...against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying—You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. For I say, Can two walk together, except they be agreed and joined together in one mind and in one...

...called him in the church, the heavier will be the punishment. " Yon only have I known," says God, " of all the families of the earth ; THEREFORE I will punish you for all your iniquities." He that knew his Lord's will and did it not shall be beaten with many stripes. The rebellious and stiff-necked...

...iniquity, they make a man an offender for a word, &c. — Isa. xxix. 20, 21. You only have I known of all the families of the earth : therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. — Amos iii. 2. Beware of men, for they will deliver you up to the councils : and they will scourge you in their synagogues...

...sermons, in his week-day exercise, from that striking text, Amos iii. 2. " You only have I known of all the families of the earth ; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." In these, he first addressed himself to his hearers, and pressed upon their consciences their personal...

...against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth : therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. 3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed ? 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no...

...total annihilation of the sinner ; which is what the prophet Amos says, " You only have I known of all the families of the earth, therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities ;"3 as if he had said, " I love you, and therefore will not permit the measure of your sins to be filled...

...sermons, in his week-day exercise, from that striking text, Amos iii. 2. " You only have I known of all the families of the earth ; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." In these, he first addressed himself to his hearers, and pressed upon their conseiences their personal...

...household or family; and Amos 3. 2. among others, that also where He saith, " You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." For although this at first sight may look like a threatening, it is really a great promise that He...

...what God said to the children of Israel by the mouth of the prophet Amos : " You only have I known of all the families of the earth ; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." It is evident he here makes the peculiar relationship in which his own people stood to him, the reason...

...allowing them to sin with impunity, He has ever been saying, in effect, " You only have I known of all the families of the earth ; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities ; " and that every stroke of his fatherly chastisement was intended to bring them in penitence to his...