The people of Israel\par are the Lord’s servants.\par The descendants of Jacob,\par are the Lord’s chosen people.\par
Amos 3:1 - Easy To Read Version People of Israel, listen to this message! The Lord said these things about you, Israel. This message is about all the families (Israel) that I brought from the land of Egypt. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition HEAR THIS word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt: American Standard Version (1901) Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying, Common English Bible Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought out of the land of Egypt: Catholic Public Domain Version Listen to the word which the Lord has spoken about you, sons of Israel, concerning the whole family that I led out of the land of Egypt, saying: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O ye children of Israel: concerning the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying: |
The people of Israel\par are the Lord’s servants.\par The descendants of Jacob,\par are the Lord’s chosen people.\par
Jahaziel said, “Listen to me King Jehoshaphat, all you people living in Judah and Jerusalem! The Lord says this to you: ‘Don’t be afraid or worry about this large army, because the battle is not your battle. It is God’s battle!
“Family of Jacob, listen to me! All you people from Israel that are still alive, listen! I have been carrying you. I have carried you since the time you were in your mother’s body.
“Jacob, listen to me!\par Israel, I called you to be my people.\par So listen to me!\par I am the Beginning!\par And I am the End!\par
A loincloth is wrapped tightly around a man’s waist. In the same way, I wrapped all the family of Israel and all the family of Judah around me.” This message is from the Lord.” I did that so those people would be my people. Then my people would bring fame, praise, and honor to me. But my people would not listen to me.”
The Lord said these things, “At that time, I will be the God of all the family groups of Israel. And they will be my people.”
“I will force the people of Judah to leave their homes and their land. The people will be taken away to foreign lands. Some of the people of Judah that were not killed in the war will wish that they had been killed.” This message is from the Lord.
People of Israel, listen to the Lord’s message! The Lord will tell his argument against the people that live in this country. “People in this country don’t really know God. The people are not true and loyal to God.
“Priests, nation of Israel, and people in the king’s family, listen to me. You have been judged guilty!
“I was the One who brought you from the land of Egypt. For 40 years I led you through the desert. I helped you take the Amorites’ land.
Listen to me, you cows of Bashan {\cf2\super [48]} on Samaria’s mountain. You hurt poor people. You crush those poor people. You tell your husbands, {\cf2\super [49]} “Bring us something to drink!”
People of Israel, listen to this song. This funeral song is about you.
That is why the Lord says these things.\par “Look, I am planning trouble\par against this family.\par You will not be able to save yourselves. {\cf2\super [30]} \par You will stop being proud.\par Why? Because bad times are coming.\par
You Philistine people, you people living by the sea, this message from the Lord is about you. Land of Canaan, land of Palestine, {\cf2\super [15]} you will be destroyed—no one will live there!
Every person that hears these things should listen to what the Spirit {\cf2\super [25]} says to the churches.