Amos 4:9

“I struck you with blight and with mildew; the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees the cutting locust devoured; yet you did not return to me, declares YHWH.”

Amos 4:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Amos 4:9, word by word

I struckהִכֵּיתִיhiketi

punish

God punishes with a plague.

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with blightשִּׁדָּפוֹןshidafon

blight

A plague that scorches and dries the grain.

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and with mildewיֵּרָקוֹןyerakon

mildew

A disease that turns plants yellow.

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the multitudeהַרְבּוֹתharbot

greatly

Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.

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of your gardensגַּנּוֹתֵיganote

garden

Garden.

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and your vineyardsכַרְמֵיcharme

vineyard

Vineyard.

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and your fig treesתְאֵנֵיteene

fig tree

The fig-bearing plant; sitting under one's own means living in peace.

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and your olive treesזֵיתֵיzete

olive tree

A tree with silvery leaves that yields fruit and oil; very common in Israel.

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the cutting locustגָּזָםgazam

cutting locust

"Gazam": a kind of locust that gnaws and cuts plants.

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devouredיֹאכַלyochal

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

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returnשַׁבְתֶּםshavtem

turn back

To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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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.

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The context

8And two or three cities would stagger to one city to drink water, and they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to me, declares YHWH.

9 · This verse (above)

10I sent among you pestilence after the manner of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with the capture of your horses; and I made the stench of your camps go up even into your nostrils; yet you did not return to me, declares YHWH.

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