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Amos 4:8

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8“So two or three cities would wander around to another city to drink awater,

But would bnot be satisfied;

Yet you have cnot returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.

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Cross references

  1. a1 Kin 18:5; Jer 14:4
  2. bEzek 4:16, 17; Hag 1:6
  3. cJer 3:7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

so two or three cities would wander to another city

to drink water, and would not be satisfied;

yet you did not return to me,”

declares the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

People staggered from town to town for water

but did not get enough to drink,

yet you have not returned to me,”

declares the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Two or three cities staggered

to another city to drink water

but were not satisfied,

yet you did not return to me.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

NLTNew Living Translation

People staggered from town to town looking for water,

but there was never enough.

But still you would not return to me,”

says the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So two or three cities wandered to one city to drink water and they were not satisfied, yet you did not return to me,” is the declaration of Yahweh.

KJV 1900King 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.