Amos 4:6

Moreover also, I, have given you cleanness of teeth throughout all your cities, and want of bread throughout all your dwelling-places,—Yet have ye not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5Yea, burn thou incense, of that which is leavened, as a thank-offering, and proclaim ye freewill-offerings, let them be known,—for, so, ye love [to have it], ye sons of Israel, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

7Moreover also, I, have withholden from you the abundant rain, when yet there were only three mouths to the harvest, Or I might rain upon one city, and, on another city, might not rain,—One portion, would be rained upon, and, the portion whereupon it should not rain, would be dried up;

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:26When I have broken your staff of bread, then shall ten women bake your bread in one oven, And give back your bread by weight,—And ye shall eat and not be filled.

Ruth 1:1And it came to pass, in the days when the Judges administered justice, that there was a famine in the land,—and so a certain man went his way, out of Bethlehem-judah to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

1 Kings 18:2And Elijah went, to show himself unto Ahab. Now, the famine, was severe in Samaria.

2 Kings 6:25And there came to be, a great famine, in Samaria, and lo! they continued the siege against it,—until an ass’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and one pint of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

2 Chronicles 28:22And, in the time of his distress, he yet further acted unfaithfully with Yahweh,—he, King Ahaz!

Isaiah 9:12Syrians before and Philistines behind, Thus have they devoured Israel with open mouth,—For all this, hath his anger, not turned back, But still, is his hand outstretched.

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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