Amos 4:8

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.

So two {H8147} or three {H7969} cities {H5892} wandered {H5128} unto one {H259} city {H5892}, to drink {H8354} water {H4325}; but they were not satisfied {H7646}: yet have ye not returned {H7725} unto me, saith {H5002} the LORD {H3068}.

from two or three cities they would stagger to one city for water to drink, but there wasn't enough; still you haven't returned to me," says ADONAI.

People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

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Cross-References

  • Amos 4:6 (4 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • Haggai 1:6 (3 votes)

    Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes.

  • 1 Kings 18:5 (3 votes)

    And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

  • Ezekiel 4:16 (2 votes)

    Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

  • Ezekiel 4:17 (2 votes)

    That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

  • Jeremiah 14:3 (2 votes)

    And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, [and] found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

  • Jeremiah 14:4 (2 votes)

    Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.