Amos 3:11
Good News Translation
And so an enemy will surround their land, destroy their defenses, and plunder their mansions."

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: An adversary shall surround the land, and strip you of your defense; and your strongholds shall be plundered.

Contemporary English Version
And so the LORD God has sworn that they will be surrounded. Enemies will break through their defenses and steal their treasures.

New American Bible
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: An enemy shall surround the land, tear down your fortresses, and pillage your strongholds.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: The land shall be in tribulation, and shall be compassed about: and thy strength shall be taken away from thee, and thy houses shall be spoiled.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Therefore thus saith the Lord God: The land shall be in tribulation, and shall be compassed about: and thy strength shall be taken away from thee, and thy houses shall be spoiled.

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Amos 6:14 You that rejoice in a thing of nought: you that say: Have we not taken unto us horns by our own strength?

2 Kings 15:19,29 And Phul, king of the Assyrians, came into the land, and Manahem gave Phul a thousand talents of silver to aid him and to establish him in the kingdom. . . .

2 Kings 17:3-6 Against him came up Salmanasar, king of the Assyrians; and Osee became his servant, and paid him tribute. . . .

2 Kings 18:9-11 In the fourth year of king Ezechias, which was the seventh year of Osee, the son of Ela, king of Israel, Salmanasar, king of the Assyrians, came up to Samaria, and besieged it, . . .

Isaiah 7:17-25 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon the house of thy father, days that have not come since the time of the separation of Ephraim from Juda with the king of the Assyrians. . . .

Isaiah 8:7,8 Therefore behold the Lord will bring upon them the waters of the river strong and many, the king of the Assyrians, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and shall overflow all his banks. . . .

Isaiah 10:5,6,9-11 Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands. . . .

Hosea 11:5,6 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king: because they would not be converted. . . .

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Amos 3:10,15 And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses. . . .

Amos 2:5 And I will send a fire into Juda, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem.

Amos 6:8 The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof.

2 Chronicles 36:19 And the enemies set fire to the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burnt all the towers, and what soever was precious they destroyed.

Context
Witnesses Against Israel
10And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses. 11Therefore thus saith the Lord God: The land shall be in tribulation, and shall be compassed about: and thy strength shall be taken away from thee, and thy houses shall be spoiled.12Thus saith the Lord: As if a shepherd should get out of the lion's mouth two legs, or the tip of the ear: so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria, in a place of a bed, and in the couch of Damascus.…
Cross References
Genesis 34:27
And when they were gone out, the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain; and plundered the city in revenge of the rape.

Amos 2:5
And I will send a fire into Juda, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem.

Amos 6:8
The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof.

Amos 6:14
You that rejoice in a thing of nought: you that say: Have we not taken unto us horns by our own strength?

Amos 3:10
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