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Amos 3:14

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That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

That in the day {H3117} that I shall visit {H6485} the transgressions {H6588} of Israel {H3478} upon him I will also visit {H6485} the altars {H4196} of Bethel {H1008}: and the horns {H7161} of the altar {H4196} shall be cut off {H1438}, and fall {H5307} to the ground {H776}.

"For when I punish Isra'el's crimes, I will also punish the altars of Beit-El. The horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.

On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.

For 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.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Kings 23:15 (8 votes)

    Moreover the altar that [was] at Bethel, [and] the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, [and] stamped [it] small to powder, and burned the grove.

  • Hosea 10:5 (5 votes)

    The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof [that] rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

  • Hosea 10:8 (5 votes)

    The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:6 (4 votes)

    And [so did he] in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:7 (4 votes)

    And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

  • Hosea 10:14 (4 votes)

    Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon [her] children.

  • Hosea 10:15 (4 votes)

    So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.