Amos 2:4

Old Testament • 23 words with Strong's data

"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:"

Word-by-Word Analysis

כֵּן

kên

H3652

so

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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For

שָׁלוֹשׁ

shâlôwsh

H7969

three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

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פֶּשַׁע

peshaʻ

H6588

a revolt (national, moral or religious)

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of

יְהוּדָה

Yᵉhûwdâh

H3063

Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

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and for

אַרְבַּע

ʼarbaʻ

H702

four

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I will not

שׁוּב

shûwb

H7725

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...

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סוּר

çûwr

H5493

to turn off (literal or figurative)

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the

עָוֺן

ʻâvôn

H5771

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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חָלַל

châlal

H2490

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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they have

בָּזָה

bâzâh

H959

to disesteem

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the

תּוֹרָה

tôwrâh

H8451

a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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and have not

שָׁמַר

shâmar

H8104

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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his

מִצְוָה

mitsvâh

H4687

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

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and their

שֶׁקֶר

sheqer

H8267

an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

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נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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them to

תָּעָה

tâʻâh

H8582

to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both

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אַחַר

ʼachar

H310

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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the which their

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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have

הָלַךְ

hâlak

H1980

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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Key Terms in This Verse

err H8582

תָּעָה tâʻâh

to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both

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punishment H5771

עָוֺן ʻâvôn

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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transgressions H6588

פֶּשַׁע peshaʻ

a revolt (national, moral or religious)

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lies H8267

שֶׁקֶר sheqer

an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

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despised H959

בָּזָה bâzâh

to disesteem

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caused H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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walked H1980

הָלַךְ hâlak

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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commandments H4687

מִצְוָה mitsvâh

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

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kept H8104

שָׁמַר shâmar

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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turn H7725

שׁוּב shûwb

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

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Cross References

Ezekiel 20:24 cross-reference

Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.

Ezekiel 20:16 cross-reference

Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

Ezekiel 20:13 cross-reference

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they great...

Habakkuk 2:18 cross-reference

What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

Hosea 12:2 cross-reference

The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

Isaiah 28:15 cross-reference

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refug...

Amos 3:2 cross-reference

You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

Romans 1:25 cross-reference

Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

Jeremiah 8:9 cross-reference

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

2 Kings 17:19 cross-reference

Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

Jeremiah 9:14 cross-reference

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

Nehemiah 1:7 cross-reference

We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

Ezekiel 20:18 cross-reference

But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

1 Thessalonians 4:8 cross-reference

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

2 Chronicles 30:7 cross-reference

And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

Isaiah 44:20 cross-reference

He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Ezekiel 20:30 cross-reference

Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?

Ezekiel 22:28 cross-reference

And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.

Jeremiah 16:12 cross-reference

And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:

Jeremiah 6:19 cross-reference

Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

1 Peter 1:18 cross-reference

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

Jeremiah 8:2 cross-reference

And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and wh...

Ezekiel 13:22 cross-reference

Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

Hosea 6:11 cross-reference

Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

Judges 10:6 cross-reference

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children o...

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