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11 “I overthrew your cities,[a]
    as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
You’ve become like a burning ember, snatched from the fire,
    but you have not returned to me,”
        declares the Lord.

12 “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel.
    Because I am about to do this,
        prepare to be summoned to your God, Israel!”

13 Look! The one who crafts mountains,
    who creates the wind,
who reveals what he is thinking to mankind,
    who darkens the morning light,
who tramples down the high places of the land—
    the Lord, the God of the Heavenly Armies is his name.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:11 The Heb. lacks cities

11 “I overthrew some of you
    as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.(A)
You were like a burning stick(B) snatched from the fire,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(C)

12 “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel,
    and because I will do this to you, Israel,
    prepare to meet your God.”

13 He who forms the mountains,(D)
    who creates the wind,(E)
    and who reveals his thoughts(F) to mankind,
who turns dawn to darkness,
    and treads on the heights of the earth(G)
    the Lord God Almighty is his name.(H)

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