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.
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 …
תרגומים נוספים
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.
And wandered have two or three cities, Unto the same city to drink water, And they are not satisfied, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
So two or three towns went wandering to one town looking for water, and did not get enough: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
הפניות צולבות
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we …
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness …
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord …
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they …
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their …
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; …
And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her …
That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they …
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out …