Amos 3:13

New Living Translation

"Now listen to this, and announce it throughout all Israel," says the Lord, the Lord God of Heaven's Armies.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
This is what the Lord God All-Powerful says: "Warn the family of Jacob about these things.

New American Standard Bible
"Hear and testify against the house of Jacob," Declares the Lord GOD, the God of armies.

New Century Version
"Listen and be witnesses against the family of Jacob," says the Lord God , the God All-Powerful.

New English Translation
Listen and warn the family of Jacob! The sovereign Lord , the God who commands armies, is speaking!

Update Bible Version
Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob, says the Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts.

Webster's Bible Translation
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

Amplified Bible
"Hear and testify against the house of Jacob," Says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

English Standard Version
"Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord God , the God of hosts,

World English Bible
"Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Here ye, and witnesse ye in the hous of Jacob, seith the Lord God of oostis.

English Revised Version
Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.

Berean Standard Bible
Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord God All-Powerful told me to speak this message against Jacob's descendants:

American Standard Version
Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.

Bible in Basic English
Give ear now, and give witness against the family of Jacob, says the Lord God, the God of armies;

Complete Jewish Bible
"As a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion a couple of leg bones or a piece of an ear; so the people of Isra'el in Shomron will be rescued, huddled under cushions in the corners of their beds. "Hear, and testify against the house of Ya‘akov," says Adonai Elohim Elohei-Tzva'ot.

Darby Translation
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.

King James Version (1611)
Heare yee and testifie in the house of Iacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hostes;

New Life Bible
Hear and speak against the family of Jacob," says the Lord God, the God of All.

New Revised Standard
Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob, says the Lord God , the God of hosts:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Heare, and testifie in the house of Iaakob, saith the Lord God, the God of hostes.

George Lamsa Translation
Hear, and testify in the house of Jacob, says the LORD God, the God of hosts of Israel,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Hear ye and bear witness, throughout the house of Jacob, - Commandeth My Lord, Yahweh, God of hosts:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord the God of hosts:

Revised Standard Version
"Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Heare and testifie in the house of Iacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hoastes:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Hear, O ye priests, and testify to the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God Almighty.

Good News Translation
Listen now, and warn the descendants of Jacob," says the Sovereign Lord Almighty.

Christian Standard Bible®
Listen and testify against the house of Jacob—

Hebrew Names Version
"Listen, and testify against the house of Ya`akov," says the Lord GOD, the God Tzva'ot,.

King James Version
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God , the God of hosts,

Lexham English Bible
"Listen and testify against the house of Jacob," declares my Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts.

Literal Translation
Hear and testify in the house of Jacob, declares the Lord Jehovah, the God of Hosts.

Young's Literal Translation
Hear ye and testify to the house of Jacob, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, God of Hosts.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Heare, and beare recorde in the house of Iacob (sayeth the LORDE God of hoostes)

THE MESSAGE
"Listen and bring witness against Jacob's family"— this is God's Word, God -of-the-Angel-Armies! "Note well! The day I make Israel pay for its sins, pay for the sin-altars of worship at Bethel, The horned altars will all be dehorned and scattered around. I'll tear down the winter palace, smash the summer palace—all your fancy buildings. The luxury homes will be demolished, all those pretentious houses." God 's Decree.

New King James Version
Hear and testify against the house of Jacob," Says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Hear and testify against the house of Jacob," Declares the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.

Legacy Standard Bible
Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,"Declares Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts.

Contextual Overview

⁹ Announce this to the leaders of Philistia and to the great ones of Egypt: "Take your seats now on the hills around Samaria, and witness the chaos and oppression in Israel." ¹⁰ "My people have forgotten how to do right," says the Lord . "Their fortresses are filled with wealth taken by theft and violence. ¹¹ Therefore," says the Sovereign Lord , "an enemy is coming! He will surround them and shatter their defenses. Then he will plunder all their fortresses." ¹² This is what the Lord says: "A shepherd who tries to rescue a sheep from a lion's mouth will recover only two legs or a piece of an ear. So it will be for the Israelites in Samaria lying on luxurious beds, and for the people of Damascus reclining on couches. ¹³ "Now listen to this, and announce it throughout all Israel," says the Lord, the Lord God of Heaven's Armies. ¹⁴ "On the very day I punish Israel for its sins, I will destroy the pagan altars at Bethel. The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground. ¹⁵ And I will destroy the beautiful homes of the wealthy— their winter mansions and their summer houses, too— all their palaces filled with ivory," says the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and testify: Deuteronomy 8:19, Deuteronomy 30:18, Deuteronomy 30:19, 2 Kings 17:13, 2 Kings 17:15, 2 Chronicles 24:19, Acts 2:40, Acts 18:5, Acts 18:6, Acts 20:21, Ephesians 4:17, 1 Thessalonians 4:6

the Lord: Amos 5:27, Joshua 22:22, Isaiah 1:24

Reciprocal: Exodus 33:3 - lest I Isaiah 7:13 - will ye Amos 4:13 - The Lord Amos 5:16 - the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 3:4
"You won't die!" the serpent replied to the woman.

Genesis 3:6
The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.

Genesis 3:9
Then the Lord God called to the man, "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:10
He replied, "I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked."

Genesis 3:12
The man replied, "It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it."

Genesis 44:15
"What have you done?" Joseph demanded. "Don't you know that a man like me can predict the future?"

1 Samuel 13:11
but Samuel said, "What is this you have done?" Saul replied, "I saw my men scattering from me, and you didn't arrive when you said you would, and the Philistines are at Micmash ready for battle.

2 Samuel 3:24
Joab rushed to the king and demanded, "What have you done? What do you mean by letting Abner get away?

John 18:35
"Am I a Jew?" Pilate retorted. "Your own people and their leading priests brought you to me for trial. Why? What have you done?"

1 Timothy 2:14
And it was not Adam who was deceived by Satan. The woman was deceived, and sin was the result.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob,.... The prophets and priests, whose business it was to speak to the people from the Lord, and declare his will to them, and to admonish them of their sin and danger, are here called upon to hearken to what the Lord was about to say, and to testify and publish it to the people of Israel, the posterity of Jacob, though sadly degenerated:

saith the Lord God, the God of hosts; the eternal Jehovah, the Being of beings, the God of the whole earth, the God of the armies above and below; and, being so great, ought to be heard with the greatest attention and reverence in what follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hear ye and testify ye in - (Rather unto or against ) the house of Israel; first “hear” yourselves, then “testify,” that is, solemnly “protest,” in the Name of God; and “bear witness unto” and “against” them, so that the solemn words may sink into them. It is of little avail to “testfy,” unless we first “hear;” nor can man “bear witness” to what he doth not know; nor will words make an “impression,” that is, leave a trace of themselves, be stamped in or on people’s souls, unless the soul which utters them have first hearkened unto them.

Saith the Lord God of hosts - “So thundereth, as it were, the authority of the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of the shepherd. Foretelling and protesting the destruction of the altar of Bethel, he sets his God against the god whom Israel had chosen as theirs and worshiped there, “the Lord God of hosts,” against “the similitude of a calf that eateth hay” Psalms 106:20. Not I, a shepherd, but so speaketh my God against your god.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Amos 3:13. Hear ye — This is an address to the prophet.