Amos 3:10

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Amos 3:10

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”

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KJV

King James Version

For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

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WEB

World English Bible

“Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says the LORD, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Amos 3

⁸ The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?

⁹ Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”

¹⁰ “For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”

¹¹ Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”

¹² This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.

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