Amos 4:8

Two or three cities staggered to another city to drink water, 1 but were not satisfied. 1 Yet you have not returned to me 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

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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

7I also withheld rain from you 1 when there were still three months to the harvest. 1 I caused it to rain on one city, 1 and caused it not to rain on another city. 1 One piece of land was rained on, 1 but the piece of land where it did not rain dried up. 1

9I afflicted you with blight and mildew. 1 The multitude of your gardens, 1 your vineyards, 1 your fig trees, 1 and your olive trees— 1 the locusts devoured them all. 1 Yet you have not returned to me 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:5Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the water springs and brooks. Perhaps we will find grass and save the horses and mules alive, so that we will not lose all the animals.”

Isaiah 41:17The oppressed and needy look for water, but there is none, and their tongues are parched for thirst; 1 I, Yahweh, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. 1

Jeremiah 3:7I said, 'After she does all these things, she will return to me,' but she did not return. Then her faithless sister Judah saw these things.

Jeremiah 14:3Their mighty ones send out their servants for water. 1 When they go to the trenches, they cannot find water. They all return unsuccessful; 1 they cover their heads ashamed and dishonored. 1

Ezekiel 4:16He also said to me, “Son of man! Behold! I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread while rationing it in anxiety and drink water while rationing it in trembling.

Hosea 11:5Will they not return to the land of Egypt? 1 Will Assyria not rule over them 1 because they refuse to return to me? 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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