Amos 4:3
1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
2 The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
You will go out through broken walls, each one straight ahead of her, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,” declares the LORD.
4 “Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.
5 Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- You will go out through broken walls, each one straight ahead of her, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,” declares the LORD.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- You will go out at the breaks in the wall, everyone straight before her; and you will cast yourselves into Harmon,” says the LORD.
- ASV
- And ye shall go out at the breaches, every one straight before her; and ye shall cast [yourselves] into Harmon, saith Jehovah.
- DARBY
- and ye shall go out by the breaches, every one straight before her, and ye shall be cast out to Harmon, saith Jehovah.
- BLB
- And [through] the breaches you⁺ will go out, each woman straight ahead of her, and you⁺ will be cast out to Harmon,” a declaration of YHWH.
- ÅB
- og dere skal gå ut gjennom murbruddene, hver rett fram for seg, og dere skal bli slengt bort i palasset[^1], sier Herren.
- OTB
- Dere skal gå ut gjennom brudd i murene,
Hver og en rett fram,
Og dere skal bli kastet til Harmon,”
Sier Herren. - B1930
- og I skal gå ut gjennem murbruddene, hver rett frem for sig, og I skal bli slengt bort i palasset, sier Herren. / < seierherrens palass.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 12:5
As they watch, dig through the wall and carry your belongings out through it.
Read in contextEzekiel 12:12
And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.
Read in contextIsaiah 31:7
For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
Read in contextMatthew 16:26
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Read in context2 Kings 25:4
Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
Read in context2 Kings 7:7–8
Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.
Read in contextZephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:20
In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.
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