Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Amos 3:1 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 1. 1Hear 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,
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Quick Meaning
This verse opens a new hear-this-word address to the entire family brought from Egypt.
Read It With
- Amos 3:1-2
Read Amos 3:1 with 3:1-2. This verse opens a new hear-this-word address to the entire family brought from Egypt. The complete unit establishes this movement: Israel's Exodus relationship is the reason for heightened accountability, not immunity from consequences.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The address states the covenant logic that controls the warnings that follow. Within that movement, this verse opens a new hear-this-word address to the entire family brought from Egypt.
What Remains True
The Exodus memory addresses a covenant family collectively before specifying its accountability.
How It Can Shape Life
- Read communal identity together with communal responsibility.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Amos 3:1-2 — Known Relationship Brings Greater AccountabilitySources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Amos 3:1-2, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Amos
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, clause relationships, wordplays, names, and the base text behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Amos.xml, 3:1-2
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Amos with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, textual, literary, historical, and uncertainty notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Amos PDF, printed pp. 1711, translation and notes on 3:1-2
Open source ↗