Amos 3:13-14

Israel's Guilt and Punishment

13 "Hear, z and testify against the house of Jacob,"
declares the Lord God, a the God of hosts,
 14 "that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions,
b I will punish the altars of Bethel,
and c the horns of the altar shall be cut off
and fall to the ground.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 50:7
    Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
    Psalms 81:8
    Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
  2. Cross References
    Amos 4:13
    For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth - the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!
    Psalms 80:4
    O Lord God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
    Psalms 80:7
    Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
    Psalms 80:14
    Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine.
  3. Cross References
    Hosea 10:15
    Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great evil. At dawn the king of Israel shall be utterly cut off.
    1 Kings 13:1 - 3
    And behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make offerings.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:15
    Moreover, the altar at Bethel, the high place erected by Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, that altar with the high place he pulled down and burned, reducing it to dust. He also burned the Asherah.
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