Amos 4:4-13
Legacy Standard Bible
4 “Enter Bethel and transgress;
In Gilgal multiply transgression!
(A)Bring your sacrifices every morning,
Your tithes every three days.
5 [a]And offer a (B)thank offering also from that which is leavened,
And call for (C)freewill offerings; cause them to be heard about.
For so you (D)love to do, you sons of Israel,”
Declares Lord Yahweh.
6 “But I gave you also (E)cleanness of teeth in all your cities
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have (F)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
7 “And I also (G)withheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city,
And on (H)another city I would not send rain;
One portion would be rained on,
While the portion not rained on would dry up.
8 So two or three cities would wander around to another city to drink (I)water,
But would (J)not be satisfied;
Yet you have (K)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
9 “I (L)struck you with scorching wind and mildew;
And the (M)gnawing locust was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees;
Yet you have (N)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
10 “I sent a (O)pestilence among you after the manner of Egypt;
I (P)killed your choice men by the sword along with your (Q)captured horses,
And I made the (R)stench of your camp rise up even in your nostrils;
Yet you have (S)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
11 “I overthrew you as (T)God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a (U)firebrand [b]delivered from a blaze;
Yet you have (V)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
12 “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
Prepare to (W)meet your God, O Israel.”
13 For behold, He who (X)forms mountains and (Y)creates the wind
And (Z)declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who (AA)makes dawn into gloom
And (AB)treads on the high places of the earth,
(AC)Yahweh God of hosts is His name.
Amos 4:4-13
American Standard Version
4 Come to Beth-el, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes every three days; 5 and [a]offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill-offerings and publish them: for this pleaseth you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.
6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah. 7 And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. 8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah. 9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees hath the palmer-worm devoured: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah. 10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, [b]and have carried away your horses; and I have made the stench of your camp to come up even into your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah. 11 I have overthrown cities among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel; and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. 13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought; that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth—Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.
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