Amos 3:1-2
ContextEvery Effect has its Cause
3:1 Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the Lord is proclaiming against 1 you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up 2 from the land of Egypt: 3:2 “I have chosen 3 you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”
1 tn Or “about.”
2 tn One might expect a third person verb form (“he brought up”), since the
3 tn Heb “You only have I known.” The Hebrew verb יָדַע (yada’) is used here in its covenantal sense of “recognize in a special way.”