Amos Verse by Verse

[DerSchweik]

(NASB) Amos 2:5 "So I will send fire upon Judah
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem."

 

[DerSchweik]

(NASB) Amos 2:6 Thus says the LORD,
"For three transgressions of Israel and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they sell the righteous for money
And the needy for a pair of sandals.

 

[DerSchweik]

(NASB) Amos 2:7 "These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helpless
Also turn aside the way of the humble;
And a man and his father resort to the same girl
In order to profane My holy name.

 

[DerSchweik]

(NASB) Amos 2:8 "On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar,
And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

 

[DerSchweik]

(NASB) Amos 2:9 "Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,
Though his height was like the height of cedars
And he was strong as the oaks;
I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below.

 

[DerSchweik]

(NASB) Amos 2:10 "It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,
And I led you in the wilderness forty years
That you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

 

[DerSchweik]

(NASB) Amos 2:11 "Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets
And some of your young men to be Nazirites.
Is this not so, O sons of Israel?" declares the LORD.

 

[DerSchweik]

(NASB) Amos 2:12 "But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
And you commanded the prophets saying, 'You shall not prophesy!'

 

[DerSchweik]

(NASB) Amos 2:13 "Behold, I am weighted down beneath you
As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.

 

[DerSchweik]

(NASB) Amos 2:14 "Flight will perish from the swift,
And the stalwart will not strengthen his power,
Nor the mighty man save his life.

 

[DerSchweik]

(NASB) Amos 2:15 "He who grasps the bow will not stand his ground,
The swift of foot will not escape,
Nor will he who rides the horse save his life.

 

[DerSchweik]

(NASB) Amos 2:16 "Even the bravest among the warriors will flee naked in that day," declares the LORD.

 

[barb754]

Amos 3:1 (KJV) 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,

 

[barb754]

Amos 3:2 (KJV) You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

 

[kelco]

Amo 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

 

[doc329]

Amos 3:4 (KJV) Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

 

[Glenda]

Amos 3:5 Will a bird fall into a trap on the ground, and there is no bait for it? Will a trap spring up from the ground, and nothing at all be caught?

 

[barb754]

Amos 3:6 (KJV) Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?

 

[doc329]

Amos 3:7 (KJV) Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

 

[tred]

Amos 3:8 NIV
8 The lion has roared -
who will not fear?
The Sovereign LORD has spoken -
who can but prophesy?