...them more nearly : according to the rule laid down in one of the Prophets : " You only have I known of all the families of the earth, therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." Agreeably to which, after the Lord had enumerated one after another all the worst calamities, and had...

...privileges will aggravate his culpability, and increase his punishment. " You only have I known of all the families of the earth ; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities," Amos iii., 2 ; Matt. xi., 22 ; Luke xii., 47. But although the judgment will begin with the Jew, and...

...shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this." (Jeremiah v. ix..) "You only have I known of all the families of the earth ; therefore I will punish you for your iniquities." (Amos iii. 2 ) Well might God also say to us, as is written in Ezek. " They shall...

...assigned why she shall not escape ; for Jehovah has set it down in these words, " You only have I known of all the families of the earth, therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." Sin against fellowmortals is offensive in any instance, although these mortals be strangers ; but when...

...arises from his having known and loved us. Thus the Lord says to Israel : " Yon only have I known of all the families of the earth ; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities."1 " The Lord knoweth them that are his."* " I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep,...

...men. And God will not suffer them to pass without correction, Amos iii. 2. ' You only have I known of all the families of the earth ; therefore I will punish you for your iniquities.' This justifies God in all the evils that befal them. 2. All the trials and sufferings...

...'You only haï liveth,' Ac.— With regard to Israel It was said, 1. 2, ' You only have I known of all the families of the earth : therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.' — As for the foolum and wicked, they are frequently allowed, comparatively, to escape punishment...

...Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. — Amos 3: 1-2 (NRSV) The judgment of God is upon the church as never before. If the church of today...

...Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. The people believed that God, Yahweh, was the God of Israel and Judah and of no other people. We might...

...the Lord God God's position with regard to Israel is declared by Amos 3:2: 'You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.' This threat of judgement is a familiar theme in the book. It is repeated in Amos 5:2: 'Fallen, no more...