Amos 3:2
Amos · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”Amos 3:2
What Does Amos 3:2 Mean?
Amos 3:2 is found in the book of Amos, chapter 3, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Amos 3:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 7:6“For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.”Exodus 19:5“Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:”Deuteronomy 10:15“Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.”1 Peter 4:17“For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?”Genesis 18:19“For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.”Zechariah 14:17“And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.”Deuteronomy 32:9“For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.”Jeremiah 9:25“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;”Jeremiah 14:10“Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.”Genesis 10:32“These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.”Deuteronomy 26:18“And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;”Psalms 147:19“He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.”Jeremiah 1:15“For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.”Jeremiah 10:25“Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.”Jeremiah 11:22“Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:”Jeremiah 13:21“What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?”Ezekiel 9:6“Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.”Ezekiel 20:36“Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.”Daniel 9:12“And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.”1 Corinthians 11:30“For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.”
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