The Lord God has sworn(A) by His holiness:(B)

Look, the days are coming[a]
when you will be taken away with hooks,(C)
every last one of you with fishhooks.(D)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:2 Lit coming on you

The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his holiness:
    “The time(A) will surely come
when you will be taken away(B) with hooks,(C)
    the last of you with fishhooks.[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:2 Or away in baskets, / the last of you in fish baskets

Israel’s Pride Judged

The Lord God has sworn by Himself(A)—this is the declaration of Yahweh, the God of Hosts:

I loathe Jacob’s pride(B)
and hate his citadels,(C)
so I will hand over the city(D) and everything in it.

Read full chapter

The Lord Abhors the Pride of Israel

The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself(A)—the Lord God Almighty declares:

“I abhor(B) the pride of Jacob(C)
    and detest his fortresses;(D)
I will deliver up(E) the city
    and everything in it.(F)

Read full chapter