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Amos 3:2a

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3:2“I have chosen3 you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”

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Footnotes

  1. 3 Heb “You only have I known.” The Hebrew verb יָדַע (yada’) is used here in its covenantal sense of “recognize in a special way.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“You only have I known

of all the families of the earth;

therefore I will punish you

for all your iniquities.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“You only have I chosen

of all the families of the earth;

therefore I will punish you

for all your sins.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I have known only you

out of all the clans of the earth;

therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.

NLTNew Living Translation

“From among all the families on the earth,

I have been intimate with you alone.

That is why I must punish you

for all your sins.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“You only have I chosen of all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

KJV 1900King James Version

You only have I known of all the families of the earth:

Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.