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Amos 4
New International Version
Amos 4
New International Version
Israel Has Not Returned to God
4 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan(A) on Mount Samaria,(B)
you women who oppress the poor(C) and crush the needy(D)
and say to your husbands,(E) “Bring us some drinks!(F)”
2 The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his holiness:
“The time(G) will surely come
when you will be taken away(H) with hooks,(I)
the last of you with fishhooks.[a]
3 You will each go straight out
through breaches in the wall,(J)
and you will be cast out toward Harmon,[b]”
declares the Lord.
4 “Go to Bethel(K) and sin;
go to Gilgal(L) and sin yet more.
Bring your sacrifices every morning,(M)
your tithes(N) every three years.[c](O)
5 Burn leavened bread(P) as a thank offering
and brag about your freewill offerings(Q)—
boast about them, you Israelites,
for this is what you love to do,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.
6 “I gave you empty stomachs in every city
and lack of bread in every town,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(R)
7 “I also withheld(S) rain from you
when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
but withheld it from another.(T)
One field had rain;
another had none and dried up.
8 People staggered from town to town for water(U)
but did not get enough(V) to drink,
yet you have not returned(W) to me,”
declares the Lord.(X)
9 “Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
destroying them with blight and mildew.(Y)
Locusts(Z) devoured your fig and olive trees,(AA)
yet you have not returned(AB) to me,”
declares the Lord.
10 “I sent plagues(AC) among you
as I did to Egypt.(AD)
I killed your young men(AE) with the sword,
along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench(AF) of your camps,
yet you have not returned to me,”(AG)
declares the Lord.(AH)
11 “I overthrew some of you
as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.(AI)
You were like a burning stick(AJ) snatched from the fire,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(AK)
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.”
Amos 4
Revised Geneva Translation
Amos 4
Revised Geneva Translation
4 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria; who oppress the poor, destroy the needy; and they say to their masters, “Bring, and let us drink!”
2 The LORD God has sworn by His holiness, “Lo, the days shall come upon you in which He will take you away with thorns, and your posterity with fishhooks.
3 “And you shall go out at the wall’s breaches, everyone forward. And you shall cast yourselves out of the palace,” says the LORD.
4 “Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression. And bring your sacrifices in the morning; and your riches after three years.
5 “And offer a thanksgiving of leaven; publish and proclaim the free offerings. For this you love, O children of Israel,” says the LORD God.
6 “Also, I have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and scarceness of bread in all your places. Yet, you have not returned to Me,” says the LORD.
7 “And also, I have withheld the rain from you, when there were still three months to the harvest. And I caused it to rain upon one city and have not caused it to rain upon another city. One piece was rained upon. And the piece whereupon it did not rain, withered.
8 “So, two or three cities wandered to one city to drink water. But they were not satisfied. Still, you have not returned to Me,” says the LORD.
9 “I have struck you with blight and mildew. Your great gardens and your vineyards, and your fig trees, and your olive trees, the locust devoured. Still, you have not returned to Me,” says the LORD.
10 “I have sent pestilence among you after the manner of Egypt. Your young men I have killed with the sword; and have taken away your horses. And I have made the stink of your tents to come up into your nostrils. Still, you have not returned to Me,” says the LORD.
11 “I have overthrown you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. And you were as a firebrand, plucked out of the burning. Still, you have not returned to Me,” says the LORD.
12 “Therefore, I will do this to you, O Israel. And because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.”
13 For lo, He Who forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is His thought; Who makes the morning darkness, and walks upon the high places of the Earth. The LORD God of Hosts is His Name. A lamentation for the captivity of Israel.
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