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Amos 2:4

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.

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ASV

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk.

KJV

Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּ֚הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
שְׁלֹשָׁה֙she.lo.ShahthreeH7969 →
פִּשְׁעֵ֣יpish.'Ei<the> transgressions ofH6588 →
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
וְעַל־ve.'al-and onH5921 →
אַרְבָּעָ֖ה'ar.ba.'AhfourH702 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ'a.shi.Ve.nuI will revoke itH7725 →
עַֽל־'al-becauseH5921 →
מָאֳסָ֞םmo.'o.Samhave rejected theyH3988 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
תּוֹרַ֣תto.Rat[the] law ofH8451 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וְחֻקָּיו֙ve.chu.Kavand statutes hisH2706 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
שָׁמָ֔רוּsha.Ma.ruthey have keptH8104 →
וַיַּתְעוּם֙vai.yat.'Umand they have misled themH8582 →
כִּזְבֵיהֶ֔םkiz.vei.Hemlies theirH3577 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
הָלְכ֥וּha.le.Khuthey walkedH1980 →
אֲבוֹתָ֖ם'a.vo.Tamancestors theirH1 →
אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃'a.cha.rei.Hemafter themH310 →

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Ezekiel 20:24For they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on the idols of their fathers.1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,Ezekiel 20:13Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.Ezekiel 20:16because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.Hosea 12:2The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.Jeremiah 16:19–20O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.Habakkuk 2:18What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.Isaiah 28:15For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.Amos 1:3This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.Amos 2:1This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.Isaiah 30:12Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,Amos 3:2“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”Romans 1:25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.2 Kings 22:11–17When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothesIsaiah 5:24–25Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.2 Kings 17:19and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.Leviticus 26:14–15If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,

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About Amos

The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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