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Verse	Translation	Text
Am 3:1	Strong Concordance	Hear [08085] this word [01697] that the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] against you, O children [01121] of Israel [03478], against the whole family [04940] which I brought up [05927] from the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], saying [0559],
	King James	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,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
GOD'S EXTRAORDINARY LOVE, BEING REPAID BY ISRAEL WITH INGRATITUDE, OF NECESSITY CALLS FOR JUDGMENTS, WHICH THE PROPHETS ANNOUNCE, NOT AT RANDOM, BUT BY GOD'S COMMISSION, WHICH THEY CANNOT BUT FULFIL. THE OPPRESSION PREVALENT IN ISRAEL WILL BRING DOWN RUIN ON ALL SAVE A SMALL REMNANT. (Amo 3:1-15) children of Israel--not merely the ten tribes, but "the whole family brought up from Egypt"; all the descendants of Jacob, including Judah and Benjamin. Compare Jer 8:3, and Mic 2:3, on "family" for the nation However, as the prophecy following refers to the ten tribes, they must be chiefly, if not solely, meant: they were the majority of the nation; and so Amos concedes what they so often boasted, that they were the elect people of God [CALVIN], but implies that this only heightens their sins.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

GOD'S EXTRAORDINARY LOVE, BEING REPAID BY ISRAEL WITH INGRATITUDE, OF NECESSITY CALLS FOR JUDGMENTS, WHICH THE PROPHETS ANNOUNCE, NOT AT RANDOM, BUT BY GOD'S COMMISSION, WHICH THEY CANNOT BUT FULFIL. THE OPPRESSION PREVALENT IN ISRAEL WILL BRING DOWN RUIN ON ALL SAVE A SMALL REMNANT. (Amo 3:1-15)

children of Israel--not merely the ten tribes, but "the whole family brought up from Egypt"; all the descendants of Jacob, including Judah and Benjamin. Compare Jer 8:3, and Mic 2:3, on "family" for the nation However, as the prophecy following refers to the ten tribes, they must be chiefly, if not solely, meant: they were the majority of the nation; and so Amos concedes what they so often boasted, that they were the elect people of God [CALVIN], but implies that this only heightens their sins.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Amos, like Hosea, rebukes Israel directly, Judah indirectly. He had warned each nation separately. Now, ere he concentrates himself on Israel, he sums up what he had before said to Judah and in the Person of God. "Ye have been alike in My gifts to you, alike in your waste of them and your sins; alike ye shall be in your punishment." What was said to Israel was said also to Judah: what was directed first to the former people, belongs to us, the later. What Jesus said to the Apostles, He said also to the Church, and to single souls, "What I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch" Mar 13:37. Hear ye this word - With that solemn threefold call, so frequent in the Old Testament, he summons them thrice Amo 3:1; Amo 4:1; Amo 5:1, as in the Name of the Holy Trinity, to hear God's words. : "The prophet, at the outset of the chapter, rouses the hearers to anxious consideration. For the words of the most High God are to be heard, not with a superficial, unawed, wandering mind, but with reverence, fear, and love." That the Lord hath spoken against - (and upon) you, (coming down from heaven Heb 12:25, both "upon" and "against" them) the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt To Abraham God had said, "in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed" Gen 12:3. So now, in withdrawing that blessing from them. He takes it away from them, family by family Zac 12:12. He includes them, one and all, and Judah also, since all had been "brought out of Egypt."

