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Amos 3 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Amos 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Amos 3 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
אַרְמוֹן ʼarmôwn H759 4 citadel, height
יְהֹוִה Yᵉhôvih H3069 4
אֲדֹנָי ʼĂdônây H136 4 Lord
אֲרִי ʼărîy H738 3 lion
לָכַד lâkad H3920 3 catch, capture
פָּקַד pâqad H6485 3 visit, oversee
נְאֻם nᵉʼum H5002 3 oracle

How preachers through history handled this text

16 public-domain excerpts on Amos 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 7 Matthew Henry 3 Spurgeon 3 John Wesley 2 Alexander MacLaren 1

“That power which is an instrument of unrighteousness, will justly be brought down and broken. What is got and kept wrongfully, will not be kept long. Some are at ease, but there will come a day of visitation, and in that day, all they are proud of, and put confidence in, shall fail them. God will inquire into the sins of which they have been guilty in their houses, the robbery they have stored up, and the luxury in which they lived. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Amos 3:9–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Egypt — Amos 3:1
  • Damascus — Amos 3:12
  • Samaria 1 — Amos 3:12
  • Bethel 1 — Amos 3:14
  • Ashdod — Amos 3:9

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