Amos 4:2-3
“The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. 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.”
King James Version · the opening — all 2 verses are below
Israel's wealthy women compared to cattle dragged away with hooks, the humiliation of Assyrian deportation.
Read the whole passage — all 2 verses (KJV)
4:2The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
4:3And 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.
Fulfillment References
2 Kings 17:6 Isaiah 8:4 Amos 6:7
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