Amos 3:13-15

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.
 15 d I will strike e the winter house along with f the summer house,
and g the houses of ivory shall perish,
and the great houses 1 shall come to an end,"
declares the Lord.

  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.
  5. Cross References
    Amos 6:11
    For behold, the Lord commands, and the great house shall be struck down into fragments, and the little house into bits.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:22
    It was the ninth month, and the king was sitting in the winter house, and there was a fire burning in the fire pot before him.
  7. Cross References
    Judges 3:20
    And Ehud came to him as he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." And he arose from his seat.
  8. Cross References
    1 Kings 22:39
    Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did, and the ivory house that he built and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
    Psalms 45:8
    Your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad.
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