Amos 4:8

So two or three towns wandered unto one town, 1 to drink mayim, but they were not satisfied; 1 yet have ye not returned unto Me, saith Hashem. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

In Context

7And also I have withheld the geshem from you, 1 when there were yet shloshah chodashim to the harvest; 1 and I caused it to rain upon one town, 1 and caused it not to rain upon another town; 1 one chelek (part) was rained upon, 1 and the chelek, whereupon it rained not, withered. 1

9I have struck you with blight and mildew; 1 when your ganim (gardens) and your kramim (vineyards) 1 and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, 1 the locust devoured them; 1 yet have ye not returned unto Me, saith Hashem. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:5And Ach'av said unto Ovadyah, Go into HaAretz unto all springs of mayim, and unto all brooks; perhaps we may find khatzir (grass) to save the sus (horse) and pered (mules) alive, that we not be dispossessed of all the behemah.

Isaiah 41:17When the aniyim and evyonim seek mayim, and there is none, 1 and their leshon faileth for tzama (thirst), 1 I Hashem will hear them, 1 I the Elohei Yisroel will not forsake them. 1

Jeremiah 3:7And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto Me. But she returned not. And her treacherous achot Yehudah saw it. + 3:7 i.e., saw Israelʼs refusal to renounce fertility cult idolatry

Jeremiah 14:3And their noble s have sent their servants for mayim; 1 they came to the cisterns, and found no mayim; 1 they returned with their vessels empty; 1 they were ashamed and dismayed, 1 and covered their rosh. 1

Ezekiel 4:16Moreover He said unto me, Ben Adam, hinei, I will break the mateh lechem (staff of bread, food supply) in Yerushalayim: and they shall eat lechem weighted out in rations, and with worry; and they shall drink mayim by measure, and with amazed alarm:

Hosea 11:5Will they not return into Eretz Mitzrayim? 1 And will not the Assyrian be his melech, 1 because they refused to make teshuvah. 1

Matthew Henry on Amos 4:7-13

Incorrigibleness of Israel; Judgments Called to Remembrance; Greater Judgments Threatened. ( b. c. 790.) 6 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 . 7 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. 8… Read the whole commentary →

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