WAEC Christian Religious Studies (CRS) 2025 Objective — Question 30

Question 30 of 51 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Christian Religious Studies (CRS) 2025 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

The days are coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fish hooks. This statement implies that

A. the Israelites would become fishermen in foreign lands
B. the Israelites would scatter abroad like sheep without a shepherd
C. there would be a chariot to convey them to Babylon
D. Israel would be taken into exile and made slavesCorrect

Explanation

This prophecy by Amos foretold the coming Assyrian exile of Israel; the imagery of hooks symbolizes humiliation and slavery (Amos 4:2).

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