Amos 4:3

and through the breaches in the city wall you will go, thrown out on the garbage dump, says the Lord.

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In The King James Version

And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.

In Context

2The Lord God has sworn by his holiness: The time is coming when you will be carried away in baskets, your children carried away in fish-baskets,

4Come to Bethel and transgress, at Gilgald increase your transgression. Bring your sacrifices in the morning, every third day your tithes!

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Cross References

Amos 6:7Therefore now they must go into exile at the head of the captives, and hushed will be the revelry of the sprawlers.

Matthew 16:26What good will it do a person to gain the whole world, if he forfeits his life? Or what will a person give that is of equal value with his life?

Matthew Henry on Amos 4:2-6

Threatenings against Oppressors; Punishment of Proud Oppressors. ( b. c. 790.) 1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. 2 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 fish-hooks. 3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into… Read the whole commentary →

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