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.”
King James Version
Israel's wealthy women compared to cattle dragged away with hooks, the humiliation of Assyrian deportation.
Fulfillment References
2 Kings 17:6 Isaiah 8:4 Amos 6:7
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