Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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. New 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. English 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. Berean Standard Bible People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. King James Bible 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. New King James Version So two or three cities wandered to another city to drink water, But they were not satisfied; Yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the LORD. New American Standard Bible “So the people of two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink water, But would not be satisfied; Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD. NASB 1995 “So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink water, But would not be satisfied; Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD. NASB 1977 “So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink water, But would not be satisfied; Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD. Legacy Standard Bible So two or three cities would wander around to another city to drink water, But would not be satisfied; Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh. Amplified Bible “So [the people of] two or three cities would stagger into one city to drink water, But would not be satisfied; Yet you have not returned to Me [in repentance],” says the LORD. Christian 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. Holman Christian 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. American Standard Version So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah. Contemporary English Version People from two or three towns would go to a town that still had water, but it wasn't enough. Even then you rejected me. I, the LORD, have spoken! English Revised Version So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation So people from two or three cities staggered as they walked to another city in order to get a drink of water. But they couldn't get enough. And you still didn't return to me, declares the LORD. Good News Translation Weak with thirst, the people of several cities went to a city where they hoped to find water, but there was not enough to drink. Still you did not come back to me. International Standard Version So the people of two or three cities staggered away to another city in order to obtain drinking water, but you have not returned to me," declares the LORD. Majority Standard Bible People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,? declares the LORD. NET Bible People from two or three cities staggered into one city to get water, but remained thirsty. Still you did not come back to me." The LORD is speaking! New Heart English Bible So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet you haven't returned to me," says the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation So two or three cities wandered to one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD. World English Bible So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd two or three cities have wandered, "" To the same city to drink water, "" And they are not satisfied, "" And you have not turned back to Me,” "" A declaration of YHWH. Young's Literal Translation And wandered have two or three cities, Unto the same city to drink water, And they are not satisfied, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah. Smith's Literal Translation And two, three cities wandered about to one city to drink water, and they will not be satisfied: and they turned not back even to me, says Jehovah. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd two and three cities went to one city to drink water, and were not filled: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord. Catholic Public Domain Version And two and three cities went to one city, in order to drink water, and they were not satisfied. And you did not return to me, says the Lord. New American Bible Two or three cities staggered to another to drink water but were not satisfied; Yet you did not return to me— oracle of the LORD. New Revised Standard Version so two or three towns wandered to one town to drink water, and were not satisfied; yet you did not return to me, says the LORD. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo the inhabitants of two or three cities gathered into one city to drink water; but they were not satisfied; yet you returned not to me, says the LORD. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And two or three cities shall be gathered to one city to drink water, and they shall not be satisfied, and you did not return to me, says LORD JEHOVAH OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917So two or three cities wandered unto one city To drink water, and were not satisfied; Yet have ye not returned unto Me, Saith the LORD. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the inhabitants of two or three cities shall be gathered to one city to drink water, and they shall not be satisfied: yet ye have not returned to me, saith the Lord. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Punishment Brings No Repentance…7“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. 8People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. 9“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.… Cross References Jeremiah 14:3-4 The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. / The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads. Isaiah 41:17 The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. Jeremiah 14:22 Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things. Deuteronomy 28:23-24 The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. / The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed. 1 Kings 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!” 2 Chronicles 7:13 If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people, Haggai 1:10-11 Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops. / I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.” Joel 1:20 Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures. Zechariah 14:17 And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them. Psalm 107:33-34 He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground, / and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers. Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. John 4:13-14 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. / But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.” Revelation 7:16 ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’ Luke 15:14-16 After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need. / So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. / He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing. James 5:17-18 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. / Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops. Treasury of Scripture So two or three cities wandered to one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD. two. 1 Kings 18:5 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. Isaiah 41:17,18 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… Jeremiah 14:3 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. but. Ezekiel 4:16 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: Micah 6:14 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. Haggai 1:6 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. yet. Amos 4:6,9-11 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… Jeremiah 23:14 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. Hosea 7:10 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. Jump to Previous Cities City Declares Drink Enough Satisfied Stagger Staggered Three Towns Turned Wandered Wandering WaterJump to Next Cities City Declares Drink Enough Satisfied Stagger Staggered Three Towns Turned Wandered Wandering WaterAmos 4 1. He reproves Israel for oppression,4. for idolatry, 6. and for their incorrigibleness. People staggered from city to city This phrase paints a vivid picture of desperation and disorientation. The Hebrew root for "staggered" (נָעוּ, na'u) suggests a sense of wandering or moving unsteadily, often due to a lack of resources or guidance. Historically, this reflects the dire circumstances in ancient Israel during times of drought or divine judgment. The imagery of moving from "city to city" underscores the widespread nature of the crisis, indicating that the scarcity of water was not localized but affected the entire region. This serves as a metaphor for spiritual wandering, where people seek fulfillment in various places but fail to find it. for water to drink but they were not satisfied yet you have not returned to Me declares the LORD Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew People staggeredוְנָע֡וּ (wə·nā·‘ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter from city עָרִ֜ים (‘ā·rîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 5892: Excitement to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to city עִ֥יר (‘îr) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement for water מַ֖יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen to drink, לִשְׁתּ֥וֹת (liš·tō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8354: To imbibe but they were not וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no satisfied; יִשְׂבָּ֑עוּ (yiś·bā·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited yet you have not וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no returned שַׁבְתֶּ֥ם (šaḇ·tem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to Me,” עָדַ֖י (‘ā·ḏay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5002: An oracle the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Amos 4:8 NIVAmos 4:8 NLT Amos 4:8 ESV Amos 4:8 NASB Amos 4:8 KJV Amos 4:8 BibleApps.com Amos 4:8 Biblia Paralela Amos 4:8 Chinese Bible Amos 4:8 French Bible Amos 4:8 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Amos 4:8 So two or three cities staggered (Amo. 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