{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/amos/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T17:21:12.406Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Amos","bookSlug":"amos","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":9,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"|You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.|"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn't done it?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, |Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them.|"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"|Indeed they don't know to do right,| says Yahweh, |Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.|"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"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.|"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Thus says Yahweh: |As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.|"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"|Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob,| says the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"|For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end,| says Yahweh."}],"citation":{"inline":"Amos 3 (WEB)","markdown":"[Amos 3](https://primebible.com/web/amos/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/amos/3 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}