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I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camps, yet you have not returned to me,&#8221 declares the LORD. <a href="/nlt/amos/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> “I sent plagues on you like the plagues I sent on Egypt long ago. I killed your young men in war and led all your horses away. The stench of death filled the air! But still you would not return to me,” says the LORD. <a href="/esv/amos/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> “I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, and carried away your horses, and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils; yet you did not return to me,” declares the LORD. <a href="/bsb/amos/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. <a href="/kjv/amos/4.htm">King James Bible</a> I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. <a href="/nkjv/amos/4.htm">New King James Version</a> “I sent among you a plague after the manner of Egypt; Your young men I killed with a sword, Along with your captive horses; I made the stench of your camps come up into your nostrils; Yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the LORD. <a href="/nasb_/amos/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “I sent a plague among you as in Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses, And I made the stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils; Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD. <a href="/nasb/amos/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220I sent a plague among you after the manner of Egypt; I slew your young men by the sword along with your captured horses, And I made the stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils; Yet you have not returned to Me,&#8221 declares the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/amos/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “I sent a plague among you after the manner of Egypt; I slew your young men by the sword along with your captured horses, And I made the stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils; Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD. <a href="/lsb/amos/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “I sent a pestilence among you after the manner of Egypt; I killed your choice men by the sword along with your captured horses, And I made the stench of your camp rise up even in your nostrils; Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh. <a href="/amp/amos/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “I sent a plague among you like [those of] Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword and I captured your horses, I made the stench of your camp rise up into your nostrils; Yet you have not returned to Me [in repentance],” says the LORD. <a href="/csb/amos/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I sent plagues like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I caused the stench of your camp to fill your nostrils, yet you did not return to me. This is the LORD’s declaration. <a href="/hcsb/amos/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I sent plagues like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I caused the stench of your camp to fill your nostrils, yet you did not return to Me. This is the LORD&#8217s declaration. <a href="/asv/amos/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I have made the stench of your camp to come up even into your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah. <a href="/cev/amos/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I did terrible things to you, just as I did to Egypt--I killed your young men in war; I let your horses be stolen, and I made your camp stink with dead bodies. Even then you rejected me. I, the LORD, have spoken! <a href="/erv/amos/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camp to come up even into your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. <a href="/gwt/amos/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I sent plagues on you as I did to Egypt. With swords I killed your best young men along with your captured horses. I made the stench from your camps fill your noses. And you still didn't return to me, declares the LORD. <a href="/gnt/amos/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> "I sent a plague on you like the one I sent on Egypt. I killed your young men in battle and took your horses away. I filled your nostrils with the stink of dead bodies in your camps. Still you did not come back to me. <a href="/isv/amos/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> "I sent plagues among you as I did with Egypt. I killed your choicest young men with the sword. I took your horses away from you. I filled your noses with the stench of your encampments, but you have not returned to me," declares the LORD. <a href="/msb/amos/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,? declares the LORD. <a href="/net/amos/4.htm">NET Bible</a> "I sent against you a plague like one of the Egyptian plagues. I killed your young men with the sword, along with the horses you had captured. I made the stench from the corpses rise up into your nostrils. Still you did not come back to me." The LORD is speaking! <a href="/nheb/amos/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "I sent plagues among you like I did Egypt. I have slain your young men with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you haven't returned to me," says the LORD. <a href="/wbt/amos/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the ill savor of your camps to come up to your nostrils: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD. <a href="/web/amos/4.htm">World English Bible</a> “I sent plagues among you like I did Egypt. I have slain your young men with the sword, and have carried away your horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/amos/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “I have sent among you pestilence by the way of Egypt, "" I have slain your choice ones by sword, "" With your captive horses, "" And I cause the stink of your camps to come up—Even into your nostrils, "" And you have not turned back to Me,” "" A declaration of YHWH. <a href="/ylt/amos/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> I have sent among you pestilence by the way of Egypt, I have slain by sword your choice ones, With your captive horses, And I cause the stink of your camps to come up -- even into your nostrils, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah. <a href="/slt/amos/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I sent death among you in the way of Egypt: and I slew your young men with the sword, with the captivity of your horses; and I will bring up your camps with fire and in your anger, and ye turned not back even to me, says Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/amos/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> I sent death upon you in the way of Egypt, I slew your young men with the sword, even to the captivity of your horses: and I made the stench of your camp to come up into your nostrils: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord. <a