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Atomic Bible
Amos 3:9
Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod
from Witnesses against Israel, Amos 3:1-15
What it says

Foreign strongholds are summoned to gather against Samaria and witness the tumults and oppressions within it.

What it is doing

This verse turns the nations into observers of Israel's corruption.

In context

1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: 2“Only you have I known 3Can two walk together 4Does a lion roar in the forest 5Does a bird land in a snare 6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, 7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing 8The lion has roared — 9Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod 10“For they know not how to do right,” 11Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 12This is what the LORD says: 13Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, 14On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, 15I will tear down the winter house