Amos

Amos 3:10–11

¹⁰“For they know not how to do right,”

declares the LORD.

“They store up violence and destruction

in their citadels.”

¹¹Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says:

“An enemy^c will surround the land;

he will pull down your strongholds

and plunder your citadels.”

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For they know	יָדְע֥וּ	yā·ḏə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3045 know
not	וְלֹֽא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
how to do	עֲשׂוֹת־	‘ă·śō·wṯ-	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H6213 do, make
right	נְכֹחָ֖ה	nə·ḵō·ḥāh	Noun - feminine singular	H5229 straightforwardness, integrity, truth
declares	נְאֻם־	nə·’um-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
They store up	הָאֽוֹצְרִ֛ים	hā·’ō·wṣ·rîm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H686 lay up, store up
violence	חָמָ֥ס	ḥā·mās	Noun - masculine singular	H2555 violence, wrong
and destruction	וָשֹׁ֖ד	wā·šōḏ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H7701 violence, havoc, devastation, ruin
in their citadels	בְּאַרְמְנֽוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃פ	bə·’ar·mə·nō·w·ṯê·hem	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H759 citadel

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Therefore	לָכֵ֗ן	lā·ḵên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
this is what	כֹּ֤ה	kōh	Adverb	H3541 thus, here
the Lord	אֲדֹנָ֣י	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
GOD	יְהוִ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3069 Yahweh
says	אָמַר֙	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
An enemy	צַ֖ר	ṣar	Noun - masculine singular	H6862 narrow, tight
will surround	וּסְבִ֣יב	ū·sə·ḇîḇ	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H5439 circuit, round about
the land	הָאָ֑רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
he will pull down	וְהוֹרִ֤ד	wə·hō·w·riḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H3381 come or go down, descend
your strongholds	עֻזֵּ֔ךְ	‘uz·zêḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H5797 strength, might
and plunder	וְנָבֹ֖זּוּ	wə·nā·ḇōz·zū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H962 spoil, plunder
your citadels	אַרְמְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃	’ar·mə·nō·w·ṯā·yiḵ	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H759 citadel

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Amos 3:10 Zephaniah 1:9 · Jeremiah 4:22 · Psalm 14:4 · Zechariah 5:3–4

Amos 3:11 2 Kings 18:9–11 · 2 Kings 17:3–6 · Amos 6:14 · Amos 2:5 · 2 Kings 15:19

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.