Amos 3:14 KJV
That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
Matthew Henry
- The like to other nationsThat power which is an instrument of unrighteousness, will justly be brought down and broken. What is got and kept wrongfully, will not be kept long. Some...
Thompson Chains
- Day of VisitationSee the chain from Isaiah 10:3 · 7 links
- Idol AltarsSee the chain from 1 Kings 16:32 · 5 links
- Beth-elSee the chain from Genesis 28:19 · 15 links
Cross References
- 2 Kings 23:15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
- Hosea 10:5–8 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it. …
- Hosea 10:14–15 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children. …
- Exodus 32:34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
- 1 Kings 13:2–5 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee. …
- 2 Chronicles 31:1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
- 2 Chronicles 34:6–7 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. …
- Amos 5:5–6 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. …
- Amos 9:1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
- Micah 1:6–7 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof. …
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Topics
- Beth-el Prophecies against the idolatrous altars at
- Idolatry Warnings against, and punishments of
- Israel, prophecies concerning Of captivity, famine, and judgments
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible810–784 BC · Amos, in the days of Uzziah and Jeroboam II
Places
- BethelTown · today Beitin · Location likely
- Places in Amos 3 on a map
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- That in the day כִּי kî Conjunction בְּיוֹם bĕyôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
- that I shall visit פָּקְדִי poqdî פָּקַד Verb · qal infinitive construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- the transgressions פִשְׁעֵי pišʿê פֶּשַׁע Noun · masculine plural construct
- of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name
- upon him I will also visit עָלָיו ʿālāyw Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular וּפָקַדְתִּי ûpāqadtî פָּקַד Verb · qal sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and
- the altars עַל ʿal Preposition מִזְבְּחוֹת mizbĕḥôt מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine plural construct
- of Bethel בֵּית bêt בֵּית־אֵל Proper name אֵל ʾēl בֵּית־אֵל Proper name
- and the horns קַרְנוֹת qarnôt קֶרֶן Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct
- of the altar הַמִּזְבֵּחַ hammizbēaḥ מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular · with the
- shall be cut off וְנִגְדְּעוּ wĕnigdĕʿû גָּדַע Verb · niphal sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and
- and fall וְנָפְלוּ wĕnāpĕlû נָפַל Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and
- to the ground לָאָרֶץ lāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition with the
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