Amos 4:4-13
New American Standard Bible
4 “Enter Bethel and do wrong;
In Gilgal multiply wrongdoing!
(A)Bring your sacrifices every morning,
Your tithes every three days.
5 [a]Offer a (B)thanksgiving offering also from that which is leavened,
And proclaim (C)[b]voluntary offerings, make them known.
For so you (D)love to do, you sons of Israel,”
Declares the Lord God.
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 the Lord.
7 “Furthermore, I (G)withheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city,
But on (H)another city I would not send rain;
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.
8 So the people of two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink (I)water,
But would (J)not be satisfied;
Yet you have (K)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
9 “I (L)struck you with scorching wind and mildew;
The (M)caterpillar was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;
Yet you have (N)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
10 “I sent a (O)plague among you [c]as in Egypt;
I (P)killed your young men with the sword, along with your (Q)captured horses,
And I made the (R)stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils;
Yet you have (S)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
11 “I overthrew you, as (T)God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a (U)log snatched from a fire;
Yet you have (V)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
12 “Therefore so I will do to you, Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
Prepare to (W)meet your God, Israel.”
13 For behold, He who (X)forms mountains and (Y)creates the wind,
And (Z)declares to a person what are His thoughts,
He who (AA)makes dawn into darkness
And (AB)treads on the high places of the earth,
(AC)The Lord God of armies is His name.
Amos 4:4-13
Common English Bible
A divine taunt
4 Come to Bethel—and commit a crime;
multiply crimes at Gilgal.
Bring your sacrifices every morning,
your tenth-part gifts every three days.
5 Offer a thanksgiving sacrifice of leavened bread,
and publicize your gifts to the Lord;
for so you love to do, people of Israel!
says the Lord God.
Israel’s stubbornness
6 I have sent a famine in all your cities,
and not provided enough bread in all your places,
yet you didn’t return to me,
says the Lord.
7 I also withheld rain from you
when there were still three months to the harvest.
I allowed rain to fall on one city,
no rain to fall on another city.
One field was rained on,
and the field dried up where it didn’t rain.
8 So two or three thirsty towns went to one city to drink water, and weren’t satisfied;
yet you didn’t return to me,
says the Lord.
9 I struck you with disease and mildew.
I destroyed your gardens and your vineyards.
The locust devoured your fig trees and your olive trees;
yet you didn’t return to me,
says the Lord.
10 I sent a plague against you like the one in Egypt.
I killed your young men with the sword.
I carried away your horses.
I made the stink of your camp go up into your nostrils;
yet you didn’t return to me,
says the Lord.
11 I destroyed some of you,
as when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
You were like a burning coal plucked out of the fire;
yet you didn’t return to me,
says the Lord.
12 Truly, Israel,
I will act in this way toward you;
therefore, I will do this to you.
Prepare to meet your God, Israel!
13 The one who forms the mountains, creates the wind,
makes known his thoughts to humankind,
makes the morning darkness,
and moves over the heights of the earth—
the Lord, the God of heavenly forces is his name!
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