1 Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
2 "You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
3 "Do two walk together, unless they have made an appointment?
4 Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing?
5 Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing?
6 Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does evil befall a city, unless the LORD has done it?
7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
8 The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken; who can but prophesy?"
9 Proclaim to the strongholds in Assyria, and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, "Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Sama'ria, and see the great tumults within her, and the oppressions in her midst."
10 "They do not know how to do right," says the LORD, "those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds."
11 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "An adversary shall surround the land, and bring down your defenses from you, and your strongholds shall be plundered."
12 Thus says the LORD: "As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the people of Israel who dwell in Sama'ria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part of a bed."
13 "Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
14 "that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground.
15 I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall come to an end," says the LORD.
Versículos relacionados com Amos, 3:
Amos 3 contains a series of oracles of the Prophet Amos, in which he makes accusations and prophecies against the people of Israel. He begins the chapter with the rhetorical question, "Are they two together if they are not in agreement?" (Amos 3:3). From there, he starts to talk about the inevitability of God's judgment about the people of Israel because of his injustice and violence. The verses below were chosen for their relationship with these themes:
Isaiah 1:17: "Learn to do good, seek what is just; help the oppressed; do justice to the orphan; deal with the cause of the widows." This verse talks about the importance of doing good and practicing justice, especially in relation to the oppressed and vulnerable, something that the people of Israel had neglected.
Isaiah 10:1-2: "Woe to those who decree unfair laws, those who write laws of oppression, to deny justice to the poor, to snatch the right to the affliction of my people, to strip their widows and steal the orphans!" This verse reinforces the accusation of Amos that the people of Israel were committing injustice and oppression against the poor and vulnerable.
Isaiah 5:7: "For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of their delights; and waited for judgment to exercise, and here oppression; justice, and here is cry." This verse also talks about God's expectation that the people of Israel practices justice, and their disappointment with the oppression and injustice He finds instead.
Jeremiah 9:24: "But whatever is glory, glorie this: in understanding and knowing me, that I am the Lord, that I will benefit, judgment, and justice on earth; for these things I like, say the Lord. " This verse emphasizes the importance of knowing God and following his ways of benevolence, judgment and justice.
Psalm 82:3-4: "Do justice to the poor and the orphan; proceed with the afflicted and the helpless. Deliver the poor and needy; take them out of the hands of the wicked." This psalm also highlights the importance of justice in relation to the vulnerable and the need to protect them from the oppression of the wicked.
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