href="/cpdv/amos/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> I sent death to you by way of Egypt; I struck your youths with the sword, even bringing captivity to your horses. And I made the stench of your camp ascend into your nostrils. And you did not return to me, says the Lord. <a href="/nabre/amos/4.htm">New American Bible</a> I sent upon you pestilence like that of Egypt; with the sword I killed your young men and your captured horses, and to your nostrils I brought the stench of your camps; Yet you did not return to me— oracle of the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/amos/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword; I carried away your horses; and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils; yet you did not return to me, says the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/amos/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt; I slew your young men with the sword, together with the spoil of your horses; and I made the stench of your camps to come up to your nostrils; yet you did not return to me, says the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/amos/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> I have sent the plague among you in the way of Egypt, and I have killed your young men by the sword with the captivity of your horses, and I spread the smell of your sewage among you, and you were not turned to me, says LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/amos/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> I have sent among you the pestilence in the way of Egypt; Your young men have I slain with the sword, And have carried away your horses; And I have made the stench of your camp to come up even into your nostrils; Yet have ye not returned unto Me, Saith the LORD. <a href="/sep/amos/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> I sent pestilence among you by the way of Egypt, and slew your young men with the sword, together with thy horses that were taken captive; and in my wrath against you I set fire to your camps: yet not even thus did ye return to me, saith the Lord. <a href="/parallel/amos/4-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=634" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/amos/4.htm">Punishment Brings No Repentance</a> …9“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. 10<a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: šil·laḥ·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">“I sent</a> <a href="/hebrew/1698.htm" title="1698: de·ḇer (N-ms) -- Pestilence. From dabar; a pestilence.">plagues</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">among you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: bə·ḏe·reḵ (Prep-b:: N-csc) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">like those</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·ra·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2026.htm" title="2026: hā·raḡ·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To kill, slay. A primitive root; to smite with deadly intent.">I killed</a> <a href="/hebrew/970.htm" title="970: ba·ḥū·rê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A young man. Or bachur; participle passive of bachar; properly, selected, i.e. A youth.">your young men</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḇa·ḥe·reḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">with the sword,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im (Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">along with</a> <a href="/hebrew/7628.htm" title="7628: šə·ḇî (N-msc) -- Exiled, captured, exile, booty. From shbuw; exiled; captured; as noun, exile; by extension, booty.">your captured</a> <a href="/hebrew/5483.htm" title="5483: sū·sê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A swallow, swift (type of bird). Or cuc; from an unused root meaning to skip; a horse; also a swallow.">horses.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: wā·’a·‘ă·leh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">I filled</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ū·ḇə·’ap·pə·ḵem (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2mp) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">your nostrils</a> <a href="/hebrew/889.htm" title="889: bə·’ōš (N-msc) -- Stench. From bo'r; a stench.">with the stench</a> <a href="/hebrew/4264.htm" title="4264: ma·ḥă·nê·ḵem (N-csc:: 2mp) -- An encampment, camp. From chanah; an encampment; hence, an army, whether literal or figurative.">of your camp,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">yet you did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: šaḇ·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">return</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘ā·ḏay (Prep:: 1cs) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to Me,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> 11“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-60.htm">Deuteronomy 28:60-61</a> He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you. / The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed. <a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Exodus 9:3-6</a> then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks. / But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’” / The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.” ... <a href="/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13</a> If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people, <a href="/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Jeremiah 24:10</a> And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’” <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Leviticus 26:25</a> And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy. <a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">1 Kings 8:37</a> When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come, <a href="/ezekiel/14-19.htm">Ezekiel 14:19-21</a> Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast, / then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves. / For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast? <a href="/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17</a> I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/51-19.htm">Isaiah 51:19</a> These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you? <a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Jeremiah 14:12</a> Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.” <a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a> Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth. <a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a> Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. <a href="/luke/21-11.htm">Luke 21:11</a> There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven. <a href="/revelation/2-23.htm">Revelation 2:23</a> Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. <a href="/acts/12-23.htm">Acts 12:23</a> Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up to your nostrils: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD.pestilence.