Bible Strands
Amos 3:1
Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Amos delivers a divine declaration from Yahweh directly to the children of Israel, targeting the entire family He previously delivered from Egypt. This pronouncement functions as the opening summons of a formal legal indictment.
The words — The imperative שִׁמְעוּ (shim‘û) commands "hear," introducing the formal legal charge that follows. The phrase הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה (had-dāḇār ha-zeh) specifies "this word," marking the start of a direct oracle.
The thread — The motif of divine deliverance from Egypt grounds subsequent judgments, as seen in Amos 2:10 and the broader prophetic warnings in Jeremiah 8:3 and Micah 3:1. These passages repeatedly tie covenant history to impending accountability.
Why it lands — The text demands immediate attention to a spoken charge before detailing the consequences of covenant breach. It forces the reader to confront the direct link between historical redemption and present accountability.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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,
Cross-references
- Amos 2:10 And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.
- Jeremiah 8:3 And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
- Micah 3:1 Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
- 2 Chronicles 20:15 And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to God.
- Isaiah 48:12 Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
- Jeremiah 31:1 “At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
- Ezekiel 37:16 “And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’
- Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
- Isaiah 46:3 “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
- Jeremiah 33:24 “Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.