King James Version
Amos 4:2 in the King James Version says “The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, ...” — study this verse from Amos chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 .”
Amos 4:2 · KJV
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
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 .
And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD. cast: or, cast away the things of the palace
Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: three: Heb. three years of days
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“hath sworn”
H7650to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“that lo the days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon you that he will take you away”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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