Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation As the Sovereign LORD is holy, he has promised, "The days will come when they will drag you away with hooks; every one of you will be like a fish on a hook. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that lo, the days shall come upon you, when they shall lift you up on pikes, and what shall remain of you in boiling pots. hath sworn. Amos 6:8 The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof. See on Psalm 89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David: he will. Isaiah 37:29 When thou wast mad against me, thy pride came up to my ears: therefore I will put a ring in thy nose, and a bit between thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. Jeremiah 16:16 Behold I will send many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them: and after this I will send them many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill and out of the holes of the rocks. Ezekiel 39:4,5 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou and all thy bands, and thy nations that are with thee: I have given thee to the wild beasts, to the birds, and to every fowl, and to the beasts of the earth to be devoured. . . . Habakkuk 1:15,16 He lifted up all them with his hook, he drew them in his drag, and gathered them into his net: for this he will be glad and rejoice. . . . Context Punishment Brings No Repentance1Hear this word, ye fat kine that are in the mountains of Samaria: you that oppress the needy, and crush the poor: that say to your masters: Bring, and we will drink. 2The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that lo, the days shall come upon you, when they shall lift you up on pikes, and what shall remain of you in boiling pots.3And you shall go out at the breaches one over against the other, and you shall be cast forth into Armon, saith the Lord.… Cross References Psalm 89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David: Isaiah 37:29 When thou wast mad against me, thy pride came up to my ears: therefore I will put a ring in thy nose, and a bit between thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. Jeremiah 16:16 Behold I will send many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them: and after this I will send them many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill and out of the holes of the rocks. Ezekiel 29:4 But I will put a bridle in thy jaws: and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick to thy scales: and I will draw thee out of the midst of thy rivers, and all thy fish shall stick to thy scales. Ezekiel 38:4 And I will turn thee about, and I will put a bit in thy jaws: and I will bring thee forth, and all thy army, horses and horsemen all clothed with coats of mail, a great multitude, armed with spears and shields and swords. Amos 6:8 The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof. Amos 8:7 That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn? Habakkuk 1:15 He lifted up all them with his hook, he drew them in his drag, and gathered them into his net: for this he will be glad and rejoice. Jump to Previous Fish Holiness Holy Hooks Last Meat Oath Posterity Residue Rest Sovereign Surely Sworn TimeJump to Next Fish Holiness Holy Hooks Last Meat Oath Posterity Residue Rest Sovereign Surely Sworn TimeLinks Amos 4:2 NIVAmos 4:2 NLT Amos 4:2 ESV Amos 4:2 NASB Amos 4:2 Bible Apps Amos 4:2 Biblia Paralela Amos 4:2 Chinese Bible Amos 4:2 French Bible Amos 4:2 German Bible Alphabetical: And are away be Behold by come coming days fish fishhooks GOD has his holiness hooks last LORD meat of Sovereign surely sworn take taken The they time upon when will with you OT Prophets: Amos 4:2 The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his (Amo. Am) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |