Amos 3:11
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.

An.

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. . . .

and thy.

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?

Lexicon
Therefore
לָכֵ֗ן (lā·ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus

this is what
כֹּ֤ה (kōh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the Lord
אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: The Lord

GOD
יְהוִ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH

says:
אָמַר֙ (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“An enemy
צַ֖ר (ṣar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent

will surround
וּסְבִ֣יב (ū·sə·ḇîḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

the land;
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

he will pull down
וְהוֹרִ֤ד (wə·hō·w·riḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

your strongholds
עֻזֵּ֔ךְ (‘uz·zêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5797: Strength, might

and plunder
וְנָבֹ֖זּוּ (wə·nā·ḇōz·zū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 962: To spoil, plunder

your citadels.”
אַרְמְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃ (’ar·mə·nō·w·ṯā·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 759: A citadel


Additional Translations
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down your strength from you, and your palaces shall be spoiled.

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary there shall be , even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; O Tyre, thy land shall be made desolate round about thee; and he shall bring down thy strength out of thee, and thy countries shall be spoiled.

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary! -- even round about the land! And he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be pillaged.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: An adversary there shall be, even round about the land: and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even around the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered."

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: An adversary -- and surrounding the land, And he hath brought down from thee thy strength, And spoiled have been thy palaces.
Jump to Previous
Adversary Attacker Citadels Defenses Enemy Fortresses Great Houses Looted Overrun Palaces Plundered Pull Reason Round Shutting Side Sovereign Spoiled Strength Strongholds Surround Surrounding Waste
Jump to Next
Adversary Attacker Citadels Defenses Enemy Fortresses Great Houses Looted Overrun Palaces Plundered Pull Reason Round Shutting Side Sovereign Spoiled Strength Strongholds Surround Surrounding Waste
Links
Amos 3:11 NIV
Amos 3:11 NLT
Amos 3:11 ESV
Amos 3:11 NASB
Amos 3:11 KJV

Amos 3:11 Bible Apps
Amos 3:11 Biblia Paralela
Amos 3:11 Chinese Bible
Amos 3:11 French Bible
Amos 3:11 German Bible

Alphabetical: An and be citadels down enemy even fortresses from GOD he is land looted LORD one overrun plunder pull says Sovereign strength strongholds surrounding the Therefore this thus what will you your

OT Prophets: Amos 3:11 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: (Amo. Am) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools

Amos 3:10
Top of Page
Top of Page