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Amos 4:6

“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

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ASV

And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

KJV

And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְגַם־ve.gam-and alsoH1571 →
אֲנִי֩'a.NiIH589 →
נָתַ֨תִּיna.Ta.tiI gaveH5414 →
לָכֶ֜םla.Khemto you
נִקְי֤וֹןnik.Yoncleanness ofH5356 →
שִׁנַּ֙יִם֙shi.Na.yimteethH8127 →
בְּכָל־be.kholin allH3605 →
עָ֣רֵיכֶ֔ם'a.rei.Khemcities yourH5892 →
וְחֹ֣סֶרve.Cho.serand lack ofH2640 →
לֶ֔חֶםLe.chembreadH3899 →
בְּכֹ֖לbe.Kholin allH3605 →
מְקוֹמֹֽתֵיכֶ֑םme.ko.mo.tei.Khemplaces yourH4725 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
שַׁבְתֶּ֥םshav.Temyou returnedH7725 →
עָדַ֖י'a.Daito meH5704 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Haggai 2:17I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.Isaiah 9:13But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.Revelation 16:10–11And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguishAmos 4:11“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.Amos 4:8People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.Leviticus 26:26When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.Revelation 2:21Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.Hosea 5:15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”Ruth 1:1In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.Amos 4:9“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.2 Kings 6:25–29So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.Ezekiel 16:27Therefore I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.Joel 2:12–14“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”2 Chronicles 28:22In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.Amos 4:8–9People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.Hosea 7:14–16They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.Jeremiah 8:5–7Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

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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