King James Version
Amos 4:8 in the King James Version says “So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unt...” — study this verse from Amos chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Amos 4:8 · KJV
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.
I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. when: or, the multitude of your gardens, etc. did the palmerworm
I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. after: or, in the way and have: Heb. with the captivity of your horses
KJV Study — Public Domain
“wandered”
H5128to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
“cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“but they were not satisfied”
H7646to sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
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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