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Amos 4:2

The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

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ASV

The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks.

KJV

The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
נִשְׁבַּ֨עnish.Ba'he has swornH7650 →
אֲדֹנָ֤י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3069 →
בְּקָדְשׁ֔וֹbe.ka.de.Shoby holiness hisH6944 →
כִּ֛יkiforH3588 →
הִנֵּ֥הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
יָמִ֖יםya.MimdaysH3117 →
בָּאִ֣יםba.'Im[are] comingH935 →
עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם'a.lei.Khemon youH5921 →
וְנִשָּׂ֤אve.ni.Sa'and someone will take awayH5375 →
אֶתְכֶם֙'et.Khem<obj.> youH853 →
בְּצִנּ֔וֹתbe.tzi.Notwith barbsH6793 →
וְאַחֲרִיתְכֶ֖ןve.'a.cha.ri.te.Khenand posterity yourH319 →
בְּסִיר֥וֹתbe.si.Rotwith hooks ofH5518 →
דּוּגָֽה׃du.GahfishingH1729 →

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Jeremiah 16:16But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.Psalms 89:35Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—Habakkuk 1:15–16The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.Amos 6:8The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”Isaiah 37:29Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’2 Kings 19:28Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’Habakkuk 1:15The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.Ezekiel 39:4–5On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.Psalms 60:6God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.Ezekiel 30:9On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming.Ezekiel 29:4But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.Psalms 108:7God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.

About Amos

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