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Amos 3 — Sermon Preparation
Because God chose Israel above all peoples, he will punish them more severely — and he never acts without revealing his plan to his prophets. 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.
- 15
- verses
- 207 / 115
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 16
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- 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.
“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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