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
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!
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