Amos 7:17
For this thing the Lord saith these things, Thy wife shall do fornication in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by sword, and thy land shall be meted with a little cord; and thou shalt die in a polluted land, and Israel taken captive shall pass from his land.This verse in the real world
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In what words
- עַלʻalabove, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in
- חֶבֶלchebela rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritanc
- טָמֵאṭâmêʼfoul in a religious sense
- חָלַקchâlaqto be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to appor
- זָנָהzânâhto commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of
- גָּלָהgâlâhto denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being us
- אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhsoil (from its general redness)
- חֶרֶבcherebdrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or ot
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Hos 9:3, 2Ki 17:6, Jer 28:16, Ezk 4:13, Hos 4:13–14, Jer 29:21, Jer 29:31–32, Isa 13:16