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Amos 3:14

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3:14“Certainly when29 I punish Israel for their30 covenant transgressions,31

I will destroy32 Bethel’s33 altars.

The horns34 of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. 29 Heb “in the day.”
  2. 30 Heb “his.” With the referent “Israel” here, this amounts to a collective singular.
  3. 31 Traditionally, “transgressions, sins,” but see the note on the word “crimes” in .
  4. 32 Heb “punish” (so , ).
  5. 33 For location see ; ; ; ; .
  6. 34 The horns of an ancient altar projected upwards from the four corners and resembled an animal’s horns in appearance. Fugitives could seek asylum by grabbing hold of these corners (see Exod 21:14; 1 Kgs 1:50; 2:28). When the altar’s horns were cut off, there would be no place of asylum left for the Lord’s enemies.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions,

I will punish the altars of Bethel,

and the horns of the altar shall be cut off

and fall to the ground.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“On the day I punish Israel for her sins,

I will destroy the altars of Bethel;

the horns of the altar will be cut off

and fall to the ground.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will punish the altars of Bethel

on the day I punish Israel for its crimes;

the horns of the altar will be cut off

and fall to the ground.

NLTNew Living Translation

“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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“For on the day I punish Israel for its transgression, I will also punish the altars of Bethel and the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

KJV 1900King James Version

That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him

I will also visit the altars of Beth-el:

And the horns of the altar shall be cut off,

And fall to the ground.