AMOS 2:4

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“Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:”

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Amos 2:4 Translation & Meaning

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Thus כֹּ֚ה Properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now Thus
saith אָמַ֣ר To say (used with great latitude) saith
the Lord; יְהוָ֔ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
For עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications For
three שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ Three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice three
transgressions פִּשְׁעֵ֣י A revolt (national, moral or religious) transgressions
of Judah, יְהוּדָ֔ה Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory Judah
and for וְעַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications and for
four, אַרְבָּעָ֖ה Four four
I will not לֹ֣א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
turn away אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ To turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again turn away
the punishment (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
thereof; because עַֽל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications thereof because
they have despised מָאֳסָ֞ם To spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear despised
the law תּוֹרַ֣ת A precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch law
of the Lord, יְהוָ֗ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
and have not לֹ֣א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
kept שָׁמָ֔רוּ Properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc kept
his commandments, וְחֻקָּיו֙ An enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage) commandments
and their lies כִּזְבֵיהֶ֔ם Falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol) lies
caused them to err, וַיַּתְעוּם֙ To vacillate, i.e., reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both caused err
after אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ Properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) after
the which אֲשֶׁר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc the which
their fathers אֲבוֹתָ֖ם Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application fathers
have walked: הָלְכ֥וּ To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) walked

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  • 2  But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

  • 3  And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.

  • 4  Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

  • 5  But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

  • 6  Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;




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