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Authority of the Prophet’s Message

1 Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:
2 “Youa only have I known of all the families of the earth;
bTherefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” 
3 Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey?
Will a young lion1 cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing? 
5 Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no1 trap for it?
Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all? 
6 If a1 trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid?
aIf there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it? 
7 Surely the Lord God does nothing,
Unless aHe reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. 
8 A lion has roared!
Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken!
aWho can but prophesy? 

Punishment of Israel’s Sins

9 “Proclaim in the palaces at1 Ashdod,
And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say:
‘Assemble on the mountains of Samaria;
See great tumults in her midst,
And the1 oppressed within her. 
10 For they ado not know to do right,’
Says the Lord,
‘Who store up violence and1 robbery in their palaces.’ ”  
11 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“An adversary shall be all around the land;
He shall sap your strength from you,
And your palaces shall be plundered.”
12 Thus says the Lord:
“As a shepherd1 takes from the mouth of a lion
Two legs or a piece of an ear,
So shall the children of Israel be taken out
Who dwell in Samaria—
In the corner of a bed and1 on the edge of a couch! 
13 Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”
Says the Lord God, the God of hosts,
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Amos 3:2

You only have I known - I have taken no other people to be my own people. I have approved of you, loved you, fed, sustained, and defended you; but because you have forsaken me, have become idolatrous and polluted, therefore will I punish you. And the punishment shall be in proportion to the privileges you have enjoyed, and the grace you have abused.




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