Amos 4:2
Adonoi Hashem hath sworn by His Kodesh that, 1 hinei, the yamim shall come upon you, 1 that He will take you away with hooks, 1 and the last of you with fishhooks. 1
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Psalms 89:36Once have I sworn by My Kodesh; 1 I will not lie unto Dovid. 1
Jeremiah 16:16Behold, I will send for many dayagim (fisherman), saith Hashem, and they shall fish them out; and after that will I send for many tzayadim (hunters), and they shall hunt them from every har (mountain), and from every givah (hill), and out of the crevices of the sela'im (rocks).
Ezekiel 39:4Thou shalt fall upon the harim of Yisroel, thou, and all thy troops, and the peoples with thee; I will give thee unto the birds of prey of every sort, and to the beasts of the sadeh to be devoured.
Habakkuk 1:15They take up all of them with a khakkah (hook), 1 they catch them in their net, 1 and gather them in their dragnet; 1 therefore they have simcha (joy) and are glad. 1
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 →