Who oppress the bpoor,
Who crush the needy,
Who say to1 your husbands, “Bring wine, let us cdrink!”
“Behold, the days shall come upon you
When He will take you away bwith fishhooks,
And your posterity with fishhooks.
Each one straight ahead of her,
And you will1 be cast into Harmon,”
Says the Lord.
At bGilgal multiply transgression;
cBring your sacrifices every morning,
dYour tithes every three1 days.
Proclaim and announce bthe freewill offerings;
For this you love,
You children of Israel!”
Says the Lord God.
Israel Did Not Accept Correction
And lack of bread in all your places;
aYet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
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Amos 4:2
He will take you away with hooks - Two modes of fishing are here alluded to:
1.Angling with rod, line, and baited hook.
2.That with the gaff, eel-spear, harpoon, or such like; the first used in catching small fish, by which the common people may be here represented; the second, for catching large fish, such as leave the sea, and come up the rivers to deposit their spawn; or such as are caught in the sea, as sharks, whales, dolphins, and even the hippopotamus, to which the more powerful and opulent inhabitants may be likened.
But as the words in the text are generally feminine, it has been supposed that the prophecy is against the proud, powerful, voluptuous women. I rather think that the prophet speaks catachrestically; and means men of effeminate manners and idle lives. They are not the bulls of Bashan, but the cows; having little of the manly character remaining. Some understand the latter word as meaning a sort of basket or wicker fish-nets.
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