Publish it in the houses of Azotus, and in the houses of the land of Egypt, and say: Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the many follies in the midst thereof, and them that suffer oppression in the inner rooms thereof.
Amos 3:7 For the Lord God doth nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
Amos 3:8 The lion shall roar, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy?
Amos 3:9 Publish it in the houses of Azotus, and in the houses of the land of Egypt, and say: Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the many follies in the midst thereof, and them that suffer oppression in the inner rooms thereof.
Amos 3:10 And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses.
Amos 3:11 Therefore 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 verse centers on "publish", "houses", "azotus", "land", "egypt", "assemble", and "yourselves". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "publish" and "houses", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 8's "The lion shall roar who will not..." into verse 10's "And they have not known to do...", so "publish" and "houses" 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 "publish" and "houses" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.