Amos 4:2
Amos · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.”Amos 4:2
What Does Amos 4:2 Mean?
Amos 4:2 is found in the book of Amos, chapter 4, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Doubt.
Cross-References (12)
These passages are connected to Amos 4:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 16:16“Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.”Psalms 89:35“Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.”Amos 6:8“The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.”Habakkuk 1:15“They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.”Isaiah 37:29“Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.”2 Kings 19:28“Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.”Amos 4:12“Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.”Psalms 60:6“God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.”Ezekiel 39:4“Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.”Ezekiel 29:4“But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.”Ezekiel 30:9“In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.”Psalms 108:7“God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.”
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