Amos 4:3

Amos 4:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)You will each go straight out through breaches in the wall, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,” declares the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall go out through the breaches, each one straight ahead; and you shall be cast out into Harmon," declares the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You will go out through broken walls, Each one straight ahead of her, And you will be cast into Harmon,” Says the Lord.

Context of Amos 4:3

1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, Who say to your husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!” 2The Lord God has sworn by His holiness, “Behold, the days are coming upon you When they will take you away with meat hooks, And the last of you with fish hooks. You will go out through breaches in the walls, Each one straight before her, And you will be cast to Harmon,” declares the Lord. 4“Enter Bethel and transgress; In Gilgal multiply transgression! Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days. 5Offer a thank offering also from that which is leavened, And proclaim freewill offerings, make them known. For so you love to do, you sons of Israel,” Declares the Lord God.

Amos 4:3 word by word

וּפְרָצִ֥ים תֵּצֶ֖אנָה אִשָּׁ֣ה נֶגְדָּ֑הּ וְהִשְׁלַכְתֶּ֥נָה הַהַרְמ֖וֹנָה נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• goיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• breachesפֶּ֫רֶץperets · breachH6556
• Eachאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• straightנֶ֫גֶדneged · beforeH5048
• will be castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• to Harmonהַרְמוֹןharmôn · HarmonH2038
• declaresנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Amos 4:3

• 2 Kings 25:4Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah.
• Ezekiel 12:5Dig a hole through the wall in their sight and go out through it.
• 2 Kings 7:7Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents and their horses and their donkeys, even the camp just as it was, and fled for their life.
• Isaiah 2:20In that day men will cast away to the moles and the bats Their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they made for themselves to worship,
• Isaiah 31:7For in that day every man will cast away his silver idols and his gold idols, which your sinful hands have made for you as a sin.
• Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold Will be able to deliver them On the day of the Lord’s wrath; And all the earth will be devoured In the fire of His jealousy, For He will make a complete end, Indeed a terrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth.
• Matthew 16:26For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Commentaries on Amos 4:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3And ye shall go out at the breaches - Probably the metaphor is here kept up. They shall be caught by the hooks, or by the nets; and though they may make breaches in the latter by their flouncing when caught, they shall be taken out at these very breaches; and cast, not in the palace, but into a reservoir, to be kept awhile, and afterwards be taken out to be destroyed. Samaria itself is the net; your adversaries shall besiege it, and make breaches in its…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Ye shall go out through the breaches - Samaria, the place of their ease and confidence, being broken through, they should go forth one by one, “each straight before her,” looking neither to the right nor to the left, as a herd of cows go one after the other through a gap in a fence. Help and hope have vanished, and they hurry pell-mell after one another, reckless and desperate, as the animals whose life of sense they had chosen. And ye shall cast them…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The wall of Samaria, which these women relied on for safety, failed to protect them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. go out at the breaches--namely, of the city walls broken by the enemy. every cow at that which is before her--figurative for the once luxurious nobles (compare "kine of Bashan," Am 4:1) shall go out each one right before her; not through the gates, but each at the breach before him, not turning to the right or left, apart from one another. ye shall cast them into the palace--"them," that is, "your posterity," from Am 4:2. You yourselves shall escape…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Gap
• Prepare
• Amos (1)
• Palace

Commentaries on Amos 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings