# Amos 3

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/amos/3

Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.

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1. Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
2. You alone have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
3. Do two walk together unless they have agreed to meet?
4. Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey? Does a young lion growl from its den unless it has caught something?
5. Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait for it? Does a trap spring up from the ground when it has caught nothing?
6. If a ram’s horn is blown in a city, do the people not tremble? If disaster comes to a city, has Yahweh not done it?
7. Surely Lord Yahweh does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
8. The lion has roared—who will not fear? Lord Yahweh has spoken—who will not prophesy?
9. Proclaim to the fortresses in Ashdod and to the fortresses in the land of Egypt: Gather on the mountains of Samaria, and see the great turmoil within it and the oppression in its midst.
10. They do not know how to do what is right, declares Yahweh, those who store up violence and destruction in their fortresses.
11. Therefore this is what Lord Yahweh says: An enemy will surround the land. He will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.
12. This is what Yahweh says: As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s mouth two legs or a piece of an ear, so the people of Israel who live in Samaria will be rescued, with only the corner of a bed and part of a couch.
13. Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies.
14. On the day I punish Israel for its transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel. The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.
15. I will strike down the winter house along with the summer house. The houses adorned with ivory will perish, and the great houses will come to an end, declares Yahweh.

## Nearby chapters

[Amos 2](https://www.lumin.faith/read/amos/2.md)
[Amos 4](https://www.lumin.faith/read/amos/4.md)

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