Amos 3 NIV NLT Parallel

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1Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the LORD has spoken against you--against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt:

1Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel—against the entire family I rescued from Egypt:

2"You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins."

2“From among all the families on the earth, I have been intimate with you alone. That is why I must punish you for all your sins.” Witnesses against Guilty Israel

3Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?

3Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction?

4Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey? Does it growl in its den when it has caught nothing?

4Does a lion ever roar in a thicket without first finding a victim? Does a young lion growl in its den without first catching its prey?

5Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground when no bait is there? Does a trap spring up from the ground if it has not caught anything?

5Does a bird ever get caught in a trap that has no bait? Does a trap spring shut when there’s nothing to catch?

6When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

6When the ram’s horn blows a warning, shouldn’t the people be alarmed? Does disaster come to a city unless the LORD has planned it?

7Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.

7Indeed, the Sovereign LORD never does anything until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets.

8The lion has roared-- who will not fear? The Sovereign LORD has spoken-- who can but prophesy?

8The lion has roared— so who isn’t frightened? The Sovereign LORD has spoken— so who can refuse to proclaim his message?

9Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod and to the fortresses of Egypt: "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest within her and the oppression among her people."

9Announce this to the leaders of Philistia and to the great ones of Egypt: “Take your seats now on the hills around Samaria, and witness the chaos and oppression in Israel.”

10"They do not know how to do right," declares the LORD, "who store up in their fortresses what they have plundered and looted."

10“My people have forgotten how to do right,” says the LORD. “Their fortresses are filled with wealth taken by theft and violence.

11Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "An enemy will overrun your land, pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses."

11Therefore,” says the Sovereign LORD, “an enemy is coming! He will surround them and shatter their defenses. Then he will plunder all their fortresses.”

12This is what the LORD says: "As a shepherd rescues from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued, with only the head of a bed and a piece of fabric from a couch."

12This is what the LORD says: “A shepherd who tries to rescue a sheep from a lion’s mouth will recover only two legs or a piece of an ear. So it will be for the Israelites in Samaria lying on luxurious beds, and for the people of Damascus reclining on couches.

13"Hear this and testify against the descendants of Jacob," declares the Lord, the LORD God Almighty.

13“Now listen to this, and announce it throughout all Israel, ” says the Lord, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies.

14"On the day I punish Israel for her sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

14“On the very day I punish Israel for its sins, I will destroy the pagan altars at Bethel. The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

15I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses adorned with ivory will be destroyed and the mansions will be demolished," declares the LORD.

15And I will destroy the beautiful homes of the wealthy— their winter mansions and their summer houses, too— all their palaces filled with ivory,” says the LORD.

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