Amos 3:13

Hebrew Names Version

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

Parallel Translations

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

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

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.

Amplified Bible
"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.

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.

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:

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,

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

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

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

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.

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;

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;

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.

English Revised Version
Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith 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.

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,

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

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

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

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:

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,

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.

Contextual Overview

⁹ Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, And in the palaces in the land of Mitzrayim, And say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Shomron, And see what unrest is in her, And what oppression is among them." ¹⁰ "Indeed they don't know to do right," says the LORD, "Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces." ¹¹ Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "An adversary will overrun the land; And he will pull down your strongholds, And your fortresses will be plundered." ¹² Thus says the LORD: "As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, Or a piece of an ear, So shall the children of Yisra'el be rescued who sit in Shomron on the corner of a couch, And on the silken cushions of a bed." ¹³ "Listen, and testify against the house of Ya`akov," says the Lord GOD, the God Tzva'ot,. ¹⁴ "For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Yisra'el on him, I will also visit the altars of Beit-El; And the horns of the altar will be cut off, And fall to the ground. ¹⁵ I will strike the winter house with the summer house; And the houses of ivory will perish, And the great houses will have an end," 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
The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,

Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.

Genesis 3:9
The LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:10
The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."

Genesis 3:12
The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."

Genesis 44:15
Yosef said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Don't you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?"

1 Samuel 13:11
Shemu'el said, What have you done? Sha'ul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn't come within the days appointed, and that the Pelishtim assembled themselves together at Mikhmash;

2 Samuel 3:24
Then Yo'av came to the king, and said, What have you done? behold, Aviner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?

John 18:35
Pilate answered, "I'm not a Yehudi, am I? Your own nation and the chief Kohanim delivered you to me. What have you done?"

1 Timothy 2:14
Adam wasn't deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;

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.