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
whole family The language here, and the expression "house of Jacob," (Amo 3:13) evidently gives the prophecy a wider application than to "Israel," the ten-tribe northern kingdom, though the judgment was, in the event, executed first upon the northern kingdom. (Kg2 17:18-23).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Amo 3:1 and Amo 3:2 contain the introduction and the leading thought of the whole of the prophetic proclamation. Amo 3:1. "Hear this word which Jehovah speaketh concerning you, O sons of Israel, concerning the whole family which I have brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying: Amo 3:2. You only have I acknowledge of all the families of the earth; therefore will I visit all your iniquities upon you." The word of the Lord is addressed to all the family of Israel, which God had brought up out of Egypt, that is to say, to all the twelve tribes of the covenant nation, although in what follows it is the ten tribes of Israel alone who are primarily threatened with the destruction of the kingdom, to indicate at the very outset that Judah might anticipate a similar fate if it did not turn to its God with sincerity. The threat is introduced by the thought that its divine election would not secure the sinful nation against punishment, but that, on the contrary, the relation of grace into which the Lord had entered with Israel demanded the punishment of all evil deeds. This cuts off the root of all false confidence in divine election. "To whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required. The greater the measure of grace, the greater also is the punishment if it is neglected or despised." This is the fundamental law of the kingdom of God. ידע does not mean to know, to become acquainted with, or to take knowledge of a person (Hitzig), but acknowledge. Acknowledgment on the part of God is not merely taking notice, but is energetic, embracing man in his inmost being, embracing and penetrating with divine love; so that ידע not only includes the idea of love and care, as in Hos 13:5, but expresses generally the gracious fellowship of the Lord with Israel, as in Gen 18:19, and is practically equivalent to electing, including both the motive and the result of election. And because Jehovah had acknowledged, i.e., had singled out and chosen Israel as the nation best fitted to be the vehicle of His salvation, He must of necessity punish all its misdeeds, in order to purify it from the dross of sin, and make it a holy vessel of His saving grace.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Against the whole family - That is, all, both the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. In this all the twelve tribes are included.

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³ Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, against this family [04940] do I devise [02803] an evil [07451], from which ye shall not remove [04185] your necks [06677]; neither shall ye go [03212] haughtily [07317]: for this time [06256] is evil [07451].

³ And death [04194] shall be chosen [0977] rather than life [02416] by all the residue [07611] of them that remain [07604] of this evil [07451] family [04940], which remain [07604] in all the places [04725] whither I have driven [05080] them, saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].

¹ Hear [08085] this word [01697] that the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] against you, O children [01121] of Israel [03478], against the whole family [04940] which I brought up [05927] from the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], saying [0559],
² You only have I known [03045] of all the families [04940] of the earth [0127]: therefore I will punish [06485] you for all your iniquities [05771].
³ Can two [08147] walk [03212] together [03162], except [01115] they be agreed [03259]?
⁴ Will a lion [0738] roar [07580] in the forest [03293], when he hath no prey [02964]? will a young lion [03715] cry out [05414] [06963] of his den [04585], if he have taken [03920] nothing [01115]?
⁵ Can a bird [06833] fall [05307] in a snare [06341] upon the earth [0776], where no gin [04170] is for him? shall one take up [05927] a snare [06341] from the earth [0127], and have taken [03920] nothing at all [03920]?
⁶ Shall a trumpet [07782] be blown [08628] in the city [05892], and the people [05971] not be afraid [02729]? shall there be evil [07451] in a city [05892], and the LORD [03068] hath not done [06213] it?
⁷ Surely the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] will do [06213] nothing [01697], but he revealeth [01540] his secret [05475] unto his servants [05650] the prophets [05030].
⁸ The lion [0738] hath roared [07580], who will not [03808] fear [03372]? the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] hath spoken [01696], who can but prophesy [05012]?
⁹ Publish [08085] in the palaces [0759] at Ashdod [0795], and in the palaces [0759] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and say [0559], Assemble [0622] yourselves upon the mountains [02022] of Samaria [08111], and behold [07200] the great [07227] tumults [04103] in the midst [07130] thereof, and the oppressed [06217] in the midst [08432] thereof.
¹⁰ For they know [03045] not to do [06213] right [05229], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], who store [0686] up violence [02555] and robbery [07701] in their palaces [0759].
¹¹ Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; An adversary [06862] there shall be even round about [05439] the land [0776]; and he shall bring down [03381] thy strength [05797] from thee, and thy palaces [0759] shall be spoiled [0962].
¹² Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; As the shepherd [07462] taketh out [05337] of the mouth [06310] of the lion [0738] two [08147] legs [03767], or a piece [0915] of an ear [0241]; so shall the children [01121] of Israel [03478] be taken out [05337] that dwell [03427] in Samaria [08111] in the corner [06285] of a bed [04296], and in Damascus [01833] in a couch [06210].
¹³ Hear [08085] ye, and testify [05749] in the house [01004] of Jacob [03290], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], the God [0430] of hosts [06635],
¹⁴ That in the day [03117] that I shall visit [06485] the transgressions [06588] of Israel [03478] upon him I will also visit [06485] the altars [04196] of Bethel [01008]: and the horns [07161] of the altar [04196] shall be cut off [01438], and fall [05307] to the ground [0776].
¹⁵ And I will smite [05221] the winter [02779] house [01004] with the summer [07019] house [01004]; and the houses [01004] of ivory [08127] shall perish [06], and the great [07227] houses [01004] shall have an end [05486], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].

