Amos 4:9

KJV

I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

— Amos 4:9, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Amos Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. The women of Samaria — 'cows of Bashan' — who oppress the poor will be led out with fishhooks. Israel has not returned to God despite seven divine warnings: drought, failed harvests, locusts, plague, earthquake. The repetition of 'yet you …

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Other Translations

ASV

I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees hath the palmer-worm devoured: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

YLT

I have smitten you with blasting and with mildew, The abundance of your gardens and of your vineyards, And of your figs, and of your olives, Eat doth the palmer-worm, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

BBE

I have sent destruction on your fields by burning and disease: the increase of your gardens and your vine-gardens, your fig-trees and your olive-trees, has been food for worms: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

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