Amos 4:2

But Yahweh our God has said this: “Because I am holy, I solemnly promise this: It will soon be the time when you all will be taken to another country; your enemies will take you away as though they are using sharp hooks [DOU] to grab you.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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 fishhooks.

In Context

1You wealthy women of Samaria have grown fat like [MET] the fat cows of the Bashan region. You oppress poor people and you cause needy people to suffer. And you say to your husbands, “Bring us more wine to drink!”

3Your enemies will drag you out through breaks/holes in your city walls, and they will throw you outside the city. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!

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Cross References

Psalms 89:36I promised that the line of kings descended from him will go on forever; it will last as long as the sun shines.

Jeremiah 16:16But now I am summoning your enemies who will seize the people of Judah like [MET] fishermen catch fish. I am summoning those who will search for them on every mountain and hill, and in every cave, like [MET] hunters search for animals to kill.

Ezekiel 39:4You and all the soldiers that are with you will die on the mountains in Israel. I will give your corpses to be food for the birds that eat dead flesh, and to the wild animals.

Habakkuk 1:15The soldiers of Babylonia think that we are fish [RHQ] for them to pull out of the sea with hooks or to catch in their nets, while they rejoice and celebrate.

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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