11Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: "An enemy will overrun the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses."


In Context

8 The lion has roared- who will not fear? The Sovereign Lord has spoken- who can but prophesy?

9 Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod and to the fortresses of Egypt: "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest within her and the oppression among her people."

10 "They do not know how to do right," declares the Lord , "who hoard plunder and loot in their fortresses."

11 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: "An enemy will overrun the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses."

12 This is what the Lord says: "As a shepherd saves from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites be saved, those who sit in Samaria on the edge of their beds and in Damascus on their couches. "

13 "Hear this and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord, the Lord God Almighty.

Amos 3:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:11Therefore thus saith the Lord God: The land shall be in tribulation, and shall be compassed about: and thy strength shall be taken away from thee, and thy houses shall be spoiled.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:11Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary there shall be , even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:11Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary! even round about the land! And he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be pillaged.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:11Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even around the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:11Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: |An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:11Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: An adversary — and surrounding the land, And he hath brought down from thee thy strength, And spoiled have been thy palaces.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:11Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down your strength from you, and your palaces shall be spoiled.