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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 Come to Bethel and rebel;
rebel even more at Gilgal!(A)
Bring your sacrifices every morning,(B)
your tenths every three days.
5 Offer leavened bread as a thank offering,(C)
and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings,(D)
for that is what you Israelites love to do!(E)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
God’s Discipline and Israel’s Apostasy
6 I gave you absolutely nothing to eat[a](F)
in all your cities,
a shortage of food in all your communities,
yet you did not return to Me.(G)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
7 I also withheld the rain from you(H)
while there were still three months until harvest.
I sent rain on one city
but no rain on another.(I)
One field received rain
while a field with no rain withered.(J)
8 Two or three cities staggered
to another city to drink water(K)
but were not satisfied,(L)
yet you did not return(M) to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
9 I struck you with blight and mildew;(N)
the locust devoured(O)
your many gardens and vineyards,
your fig trees and olive trees,(P)
yet you did not return to Me.(Q)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
10 I sent plagues like those of Egypt;(R)
I killed your young men with the sword,(S)
along with your captured horses.(T)
I caused the stench of your camp
to fill your nostrils,(U)
yet you did not return to Me.(V)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
11 I overthrew some of you
as I[b] overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,(W)
and you were like a burning stick
snatched from a fire,(X)
yet you did not return to Me(Y)—
this is the Lord’s declaration.
12 Therefore, Israel, that is what I will do to you,
and since I will do that to you,
Israel, prepare to meet your God!(Z)
13 He is here:
the One who forms the mountains,(AA)
creates the wind,(AB)
and reveals His[c] thoughts to man,(AC)
the One who makes the dawn out of darkness
and strides on the heights of the earth.(AD)
Yahweh, the God of Hosts, is His name.(AE)
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