<a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Exodus 9:3-6</a> Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain… <a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">Exodus 12:29,30</a> And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle… <a href="/exodus/15-26.htm">Exodus 15:26</a> And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.after the manner.<a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Leviticus 26:25</a> And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.<a href="/2_kings/8-12.htm">2 Kings 8:12</a> And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.<a href="/2_kings/10-32.htm">2 Kings 10:32</a> In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;and have taken away your horses.<a href="/2_kings/13-3.htm">2 Kings 13:3,7</a> And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days… the stink.<a href="/amos/8-3.htm">Amos 8:3</a> And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.<a href="/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26</a> And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.<a href="/jeremiah/8-1.htm">Jeremiah 8:1,2</a> At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: … yet.<a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6</a> 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.<a href="/exodus/8-19.htm">Exodus 8:19</a> Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.<a href="/exodus/9-12.htm">Exodus 9:12,17,34,35</a> And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joel/2-11.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-4.htm">Camps</a> <a href="/amos/1-6.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/amos/3-9.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/amos/2-13.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/joel/2-4.htm">Horses</a> <a href="/joel/2-20.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/daniel/6-23.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-18.htm">Nostrils</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/hosea/13-14.htm">Plagues</a> <a href="/joel/2-20.htm">Savor</a> <a href="/hosea/6-5.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/joel/2-20.htm">Stench</a> <a href="/joel/2-20.htm">Stink</a> <a href="/amos/1-11.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/amos/3-4.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nahum/3-17.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-15.htm">Camps</a> <a href="/amos/5-26.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/amos/8-8.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/micah/3-8.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/amos/6-12.htm">Horses</a> <a href="/micah/3-4.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/amos/8-14.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/12-17.htm">Nostrils</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-5.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Plagues</a> <a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Savor</a> <a href="/amos/9-4.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/john/11-39.htm">Stench</a> <a href="/genesis/34-30.htm">Stink</a> <a href="/amos/7-9.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/amos/6-4.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 4</div>1. <a href="/amos/4-1.htm">He reproves Israel for oppression,</a> 4. <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">for idolatry,</a> 6. <a href="/amos/4-6.htm">and for their incorrigibleness.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase draws a direct parallel to the plagues God sent upon Egypt in the book of Exodus. It serves as a reminder of God's power and judgment. The plagues in Egypt were a demonstration of God's sovereignty over nature and false gods. In Amos, the reference to plagues indicates a divine warning and a call to repentance. The Israelites would have been familiar with the Exodus story, understanding the severity and significance of such a judgment.I killed your young men with the sword, This reflects the historical context of frequent warfare in the ancient Near East. The loss of young men in battle would have been a devastating blow to the community, affecting both its defense and its future. This phrase underscores the consequences of Israel's disobedience and the fulfillment of covenant curses as outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-25.htm">Deuteronomy 28:25</a>, where God warns of defeat before enemies as a result of unfaithfulness.along with your captured horses. Horses were valuable assets in ancient warfare, symbolizing military strength and power. The capture and killing of horses would signify a significant military defeat and humiliation. This phrase highlights the totality of the judgment, affecting both human and material resources, and serves as a reminder of reliance on God rather than military might, as seen in <a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7</a>.I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, The imagery of a stench conveys the aftermath of death and destruction, likely from unburied bodies and decaying remains. This would have been a vivid and repulsive image for the Israelites, symbolizing the consequences of their rebellion. It echoes the curses in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26</a>, where carcasses become food for birds and beasts, emphasizing the disgrace and desolation resulting from divine judgment.yet you did not return to Me,” This phrase highlights the central theme of the book of Amos: the call to repentance. Despite the severe judgments, the people of Israel failed to turn back to God. This reflects a hardened heart and spiritual blindness, reminiscent of Pharaoh's response to the plagues in Egypt. It underscores the importance of repentance and the opportunity for restoration, as seen in <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a>.declares the LORD. This authoritative conclusion emphasizes that the message comes directly from God. It serves as a reminder of God's ultimate authority and the seriousness of His declarations. The prophetic message is not merely a human warning but a divine pronouncement, demanding attention and response. This phrase reinforces the prophetic role as a mouthpiece of God, as seen throughout the Old Testament.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a> A prophet from Tekoa, called by God to deliver messages of judgment and repentance to the Northern Kingdom of Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The Northern Kingdom, often rebuked by God through prophets for their idolatry and social injustices. 3. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> A reference to the plagues God sent upon Egypt during the time of Moses, symbolizing divine judgment and power. 4. <a href="/topical/y/young_men_and_horses.htm">Young Men and Horses</a> Representing the strength and military might of Israel, which God diminished as a form of judgment. