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Amos 4:7

“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

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ASV

And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

KJV

And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְגַ֣םve.Gamand alsoH1571 →
אָנֹכִי֩'a.no.KhiIH595 →
מָנַ֨עְתִּיma.Na'.tiI withheldH4513 →
מִכֶּ֜םmi.Kemfrom you
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַגֶּ֗שֶׁםha.Ge.shemthe rainH1653 →
בְּע֨וֹדbe.'odin yetH5750 →
שְׁלֹשָׁ֤הshe.lo.ShahthreeH7969 →
חֳדָשִׁים֙cho.da.ShimmonthsH2320 →
לַקָּצִ֔ירla.ka.Tzir[were] to the harvestH7105 →
וְהִמְטַרְתִּי֙ve.him.tar.Tiand I sent rainH4305 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
עִ֣יר'ira cityH5892 →
אֶחָ֔ת'e.ChatoneH259 →
וְעַל־ve.'al-and onH5921 →
עִ֥יר'ira cityH5892 →
אַחַ֖ת'a.ChatoneH259 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
אַמְטִ֑יר'am.TirI sent rainH4305 →
חֶלְקָ֤הchel.Kaha portion of groundH2513 →
אַחַת֙'a.ChatoneH259 →
תִּמָּטֵ֔רti.ma.Terit was rained onH4305 →
וְחֶלְקָ֛הve.chel.Kahand a portion of groundH2513 →
אֲשֶֽׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
תַמְטִ֥ירtam.Tirit sent rainH4305 →
עָלֶ֖יהָ'a.Lei.haon itH5921 →
תִּיבָֽשׁ׃ti.Vashit dried upH3001 →

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Exodus 9:26The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.Zechariah 10:1Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.Exodus 10:23No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”Exodus 9:4But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”2 Chronicles 7:13–14If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,Job 38:28Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?Leviticus 26:27–28But if in spite of all this you do not obey Me, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,Leviticus 26:23–24And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,Joel 2:23Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.Deuteronomy 11:17or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.1 Kings 8:35–36When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,James 5:17Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.Leviticus 26:18–21And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.Judges 6:37–40then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”Jeremiah 5:24They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’Genesis 7:4For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

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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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