Amos 4:6
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And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
In other translations
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
Hebrew words
וְגַם־vegam-and alsoH1571אֲנִי'aniIH589נָתַתִּיnatatiI gaveH5414לָכֶםlakhemto youנִקְיוֹןnikyoncleanness ofH5356שִׁנַּיִםshinayimteethH8127בְּכָל־bekholin allH3605עָרֵיכֶם'areikhemcities yourH5892וְחֹסֶרvechoserand lack ofH2640לֶחֶםlechembreadH3899בְּכֹלbekholin allH3605מְקוֹמֹתֵיכֶםmekomoteikhemplaces yourH4725וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808שַׁבְתֶּםshavtemyou returnedH7725עָדַי'adaito meH5704נְאֻם־ne'um-[the] utterance ofH5002יְהוָה׃yahwehYahwehH3068
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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