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Amos 4:6 Cross-References

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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.

Amos 4:6 (KJV)

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Commentary on Amos 4:6

I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities (וְגַם־אֲנִי נָתַתִּי לָכֶם נִקְיוֹן שִׁנַּיִם בְּכָל־עָרֵיכֶם)—Haunting euphemism: 'clean teeth' means no food to chew, i.e., famine. The Hebrew niqyon shinayim (cleanness of teeth) poetically describes starvation. Want of bread in all your places (וְחֹסֶר לֶחֶם בְּכָל־מְקוֹמוֹתֵיכֶם) makes the meaning explicit—total food shortage. Yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD (וְלֹא־שַׁבְתֶּם עָדַי נְאֻם־יְהוָה)—The devastating refrain. Shavtem (returned/repented) is the prophets' central call; Israel's refusal seals their doom.T...

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