Amos 3:11 (DBY)

Passage

Therefore 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.

Nearby Context

Amos 3:9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great uproar in the midst thereof, and the oppressions that are within her:

Amos 3:10 and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces.

Amos 3:11 Therefore 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.

Amos 3:12 Thus saith Jehovah: Like as the shepherd rescueth out of the jaw of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and upon the damask of a bed.

Amos 3:13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "thus", "saith", "lord", "jehovah", "adversary", "even", and "round". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "thus", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "and they know not to do right..." into verse 12's "Thus saith Jehovah Like as the shepherd...", so "therefore" and "thus" belong inside that flow. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therefore" and "thus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.