Amos 3:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 3

¹¹Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.

Amos 3:11 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 18:9-11
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. …
2 Kings 17:3-6
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents. …
2 Kings 15:19
And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
Amos 2:5
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Amos 6:14
But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 9-15)

The Israelites are here again convicted and condemned, and particular notice given of the crimes they are convicted of and the punishment they are condemned to. 1. Notice is given of it to their neighbours. The prophet is ordered to publish it in the palaces of Ashdod, one of the chief cities of the Philistines; nay, the summons must go further, even to the palaces in the land of Egypt. “The great…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. Translate, “An adversary (the abruptness produces a startling effect)! and that too, from every side of the land.” So in the fulfilment, 2Ki 17:5: “The king of Assyria (Shalmaneser) came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.” bring down thy strength from thee--that is, bring thee down from thy strength (the strength on which thou didst boast thyself):…