Amos 3:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Therefore thus says the Lord God: An adversary shall surround the land and strip you of your defense, and your strongholds shall be plundered.

Cross References

Genesis 34:27

And the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled.

2 Kings 15:19

King Pul of Assyria came against the land; Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, so that he might help him confirm his hold on the royal power.

2 Kings 15:29

In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.

2 Chronicles 36:19

They burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious vessels.

Job 20:21

There was nothing left after they had eaten; therefore their prosperity will not endure.

Amos 2:5

So I will send a fire on Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.

Amos 3:10

They do not know how to do right, says the Lord, those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.

Amos 3:15

I will tear down the winter house as well as the summer house, and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall come to an end, says the Lord.

Amos 6:14

Indeed, I am raising up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says the Lord, the God of hosts, and they shall oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Wadi Arabah.

Amos 6:8

The Lord God has sworn by himself (says the Lord, the God of hosts): I abhor the pride of Jacob and hate his strongholds, and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.