¹² And the land [0776] shall mourn [05594], every [04940] family [04940] apart [0905]; the family [04940] of the house [01004] of David [01732] apart, and their wives [0802] apart; the family [04940] of the house [01004] of Nathan [05416] apart, and their wives [0802] apart;

³ And I will bless [01288] them that bless [01288] thee, and curse [0779] him that curseth [07043] thee: and in thee shall all families [04940] of the earth [0127] be blessed [01288].

²⁵ See [991] that ye refuse [3868] not [3361] him that speaketh [2980]. For [1063] if [1487] they [1565] escaped [5343] not [3756] who refused him [3868] that spake [5537] on [1909] earth [1093], much [4183] more [3123] shall not we [2249] escape, if we turn away from him [654] that speaketh from [575] heaven [3772]:

¹ Hear [08085] ye this word [01697] which I take up [05375] against you, even a lamentation [07015], O house [01004] of Israel [03478].

¹ Hear [08085] this word [01697], ye kine [06510] of Bashan [01316], that are in the mountain [02022] of Samaria [08111], which oppress [06231] the poor [01800], which crush [07533] the needy [034], which say [0559] to their masters [0113], Bring [0935], and let us drink [08354].

³⁷ And [1161] what [3739] I say [3004] unto you [5213] I say [3004] unto all [3956], Watch [1127].

¹⁸ Therefore the LORD [03068] was very [03966] angry [0599] with Israel [03478], and removed [05493] them out of his sight [06440]: there was none left [07604] but the tribe [07626] of Judah [03063] only.
¹⁹ Also Judah [03063] kept [08104] not the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068] their God [0430], but walked [03212] in the statutes [02708] of Israel [03478] which they made [06213].
²⁰ And the LORD [03068] rejected [03988] all the seed [02233] of Israel [03478], and afflicted [06031] them, and delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of spoilers [08154], until he had cast [07993] them out of his sight [06440].
²¹ For he rent [07167] Israel [03478] from the house [01004] of David [01732]; and they made Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Nebat [05028] king [04427]: and Jeroboam [03379] drave [05080] [05077] Israel [03478] from following [0310] the LORD [03068], and made them sin [02398] a great [01419] sin [02401].
²² For the children [01121] of Israel [03478] walked [03212] in all the sins [02403] of Jeroboam [03379] which he did [06213]; they departed [05493] not from them;
²³ Until the LORD [03068] removed [05493] Israel [03478] out of his sight [06440], as he had said [01696] by [03027] all his servants [05650] the prophets [05030]. So was Israel [03478] carried away [01540] out of their own land [0127] to Assyria [0804] unto this day [03117].

¹³ Hear [08085] ye, and testify [05749] in the house [01004] of Jacob [03290], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], the God [0430] of hosts [06635],

¹⁹ For I know [03045] him, that [0834] he will command [06680] his children [01121] and his household [01004] after him [0310], and they shall keep [08104] the way [01870] of the LORD [03068], to do [06213] justice [06666] and judgment [04941]; that the LORD [03068] may bring [0935] upon Abraham [085] that which he hath spoken [01696] of him.

⁵ I did know [03045] thee in the wilderness [04057], in the land [0776] of great drought [08514].

² You only have I known [03045] of all the families [04940] of the earth [0127]: therefore I will punish [06485] you for all your iniquities [05771].