Amos 4:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָע֡וּ שְׁתַּיִם֩ שָׁלֹ֨שׁ עָרִ֜ים אֶל־עִ֥יר אַחַ֛ת לִשְׁתּ֥וֹת מַ֖יִם וְלֹ֣א יִשְׂבָּ֑עוּ וְלֹֽא־שַׁבְתֶּ֥ם עָדַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wǝ-nāʿû šǝttayim šālōš ʿārîm to-ʿîr ʾaḥat to lištôt mayim and not yiśbāʿû wǝ-lōʾ-šabtem ʿāday nǝʾum-YHWH

Grammar Details

*wǝ-nāʿû*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd person common plural - and they wandered/staggered
*šǝttayim*: cardinal number, feminine - two
*šālōš*: cardinal number, feminine - three
*ʿārîm*: noun, feminine plural - cities
*ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular - city
*ʾaḥat*: cardinal number, feminine singular - one
*lištôt*: preposition + infinitive construct - to drink
*mayim*: noun, masculine plural - water
*yiśbāʿû*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural, qal - they will be satisfied
*wǝ-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*šabtem*: perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you have returned
*ʿāday*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - unto me
*nǝʾum*: construct noun - declaration of
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name

Word Meanings

*nāʿû*: wandered/staggered/shook
*šǝttayim šālōš*: two or three [idiomatic for 'several']
*yiśbāʿû*: be satisfied/have enough
*šabtem*: returned/turned back/repented

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Referenced Verses

Amos 4:6 : 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.
Hag 1:6 : 6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
1 Kgs 18:5 : 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
Isa 41:17-18 : 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. 18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Jer 3:7 : 7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Jer 14:3-4 : 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. 4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
Jer 23:14 : 14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Ezek 4:16-17 : 16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: 17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
Hos 7:10 : 10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
Amos 4:9-9 : 9 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. 10 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. 11 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.
Mic 6:14 : 14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

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Amos 4:6-7
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6And 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.
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9I 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.
10I 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.
11I 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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12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
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Jer 8:14
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Isa 41:17
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Hag 1:6-7
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6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
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Jer 14:10
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Jer 25:28-29
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Isa 9:13
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Isa 50:2
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Jer 14:22
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