[[Am-04]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Am-03]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Am-05]] --- ### The days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, and the last of you with fish hooks. You will go out at the breaks in the wall, everyone straight before her; and you will cast yourselves into Harmon," says Yahweh. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The wealthy and oppressive women of Samaria (the 'cows of Bashan') are told they will be captured and led into exile using hooks through their lips or noses, forced through breaches in the city walls. *Historical context*: Historians and archaeologists note that Neo-Assyrian reliefs (such as those from the palace of Sennacherib and the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III) depict captives being led away with hooks and cords attached to their noses or lips. This prophecy was fulfilled during the Assyrian invasion of the Northern Kingdom between 734 and 722 BC, culminating in the fall of Samaria. *Related to*: ### I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town... I also have withheld the rain from you... I struck you with blight and mildew... I sent plagues among you like I did Egypt. I have slain your young men with the sword... *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: This passage recounts a series of past natural disasters and military defeats that had already occurred in Israel's history prior to or during the time of Amos as specific fulfillments of divine warnings. *Historical context*: Theological scholars identify these events as the progressive fulfillment of the 'Covenant Curses' outlined in the Mosaic Law. Specific parallels include the drought and famine mentioned in [[Deut-28#v23|Deuteronomy 28:23]]-24 and the Egyptian-style plagues mentioned in [[Deut-28#v27|Deuteronomy 28:27]] and 28:60. *Related to*: [[Lev-26#v14|Leviticus 26:14]]-39 and [[Deut-28#v15|Deuteronomy 28:15]]-68 (The Mosaic Covenant Curses) ### Therefore thus I will do to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A final summons to the Northern Kingdom to prepare for a definitive and inescapable encounter with God in the form of total national judgment. *Historical context*: This is widely interpreted by scholars as the final warning before the total destruction of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The fulfillment occurred in 722 BC when the Assyrian Empire, under Shalmaneser V and Sargon II, successfully besieged Samaria, ended the kingdom, and deported the ten tribes into the outer reaches of the empire (such as Halah and Gozan). *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy