Amos 4:2

New Living Translation

The Sovereign Lord has sworn this by his holiness: “The time will come when you will be led away with hooks in your noses. Every last one of you will be dragged away like a fish on a hook!

Cross References

Psalm 89:35

I have sworn an oath to David, and in my holiness I cannot lie:

Psalm 89:36

His dynasty will go on forever; his kingdom will endure as the sun.

Isaiah 37:29

And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came.”

Jeremiah 16:16

“But now I am sending for many fishermen who will catch them,” says the Lord. “I am sending for hunters who will hunt them down in the mountains, hills, and caves.

Ezekiel 29:4

I will put hooks in your jaws and drag you out on the land with fish sticking to your scales.

Ezekiel 34:16

I will search for my lost ones who strayed away, and I will bring them safely home again. I will bandage the injured and strengthen the weak. But I will destroy those who are fat and powerful. I will feed them, yes—feed them justice!

Ezekiel 38:4

I will turn you around and put hooks in your jaws to lead you out with your whole army—your horses and charioteers in full armor and a great horde armed with shields and swords.

Amos 6:8

The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his own name, and this is what he, the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, says: “I despise the arrogance of Israel, and I hate their fortresses. I will give this city and everything in it to their enemies.”

Amos 8:7

Now the Lord has sworn this oath by his own name, the Pride of Israel: “I will never forget the wicked things you have done!