ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהForעַלthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהtransgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיof Judah,יְהוּדָהand forוְעַלfour,אַרְבָּעָהI will notלֹאrevoke it;אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּbecauseעַלthey rejectedמָאֳסָםthe lawתּוֹרַתof YHWH,יְהוָהand did notוְ לֹאkeepשָׁמָרוּhis statutes;חֻקָּיוand their liesכִּזְבֵיהֶםled them astray,וַיַּתְעוּםafter whichאֲשֶׁר אַחֲרֵיהֶםtheir fathersאֲבוֹתָםwalked.הָלְכוּ
Amos 2:4
Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke it; because they rejected the law of YHWH, and did not keep his statutes; and their lies led them astray, after which their fathers walked.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 2:4, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיpishe
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pishe” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- revoke itאֲשִׁיבֶashive
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “ashive” appears- they rejectedמָאֳסָmaosa
reject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “maosa” appears- the lawתּוֹרַתtorat
law
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “torat” appears- keepשָׁמָרוּshamaru
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamaru” appears- his statutesחֻקָּיchukay
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukay” appears- and their liesכִּזְבֵיkizve
lie, falsehood
A lie, falsehood: what is said or sought and is not true; also something that deceives because it promises and does not deliver.
Where else “kizve” appears- led them astrayיַּתְעוּyatu
wander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “yatu” appears- their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears- walkedהָלְכוּhalchu
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “halchu” appears
The context
3And I will cut off the judge from her midst, and all her princes I will kill with him, says YHWH.
4 · This verse (above)
5And I will send fire on Judah, and it will devour the citadels of Jerusalem.