Amos 3:2

“You only have I known of all the families of the earth, etc.] All the families or nations of the earth, and all the inhabitants of it, are known by the Lord, as he is the omniscient God; but none had been known by him as a family, or a nation, with that love and affection as this family had been, or distinguished by his favours and blessings as they, not only temporal, but spiritual; besides the land of Canaan, and all the good things in it, they had the law of the Lord, his word, worship, and ordinances, among them; he chose them for himself above all people, and gave peculiar marks of his affection to them, and special instances of his goodness, and of his care over them, and concern for…”

“You only have I known--that is, acknowledged as My people, and treated with peculiar favor (Exo 19:5; Deu 4:20). Compare the use of "know," Psa 1:6; Psa 144:3; Joh 10:14; Ti2 2:19. therefore I will punish--the greater the privileges, the heavier the punishment for the abuse of them; for to the other offenses there is added, in this case, ingratitude. When God's people do not glorify Him, He glorifies Himself by punishing them.”

“You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities - Such is the one law of God. The nearer anyone is brought unto God, the worse is his fall, and, his trial over, the more heavily is he punished. Nearness to God is a priceless, but an awesome gift. The most intense blessing becomes, by the abuse of free will, the most dreadful woe. For the nearer God places anyone to His own light, the more malignant is the choice of darkness instead of light. The more clearly anyone knows the relation to God, in which God has placed him, the more terrible is his rejection of God. The more God reveals to any, what He is, His essential perfections, His…”

“Know - Chosen, adopted to be my peculiar ones. Therefore - Because you have all these obligations and abused all these mercies. Amos 3:3”

“3:2 The word translated been intimate indicates personal and experiential knowledge that often extends beyond mere intellectual awareness. It can indicate formal recognition and acknowledgment (Exod 1:8; 5:2), personal experience (Gen 2:17), or sexual relations (Gen 4:1). This word is frequently used of God’s relationship with Israel (Hos 5:3) and of Israel’s ideal relationship with God (Hos 2:20). Because of Israel’s privileged status, God would hold them accountable for all their sins, not just some of them. God holds people accountable in terms of what has been given them (Luke 12:47-48).”

“only: Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6; Deu 7:6, Deu 10:15, Deu 26:18, Deu 32:9; Psa 147:19; Isa 63:19 all: Gen 10:32; Jer 1:15, Jer 10:25; Nah 3:4; Zac 14:17, Zac 14:18; Act 17:26 therefore: Eze 9:6, Eze 20:36-38; Dan 9:12; Mat 11:20-24; Luk 12:47, Luk 12:48; Rom 2:9; Pe1 4:17 punish: Heb. visit upon, Jer 9:25, Jer 11:22, Jer 13:21 \*marg. Hos 2:13, Hos 8:13, Hos 9:9 Amos 3:3”