Amos 3:13

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“Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts.”

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BSBPD

“Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Hear ye and testify to the house of Jacob, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, God of Hosts.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Amos 3:13 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 8:19If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
  2. Deuteronomy 30:18I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
  3. Joshua 22:22“The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.
  4. 2 Kings 17:13Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
  5. 2 Kings 17:15They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
  6. 2 Chronicles 24:19Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them; but they would not listen.
  7. Isaiah 1:24Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.
  8. Ezekiel 2:7But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
  9. Amos 5:27Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.
  10. Acts 2:40With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
  11. Acts 18:5And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
  12. Acts 20:21testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  13. Ephesians 4:17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
  14. 1 Thessalonians 4:6and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

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