about the countrey, and shall bring downe thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shalbe spoyled.
11 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.”
12 Thus saieth the Lord, As the shephearde taketh out of the mouth of the lyon two legges, or a piece of an eare: so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus, as in a couche.
12 Yahweh says: “As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.”
13 Heare, and testifie in the house of Iaakob, saith the Lord God, the God of hostes.
13 “Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob,” says the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies.
14 Surely in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel vpon him, I wil also visite the altars of Beth-el, and the hornes of the altar shall be broken off, and fall to the ground.
14 “For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground.
15 And I wil smite the winter house with the sommer house, and the houses of yuorie shall perish, and the great houses shalbe consumed, sayth the Lord.
15 I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end,” says Yahweh.
Cross references (15)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Amos 2:10; Micah 3:1; Jeremiah 8:3; Jeremiah 31:1; Hosea 4:1
- 2 Deuteronomy 7:6; Exodus 19:5–6; Deuteronomy 10:15; 1 Peter 4:17; Zechariah 14:17–18
- 3 2 Corinthians 6:14–16; Genesis 17:1; Genesis 5:22; Genesis 6:9
- 4 Hosea 11:10; Psalm 104:21; Amos 1:2; Hosea 5:14; Amos 3:8
- 5 Ecclesiastes 9:12; Jeremiah 31:28; Daniel 9:14
- 6 Isaiah 45:7; Zephaniah 1:16; Isaiah 14:24–27; 2 Corinthians 5:11; Genesis 50:20
- 7 John 15:15; Genesis 18:17; Psalm 25:14; Revelation 1:1; Daniel 9:22–27
- 8 Jeremiah 20:9; Amos 3:4; Acts 4:20; Amos 1:2; Amos 2:12
- 9 Amos 4:1; Amos 6:1; Amos 1:8; 1 Samuel 5:1; Amos 8:6
- 10 Zephaniah 1:9; Jeremiah 4:22; Psalm 14:4; Zechariah 5:3–4; Habakkuk 2:8–11
- 11 2 Kings 18:9–11; Amos 6:14; Amos 2:5; 2 Kings 17:3–6; 2 Kings 15:19
- 12 1 Samuel 17:34–37; Romans 11:4–5; Isaiah 31:4; Amos 9:2–3; 2 Kings 16:9
- 13 Ephesians 4:17; Acts 20:21; Isaiah 1:24; Amos 5:27; Acts 2:40
- 14 2 Kings 23:15; Hosea 10:5–8; Hosea 10:14–15; 2 Chronicles 34:6–7; Amos 5:5–6
- 15 1 Kings 22:39; Jeremiah 36:22; Amos 6:11; Judges 3:20; Isaiah 5:9
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But now at all events mark the beasts which are unquestionably of savage kind. "The lion roareth, who doth not fear?" And yet wherein is it that thou dost find thyself to be stronger than he?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Nay, even when He says that God creates evil things, and that there is no evil in a city that the Lord hath not done, he does not mean by these words that the Lord is the cause of evil, but the word evil ' is used in two ways, with two meanings.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)