Charles Ellicott Commentary Amos 3:1

"Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying," — Amos 3:1 (ASV)

Children of Israel rather than “house of Israel” is a phrase not as usual in Amos. Therefore, in many manuscripts, the latter phrase is substituted. There is, however, significance in the former, as Amos addresses both kingdoms in the phrase “the whole family.” Yet the kingdom of the Ten Tribes seems to be primarily in the mind of the prophet.