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Amos 3:11

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

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ASV

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary there shall be, even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.

KJV

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651 →
כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069 →
צַ֖רtzaran opponentH6862 →
וּסְבִ֣יבu.se.Vivand aroundH5439 →
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
וְהוֹרִ֤דve.ho.Ridand he will bring downH3381 →
מִמֵּךְ֙mi.meKhfrom youH4480 →
עֻזֵּ֔ךְ'u.Zekhstrength yourH5797 →
וְנָבֹ֖זּוּve.na.Vo.zuand they will be plunderedH962 →
אַרְמְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃'ar.me.no.Ta.yikhfortresses yourH759 →

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2 Kings 18:9–11In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.Amos 2:5So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”2 Kings 17:3–6Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.2 Kings 15:19Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.Amos 6:14For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”Isaiah 10:9–11“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?Hosea 11:5–6Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?Isaiah 10:5–6Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.Isaiah 7:17–25The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”Amos 3:15I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.Amos 6:8The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.Isaiah 8:7–8the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.Amos 3:10“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”2 Chronicles 36:19Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.2 Kings 18:10And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.

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The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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