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant God of Israel, who desires repentance and a return to righteousness from His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment_as_a_call_to_repentance.htm">Divine Judgment as a Call to Repentance</a> God's judgments are not merely punitive but are intended to lead His people back to Him. Reflect on how God might be calling you to repentance in your life. <a href="/topical/h/historical_lessons_for_modern_times.htm">Historical Lessons for Modern Times</a> The plagues of Egypt and the judgments on Israel serve as historical lessons. Consider how these lessons apply to contemporary society and personal life. <a href="/topical/t/the_stubbornness_of_the_human_heart.htm">The Stubbornness of the Human Heart</a> Despite clear signs and consequences, Israel did not return to God. Examine areas in your life where you might be resisting God's call to change. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a> Recognize God's sovereign right to judge nations and individuals. Trust in His justice and seek to align your life with His will. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_vigilance.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Vigilance</a> Stay spiritually vigilant and responsive to God's discipline, ensuring that your heart remains soft and open to His guidance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 4</a> <a href="/q/christian_view_on_wearing_scents.htm">What is the Christian perspective on wearing fragrances?</a> <a href="/q/do_amos_4_9-10_plagues_match_history.htm">Amos 4:9-10 - Do the described plagues (blight, mildew, locusts, pestilence) align with known historical or scientific data?</a> <a href="/q/does_joel_2_2-9's_plague_conflict_with_others.htm">Does the severity of the plague in Joel 2:2-9 conflict with other biblical or historical accounts of similar disasters?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_amos_7_1-2_locust_plague.htm">Amos 7:1-2 - Is there any archaeological or historical evidence for a locust plague of such magnitude as described here?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) With the captivity of your horses.--This, the marginal reading, is more exact. Egypt is the birthplace of the plague or black death, and the circumstances augmenting its horror are here terribly portrayed. G. Baur thinks, that since the drought is mentioned after the famine as its true cause, so here the prophet explains the cause of the pestilence, or the way in which it would be brought about, viz., by the hosts of slaughtered warriors scattered over the camp.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - The fourth visitation is pestilence and the sword (<a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Leviticus 26:25</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/28-60.htm">Deuteronomy 28:60</a>). After the manner of Egypt. In the manner in which Egypt is stricken (comp. <a href="/isaiah/10-24.htm">Isaiah 10:24, 26</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/20-30.htm">Ezekiel 20:30</a>). There is here no reference to the plague of <a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Exodus 9:3</a>, etc., or Exodus 12:29. The allusion is to the plague which was reckoned to be epidemic in Egypt, and to other loathsome diseases for which that country was notorious (see <a href="/deuteronomy/7-15.htm">Deuteronomy 7:15</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Deuteronomy 28:27, 60</a>) Sir G. Wilkinson notes that the plague used to occur about every ten years ('Handbook,' p. 7). Your young men have I slain with the sword. Pestilence and wax are allied scourges in <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Leviticus 26:25</a>. A reference may here be made to the wars with the Syrians, wherein the Israelites suffered heavy losses (<a href="/2_kings/6-25.htm">2 Kings 6:25</a>; <a href="/2_kings/8-12.htm">2 Kings 8:12</a>; <a href="/2_kings/13-3.htm">2 Kings 13:3, 7, 22</a>). And have taken away your horses; rather, together with your captive horses, still under the regimen of "I have slain." The destruction of men and horses is mentioned in <a href="/2_kings/13-7.htm">2 Kings 13:7</a>. The stink of your camps. These unburied caresses caused pestilence in the district. Septuagint, Καὶ ἀνήγαγον ἐν πυρὶ τὰς παρεμβολὰς ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ ὑμῶν, or, according to the Alexandrian manuscript, παρεμβολὰς ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ μου, "In my wrath against you I set fire to your camps." <a href="/commentaries/amos/4-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“I sent שִׁלַּ֨חְתִּי (šil·laḥ·tî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out plagues דֶּ֙בֶר֙ (de·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1698.htm">Strong's 1698: </a> A pestilence among you בָכֶ֥ם (ḇā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> like those בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ (bə·ḏe·reḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action of Egypt; מִצְרַ֔יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa I killed הָרַ֤גְתִּי (hā·raḡ·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2026.htm">Strong's 2026: </a> To smite with deadly intent your young men בַּח֣וּרֵיכֶ֔ם (ba·ḥū·rê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_970.htm">Strong's 970: </a> Selected, a youth with the sword, בַחֶ֙רֶב֙ (ḇa·ḥe·reḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword along with עִ֖ם (‘im) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> With, equally with your captured שְׁבִ֣י (šə·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7628.htm">Strong's 7628: </a> Exiled, captured, exile, booty horses. סֽוּסֵיכֶ֑ם (sū·sê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5483.htm">Strong's 5483: </a> A swallow, swift (type of bird) I filled וָאַעֲלֶ֞ה (wā·’a·‘ă·leh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively your nostrils וּֽבְאַפְּכֶ֔ם (ū·ḇə·’ap·pə·ḵem) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire with the stench בְּאֹ֤שׁ (bə·’ōš) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_889.htm">Strong's 889: </a> A stench of your camp, מַחֲנֵיכֶם֙ (ma·ḥă·nê·ḵem) Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4264.htm">Strong's 4264: </a> An encampment, an army yet you did not וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no return שַׁבְתֶּ֥ם (šaḇ·tem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again to Me,” עָדַ֖י (‘ā·ḏay) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/4-10.htm">Amos 4:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/amos/4-10.htm">Amos 4:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/amos/4-10.htm">Amos 4:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/amos/4-10.htm">Amos 4:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/amos/4-10.htm">Amos 4:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/4-10.htm">Amos 4:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/4-10.htm">Amos 4:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/4-10.htm">Amos 4:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/amos/4-10.htm">Amos 4:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/amos/4-10.htm">Amos 4:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/amos/4-10.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 4:10 I sent plagues among you like (Amo. 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