Amos 3 ISV CSB Parallel

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1"Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken about you, people of Israel. It concerns the entire family that I brought from the land of Egypt:

1Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt:

2You alone have I known from among all of the families of mankind; therefore I will hold you accountable for all your iniquities.'"

2I have known only you out of all the clans of the earth; therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.

3"Will a couple walk in unity without having met?

3Can two walk together without agreeing to meet?

4Will a lion roar in the forest without having found its prey? Will a young lion cry from its den without having caught anything?

4Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey? Does a young lion growl from its lair unless it has captured something?

5Does a bird fall into a snare on the ground without any bait in the trap? Will a trap snap shut when there is nothing to catch?

5Does a bird land in a trap on the ground if there is no bait for it? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has caught nothing?

6And when an alarm sounds in the city, the people will tremble, won't they? If there is trouble in a city, the LORD has brought it about, has he not?"

6If a ram's horn is blown in a city, aren't people afraid? If a disaster occurs in a city, hasn't the LORD done it?

7"Truly the Lord GOD will do nothing he has mentioned without revealing his purposes to his servants the prophets.

7Indeed, the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his counsel to his servants the prophets.

8A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who will not prophesy?

8A lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken; who will not prophesy?

9Announce this in the fortified citadels of Ashdod, and in the fortified citadels of the land of Egypt. Tell them, 'Gather together on the mountains of Samaria; look at the great misery among the citadels, along with the oppression within Egypt.'

9Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt: Assemble on the mountains of Samaria, and see the great turmoil in the city and the acts of oppression within it.

10Because they do not know how to act right," declares the LORD, "they are filling their strongholds with treasures that they took from others by violence into their fortified citadels."

10The people are incapable of doing right--this is the LORD's declaration--those who store up violence and destruction in their citadels.

11Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "An enemy will surround the land. He will pull down your defenses, and plunder your fortified citadels."

11Therefore, the Lord GOD says: An enemy will surround the land; he will destroy your strongholds and plunder your citadels.

12This is what the LORD says: "Just as a shepherd might save from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a scrap of an ear, the Israelis will be saved in a similar manner— those in Samaria who sit on the remains of their broken beds, and those in Damascus who lie on the edge of their couches."

12The LORD says: As the shepherd snatches two legs or a piece of an ear from the lion's mouth, so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be rescued with only the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.

13"Listen and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord GOD, the God of the Heavenly Armies,

13Listen and testify against the house of Jacob--this is the declaration of the Lord GOD, the God of Armies.

14"because on that day I will lay out the charges against Israel. I will also bring judgment upon the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and will fall to the ground.

14I will punish the altars of Bethel on the day I punish Israel for its crimes; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

15I will wreck both the winter house and the summer house, and the ivory houses will fall. These palaces will surely fall," declares the LORD.

15I will demolish the winter house and the summer house; the houses inlaid with ivory will be destroyed, and the great houses will come to an end. This is the LORD's declaration.

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