Amos 3:2; Amos 3:5; Amos 5:2; Amos 7:11; Amos 7:17; Amos 9:8; Amos 9:15

Amos 3:2

2 “You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”

Amos 3:5

5 Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground when no bait is there? Does a trap spring up from the ground if it has not caught anything?

Amos 5:2

2 “Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again, deserted in her own land, with no one to lift her up.”

Amos 7:11

11 For this is what Amos is saying: “ ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.’ ”

Amos 7:17

17 “Therefore this is what the LORD says: “ ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be measured and divided up, and you yourself will die in a pagan country. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.’ ”

Amos 9:8

8 “Surely the eyes of the Sovereign LORDare on the sinful kingdom. I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not totally destroy the descendants of Jacob,” declares the LORD.

Amos 9:15

15 I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them,” says the LORD your God.