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Amos 3:2
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.
Amos 3:2 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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.
“Only you have I known from 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.”
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In context
1 Hear the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O ye children of Israel: concerning the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.
3 Shall two walk together except they be agreed?
4 Will a lion roar in the forest, if he have no prey? will the lion's whelp cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
5 Will the bird fall into the snare upon the earth, if there be no fowler? Shall the snare be taken up from the earth, before it hath taken somewhat?
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