Amos 3:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

children. sons. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aram, and Septuagint, read "house". Either reading shows that these Chapter s relate to the twelve-tribed nation (see p. 1206).

I brought up, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:51, &c.)

you only have. known, &c. See the Structure above. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 7:6). App-92. Compare Psalms 147:19; Psalms 147:20.

earth. soil. Hebrew. addamah.

punish you. visit upon you, as in Amos 3:14. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:34). App-92. iniquities. Hebrew. `avah. App-44.

Amos 3:1

1 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,