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Amos 3:2
“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
Amos 3:2 · Berean Standard Bible
Amos 3:2 in other translations
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
“I have only chosen you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”
"You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."
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In context
1 Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
2 “Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
3 Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?
4 Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
5 Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?
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