King James Version
Amos 4:6 in the King James Version says “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 r...” — study this verse from Amos chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
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
And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. offer: Heb. offer by burning this: Heb. so ye love
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.
And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
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.
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properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“And I also have given”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“in all your cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“in all your places”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“yet have ye not returned”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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