Amos 3:2
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Context
This verse from Amos Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. God has chosen Israel from all families of the earth and therefore will punish them for their iniquities. The rhetorical questions establish the principle of proportionate cause: do two walk together unless they have agreed? Do birds fall into snares …
Autres traductions
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
Only you I have known of all families of the land, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.
You only of all the families of the earth have I taken care of: for this reason I will send punishment on you for all your sins.
Références croisées
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at …
Thus saith the Lord unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore …
What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief …
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; …
Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy …
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall …
But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of …
Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: