Amos

Amos 4:11

¹¹“Some of you I overthrew

as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,

and you were like a firebrand^d snatched from a blaze,

yet you did not return to Me,”

declares the LORD.

Footnotes

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Some of you I overthrew	הָפַ֣כְתִּי	hā·p̄aḵ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H2015 turn, overturn
as I overthrew	כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֤ת	kə·mah·pê·ḵaṯ	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular construct	H4114 overthrow
Sodom	סְדֹ֣ם	sə·ḏōm	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5467 Sodom
and Gomorrah	עֲמֹרָ֔ה	‘ă·mō·rāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6017 Gomorrah
and you were	וַתִּהְי֕וּ	wat·tih·yū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like a firebrand	כְּא֖וּד	kə·’ūḏ	Preposition; Noun - masculine singular	H181 brand, fire-brand
snatched	מֻצָּ֣ל	muṣ·ṣāl	Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular	H5337 strip, plunder
from a blaze	מִשְׂרֵפָ֑ה	miś·rē·p̄å̄h	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H8316 burning
yet you did not	וְלֹֽא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
return	שַׁבְתֶּ֥ם	šaḇ·tem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H7725 turn back, return
to Me	עָדַ֖י	‘ā·ḏay	Preposition; first person common singular	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
declares	נְאֻם־	nə·’um-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃ס	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.