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Amos 4:8–11

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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!

4:11“I overthrew some of you the way God33 overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.34

You were like a burning stick35 snatched from the flames.

Still you did not come back to me.”

The Lord is speaking!

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Footnotes

  1. 25 The words “people from” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
  2. 26 Heb “to drink.”
  3. 27 Or “were not satisfied.”
  4. 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.
  5. 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 , ).
  6. 30 Or “gardens.”
  7. 31 Heb “in the manner [or “way”] of Egypt.”
  8. 32 Heb “of your camps [or “armies”].”
  9. 33 Several English versions substitute the first person pronoun (“I”) here for stylistic reasons (e.g., , , , , ).
  10. 34 Heb “like God’s overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah.” The divine name may be used in an idiomatic superlative sense here, in which case one might translate, “like the great [or “disastrous”] overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah.” The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is described in Gen 19:1–29.
  11. 35 Heb “like that which is burning.”

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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.

“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.

“I overthrew some of you,

as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,

and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning;

yet you did not return to me,”

declares the Lord.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

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.

“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.

“I overthrew some of you

as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

You were like a burning stick snatched from the fire,

yet you have not returned to me,”

declares the Lord.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

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.

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.

I overthrew some of you

as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,

and you were like a burning stick

snatched from a fire,

yet you did not return to me—

This is the Lord’s declaration.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

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.

“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.

“I destroyed some of your cities,

as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

Those of you who survived

were like charred sticks pulled from a fire.

But still you would not return to me,”

says the Lord.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

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. “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. “I overthrew some of you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a stick snatched from the fire, and yet you did not return to me,” is the declaration of Yahweh.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

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.

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.

I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,

And ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning:

Yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

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