Amos 3:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Here is a message for the leaders of Philistia and Egypt— tell everyone to come together on the hills of Samaria. Let them see the injustice and the lawlessness in that city.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:20

Don't tell it in Gath or spread the news in the streets of Ashkelon. The godless Philistine women will be happy and jump for joy.

Proverbs 1:13

We'll take their valuables and fill our homes with stolen goods.

Proverbs 11:16

A gracious woman will be respected, but a man must work hard to get rich.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

I looked again and saw people being ill-treated everywhere on earth. They were crying, but no one was there to offer comfort, and those who ill-treated them were powerful.

Jeremiah 31:5

You will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria and enjoy the grapes.

Ezekiel 36:8

Trees will grow on you mountains of Israel and produce fruit for my people, because they will soon come home.

Ezekiel 37:22

I will make them into one nation and let them once again live in the land of Israel. Only one king will rule them, and they will never again be divided into two nations.

Hosea 7:1

and to heal its wounds. But then I see the crimes in Israel and Samaria. Everyone is deceitful; robbers roam the streets.

Amos 1:8

I will destroy the king of Ashdod and the ruler of Ashkelon. I will strike down Ekron, and that will be the end of the Philistines. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Amos 4:1

You women of Samaria are fat cows! You ill-treat and abuse the poor and needy, then you say to your husbands, “Bring us more drinks!”

Amos 5:11

you abuse the poor and demand heavy taxes from them. You have built expensive homes, but you won't enjoy them; you have planted vineyards, but you will get no wine.

Amos 6:1

Do you rulers in Jerusalem and in the city of Samaria feel safe and at ease? Everyone bows down to you, and you think you are better than any other nation. But you are in for trouble!

Amos 6:3

You are cruel, and you forget the coming day of judgment.

Amos 8:6

and mix dust in the grain. Those who are needy and poor don't have any money. We will make them our slaves for the price of a pair of sandals.”

Micah 6:10

You store up stolen treasures and use dishonest scales.

1 Samuel 5:1

The Philistines took the sacred chest from near Ebenezer to the town of Ashdod.