Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The Sovereign LORD has sworn by his holiness: “The time will surely come when you will be taken away with hooks, the last of you with fishhooks. New Living Translation The Sovereign LORD has sworn this by his holiness: “The time will come when you will be led away with hooks in your noses. Every last one of you will be dragged away like a fish on a hook! English Standard Version The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness that, behold, the days are coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishhooks. Berean Standard Bible The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. King James Bible The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. New King James Version The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days shall come upon you When He will take you away with fishhooks, And your posterity with fishhooks. New American Standard Bible The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness, “For behold, the days are coming upon you When they will take you away with meat hooks, And the last of you with fish hooks. NASB 1995 The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness, “Behold, the days are coming upon you When they will take you away with meat hooks, And the last of you with fish hooks. NASB 1977 The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness, “Behold, the days are coming upon you When they will take you away with meat hooks, And the last of you with fish hooks. Legacy Standard Bible Lord Yahweh has sworn by His holiness that, “Behold, the days are coming upon you, And they will take you away with meat hooks, And the last of you with fish hooks. Amplified Bible The Lord GOD has sworn [an oath] by His holiness That, “Behold, the days are coming upon you When they shall take you away with meat hooks, And the last of you with fish hooks. Christian Standard Bible The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness: Look, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, every last one of you with fishhooks. Holman Christian Standard Bible The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: Look, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, every last one of you with fishhooks. American Standard Version The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks. Contemporary English Version I, the LORD God, have sworn by my own name that your time is coming. Not one of you will be left--you will be taken away by sharp hooks. English Revised Version The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish hooks. GOD'S WORD® Translation The Almighty LORD has taken an oath on his holiness: Surely, the time is going to come when you will be taken away on hooks, and the rest of you on fishhooks. Good News Translation As the Sovereign LORD is holy, he has promised, "The days will come when they will drag you away with hooks; every one of you will be like a fish on a hook. International Standard Version The Lord GOD has taken a sacred oath: "The day is coming when they will take you away on fishhooks, every last one of you on fishhooks. Majority Standard Bible The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. NET Bible The sovereign LORD confirms this oath by his own holy character: "Certainly the time is approaching when you will be carried away in baskets, every last one of you in fishermen's pots. New Heart English Bible The LORD has sworn by his holiness: "Look, the days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, and the last of you with fish hooks. Webster's Bible Translation The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fish-hooks, World English Bible The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness, “Behold, the days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, and the last of you with fish hooks. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionLord YHWH has sworn by His holiness, "" “Behold, days are coming on you, "" And He has taken you away with hooks, "" And your posterity with fish-hooks. Young's Literal Translation Sworn hath the Lord Jehovah by His holiness, That lo, days are coming upon you, And he hath taken you away with hooks, And your posterity with fish-hooks. Smith's Literal Translation The Lord Jehovah sware by his holiness, that behold, the days coming upon you and he took you away with hooks, and your last part with thorns of the fish. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that lo, the days shall come upon you, when they shall lift you up on pikes, and what shall remain of you in boiling pots. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord God has sworn in his holiness: behold, the days that will overcome you and that will impale you on poles, and that will place what remains of you in boiling pots. New American Bible The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness: Truly days are coming upon you when they shall drag you away with ropes, your children with fishhooks; New Revised Standard Version The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness: The time is surely coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishhooks. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe LORD God has sworn by his holiness that, behold, the days are coming upon you when they shall take you away with weapons and the last of you shall be devoured. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The Lord of Lords has sworn in his holiness: ”Behold, days are coming upon you and they shall take you away with weapons and the last of you in a cauldron of prey OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The Lord GOD hath sworn by His holiness: Lo, surely the days shall come upon you, That ye shall be taken away with hooks, And your residue with fish-hooks. Brenton Septuagint Translation The Lord swears by his holiness, that, behold, the days come upon you, when they shall take you with weapons, and fiery destroyers shall cast those with you into boiling caldrons. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Punishment Brings No Repentance1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.” 2The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. 3You will go out through broken walls, each one straight ahead of her, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,” declares the LORD.… Cross References Hosea 10:6 Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols. Isaiah 39:6-7 The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. / And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” Jeremiah 16:13 So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’ Ezekiel 12:11-13 You are to say, ‘I am a sign to you.’ Just as it happened here, so will it be done to them; they will go into exile as captives. / And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land. / But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die. 2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. 2 Kings 18:11 The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. 2 Kings 24:15 Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2 Kings 25:11 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population. Lamentations 1:5 Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy. Micah 1:16 Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile. Zephaniah 1:2-3 “I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD. / “I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD. Matthew 24:2 “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” Luke 21:24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. John 11:48 If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.” Acts 7:43 You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’ Treasury of Scripture The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness, that, see, the days shall come on you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. hath sworn. Amos 6:8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. See on Psalm 89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. he will. Isaiah 37:29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. Jeremiah 16:16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. Ezekiel 39:4,5 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured… Jump to Previous Fish Holiness Holy Hooks Last Meat Oath Posterity Residue Rest Sovereign Surely Sworn TimeJump to Next Fish Holiness Holy Hooks Last Meat Oath Posterity Residue Rest Sovereign Surely Sworn TimeAmos 4 1. He reproves Israel for oppression,4. for idolatry, 6. and for their incorrigibleness. The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness This phrase emphasizes the solemnity and certainty of the declaration. The Hebrew word for "sworn" (שָׁבַע, shaba) conveys a binding oath, underscoring God's unchangeable nature and His commitment to His word. "His holiness" (קָדְשׁוֹ, qodsho) refers to God's absolute purity and separateness from sin. In a historical context, oaths were serious matters, often invoking the divine as a witness. Here, God Himself is the guarantor of His promise, highlighting the gravity of the impending judgment. Behold, the days are coming upon you when they will take you away with hooks and your posterity with fishhooks Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The Lordאֲדֹנָ֤י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord GOD יְהוִה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH has sworn נִשְׁבַּ֨ע (niš·ba‘) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear by His holiness: בְּקָדְשׁ֔וֹ (bə·qā·ḏə·šōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity “Behold, הִנֵּ֥ה (hin·nêh) Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! the days יָמִ֖ים (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day are coming בָּאִ֣ים (bā·’îm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go when you will be taken away וְנִשָּׂ֤א (wə·niś·śā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take with hooks, בְּצִנּ֔וֹת (bə·ṣin·nō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 6793: A hook, a, shield, cold and your posterity וְאַחֲרִיתְכֶ֖ן (wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯə·ḵen) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine plural Strong's 319: The last, end, the future, posterity with בְּסִיר֥וֹת (bə·sî·rō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 5518: A pot, a thorn, a hook fishhooks. דּוּגָֽה׃ (dū·ḡāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1729: Fishery, a hook for, fishing Links Amos 4:2 NIVAmos 4:2 NLT Amos 4:2 ESV Amos 4:2 NASB Amos 4:2 KJV Amos 4:2 BibleApps.com Amos 4:2 Biblia Paralela Amos 4:2 Chinese Bible Amos 4:2 French Bible Amos 4:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Amos 4:2 The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his (Amo. 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