Amos 3:2

“You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

"You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." - Amos 3:2
Commentary

What does Amos 3:2 mean?

The Bible verse Amos 3:2 from the King James Version states: "You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities." This verse is a powerful reminder of God's faithfulness and also of the responsibility that comes with…

Read full commentaryDevotional

Chosen and Chastened: Understanding God’s Relationship with His People

**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." The book of Amos, thrusting upon us the voice of a shepherd and prophet, penetrates the modern heart with its timeless truths. When we come upon…

Read devotionalPrayer

A Prayer of Reckoning and Redemption

Heavenly Father, We come before You with hearts bowed down and spirits yearning for Your presence. As we reflect on the profound words of Amos 3:2, “You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities,” we are reminded of…

Read prayer

Artwork for Amos 3:2

See all →
Amos 3:2 - "You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities."
amos 3 12
Amos 3:3 - "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?"
Amos 7:3 - "The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD."
"Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" - Amos 3:3
Amos 3:13 - "Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,"
Amos 6:3 - "Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;"
Amos 3:10 - "For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces."
"The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD." - Amos 7:3
"And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD." - Amos 2:3
Amos 3:8 - "The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?"
Amos 3:6 - "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?"
Amos 3:7 - "Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."
Amos 8:2 - "And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more."
Amos 2:15 - "Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself."
Amos 2:12 - "But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not."
Amos 2:5 - "But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem."
Luke 3:25 - "Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,"
Amos 2:13 - "Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves."
Amos 2:2 - "But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:"
Amos 4:3 - "And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD."
Amos 2:16 - "And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD."
Amos 3:4 - "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?"
Amos 3:15 - "And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD."
Amos 1:3 - "Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:"
Amos 8:3 - "And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence."
Amos 3:5 - "Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?"
Amos 3:9 - "¶ Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof."
Amos 2:8 - "And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god."