Amos 4:6–10
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4:6“But surely I gave21 you no food to eat in any of your cities;
you lacked food everywhere you live.22
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking!
4:7“I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest.23
I gave rain to one city, but not to another.
One field24 would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.
4:8People from25 two or three cities staggered into one city to get26 water,
but remained thirsty.27
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking!
4:9“I destroyed your crops28 with blight and disease.
Locusts kept29 devouring your orchards,30 vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees.
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking!
4:10“I sent against you a plague like one of the Egyptian plagues.31
I killed your young men with the sword,
along with the horses you had captured.
I made the stench from the corpses32 rise up into your nostrils.
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking!
Footnotes
- 21 The Hebrew construction is emphatic (pronoun + verb). It underscores the stark contrast between the judgments that the Lord had been sending with the God of blessing Israel was celebrating in its worship (4:4–5).
- 22 Heb “But I gave to you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of food in all your places.” The phrase “cleanness of teeth” is a vivid way of picturing the famine Israel experienced.
- 23 Rain … three months before the harvest refers to the rains of late March-early April.
- 24 Heb “portion”; , “piece”; “part.” The same word occurs a second time later in this verse.
- 25 The words “people from” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
- 26 Heb “to drink.”
- 27 Or “were not satisfied.”
- 28 Heb “you.” By metonymy the crops belonging to these people are meant. See the remainder of this verse, which describes the agricultural devastation caused by locusts.
- 29 The Hiphil infinitive construct is taken adverbially (“kept”) and connected to the activity of the locusts (). It also could be taken with the preceding sentence and related to the Lord’s interventions (“I kept destroying,” cf. , , , ), or it could be understood substantivally in construct with the following nouns (“Locusts devoured your many orchards,” cf. ; cf. also , ).
- 30 Or “gardens.”
- 31 Heb “in the manner [or “way”] of Egypt.”
- 32 Heb “of your camps [or “armies”].”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
and lack of bread in all your places,
yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.
“I also withheld the rain from you
when there were yet three months to the harvest;
I would send rain on one city,
and send no rain on another city;
one field would have rain,
and the field on which it did not rain would wither;
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.
“I struck you with blight and mildew;
your many gardens and your vineyards,
your fig trees and your olive trees the locust devoured;
yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.
“I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt;
I killed your young men with the sword,
and carried away your horses,
and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils;
yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“I gave you empty stomachs in every city
and lack of bread in every town,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.
“I also withheld rain from you
when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
but withheld it from another.
One field had rain;
another had none and dried up.
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.
“Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
destroying them with blight and mildew.
Locusts devoured your fig and olive trees,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.
“I sent plagues among you
as I did to Egypt.
I killed your young men with the sword,
along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camps,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
I gave you absolutely nothing to eat
in all your cities,
a shortage of food in all your communities,
yet you did not return to me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I also withheld the rain from you
while there were still three months until harvest.
I sent rain on one city
but no rain on another.
One field received rain
while a field with no rain withered.
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.
I struck you with blight and mildew;
the locust devoured
your many gardens and vineyards,
your fig trees and olive trees,
yet you did not return to me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I sent plagues like those of Egypt;
I killed your young men with the sword,
along with your captured horses.
I caused the stench of your camp
to fill your nostrils,
yet you did not return to me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
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NLTNew Living Translation
“I brought hunger to every city
and famine to every town.
But still you would not return to me,”
says the Lord.
“I kept the rain from falling
when your crops needed it the most.
I sent rain on one town
but withheld it from another.
Rain fell on one field,
while another field withered away.
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.
“I struck your farms and vineyards with blight and mildew.
Locusts devoured all your fig and olive trees.
But still you would not return to me,”
says the Lord.
“I sent plagues on you
like the plagues I sent on Egypt long ago.
I killed your young men in war
and led all your horses away.
The stench of death filled the air!
But still you would not return to me,”
says the Lord.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“And I in turn gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places. Yet you did not return to me,” is the declaration of Yahweh. “And I also withheld the rain from you when there were still three months to the harvest. And I would send rain on one city and send no rain on another city. One tract of land will be rained on, and the tract of land on which it does not rain will dry up. 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. “I struck you with blight and with mildew. Frequently the cutting locust devoured your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees, yet you did not return to me,” is the declaration of Yahweh. “I sent among you a plague in the manner of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with the captivity of your horses. And I made the stench of your camps go up into your nostrils, yet you did not return to me,” is the declaration of Yahweh.
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KJV 1900King 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.
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.
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.
I have smitten you with blasting and mildew:
When your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased,
The palmerworm devoured them:
Yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt:
Your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses;
And I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils:
Yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
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