Amos 4:4-13
English Standard Version
4 (A)“Come to Bethel, and transgress;
to (B)Gilgal, and multiply transgression;
(C)bring your (D)sacrifices every morning,
your tithes every three days;
5 offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of (E)that which is leavened,
and proclaim (F)freewill offerings, publish them;
(G)for so you love to do, O people of Israel!”
declares the Lord God.
Israel Has Not Returned to the Lord
6 “I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
and (H)lack of bread in all your places,
(I)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.
7 “I also (J)withheld the rain from you
when there were yet three months to the harvest;
(K)I would send rain on one city,
and send no rain on another city;
one field would have rain,
and the field on which it did not rain would wither;
8 so two or three cities (L)would wander to another city
to drink water, and would not be satisfied;
(M)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.
9 (N)“I struck you with blight and mildew;
your many gardens and your vineyards,
your fig trees and your olive trees (O)the locust devoured;
(P)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.
10 “I sent among you a pestilence (Q)after the manner of Egypt;
I killed your young men with the sword,
and (R)carried away your horses,[a]
and (S)I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils;
(T)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.
11 “I overthrew some of you,
(U)as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
and you were (V)as a brand[b] plucked out of the burning;
(W)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.
12 “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
because I will do this to you,
prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
13 For behold, (X)he who forms the mountains and creates the wind,
and (Y)declares to man what is his thought,
(Z)who makes the morning darkness,
and (AA)treads on the heights of the earth—
(AB)the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!
Amos 4:4-13
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Come to Bethel—and transgress;
to Gilgal—and multiply transgression;
bring your sacrifices every morning,
your tithes every three days;(A)
5 bring a thank offering of leavened bread
and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them;
for so you love to do, O people of Israel!
says the Lord God.(B)
Israel Rejects Correction
6 I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities
and lack of bread in all your places;
yet you did not return to me,
says the Lord.(C)
7 And I also withheld the rain from you
when there were still three months to the harvest;
I would send rain on one city
and send no rain on another city;
one field would be rained upon,
and the field on which it did not rain withered;
8 so two or three towns wandered to one town
to drink water and were not satisfied;
yet you did not return to me,
says the Lord.(D)
9 I struck you with blight and mildew;
I laid waste[a] your gardens and your vineyards;
the locust devoured your fig trees and your olive trees;
yet you did not return to me,
says the Lord.(E)
10 I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt;
I killed your young men with the sword;
I carried away your horses;[b]
and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils;
yet you did not return to me,
says the Lord.(F)
11 I overthrew some of you
as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
and you were like a brand snatched from the fire;
yet you did not return to me,
says the Lord.(G)
12 Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
because I will do this to you,
prepare to meet your God, O Israel!(H)
13 For the one who forms the mountains, creates the wind,
reveals his thoughts to mortals,
makes the morning darkness,
and treads on the heights of the earth—
the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!(I)
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