Amos 3 NKJV CSB Parallel

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1Hear 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:

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

2“You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you 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.

3Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?

3Can two walk together without agreeing to meet?

4Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?

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?

5Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it? Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?

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?

6If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the LORD have done it?

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?

7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret 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 can but prophesy?

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

9“Proclaim in the palaces at 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 the oppressed within her.

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.

10For they do not know to do right,’ Says the LORD, ‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ”

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

11Therefore 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.”

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

12Thus says the LORD: “As a shepherd 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 and on the edge of a couch!

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.

13Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,” Says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

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

14“That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will also visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; And the horns of the altar shall be cut off And 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 destroy the winter house along with the summer house; The houses of ivory shall perish, And the great houses shall have an end,” Says 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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