Amos 4:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Amos 4:8

Israel Did Not Accept Correction

6 “Also I gave you¹ cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
And lack of bread in all your places;
^aYet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.

7 “I also withheld rain from you,
When there were still three months to the harvest.
I made it rain on one city,
I withheld rain from another city.
One part was rained upon,
And where it did not rain the part withered.

8 So two or three cities wandered to another city to drink water,
But they were not satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.

9 “I^a blasted you with blight and mildew.
When your gardens increased,
Your vineyards,
Your fig trees,
And your olive trees,
^bThe locust devoured them;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.

10 “I sent among you a plague ^aafter the manner of Egypt;
Your young men I killed with a sword,
Along with your captive horses;
I made the stench of your camps come up into your nostrils;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.

11 “I overthrew some of you,
As God overthrew ^aSodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.

12 “Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
^aPrepare to meet your God, O Israel!”

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Interlinear Bible for Amos 4:8:

So two
shnayim (#8147) or three
shalowsh (#7969) cities
`iyr (#5892) wandered
nuwa` (#5128) unto
'el (#413) one
'echad (#259) city,
`iyr (#5892) to drink
shathah (#8354) water;
mayim (#4325) but they were not
lo' (#3808) satisfied:
saba` (#7646) yet have ye not
lo' (#3808) returned
shuwb (#7725) unto
`ad (#5704) me, saith
n'um (#5002) the LORD.
Yhovah (#3068)

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