Amos 3:13
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,
Amos 3:13 in other translations
| BSB | Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts. |
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| WEB | “Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob,” says the Lord GOD, the God of Armies. |
| ASV | Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts. |
| YLT | Hear ye and testify to the house of Jacob, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, God of Hosts. |
| DARBY | Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts, |
| BBE | Give ear now, and give witness against the family of Jacob, says the Lord God, the God of armies; |
| Webster | Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, |
What does Amos 3:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Amos 3:9-15
That power which is an instrument of unrighteousness, will justly be brought down and broken. What is got and kept wrongfully, will not be kept long. Some are at ease, but there will come a day of visitation, and in that day, all they are proud of, and put confidence in, shall fail them. God will inquire into the sins of which they have been guilty in their houses, the robbery they have stored up, and the luxury in…
Amos 3:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Amos 3:13
- Ephesians 4:17
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
- Acts 20:21
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Isaiah 1:24
Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
- Amos 5:27
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.
- Acts 2:40
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
- Ezekiel 2:7
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
- 2 Chronicles 24:19
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
- Deuteronomy 8:19
And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
- Acts 18:5-6
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
- 2 Kings 17:13
Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
- 2 Kings 17:15
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.
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Context
- Amos 3:12
Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
- Amos 3:13
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,
- Amos 3:14
That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth–el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
Amos 3:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Oid y protestad en la casa de Jacob, ha dicho Jehová Dios de los ejércitos: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Écoutez, et rendez témoignage dans la maison de Jacob, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel, le Dieu des armées, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Höret und bezeuget es dem Hause Jakob, spricht der Herr, Jehova, der Gott der Heerscharen: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Audite, et contestamini in domo Jacob, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum; |