Amos 4:6-10

God’s Discipline and Israel’s Apostasy

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I gave you absolutely nothing to eat^(a)^(A)
in all your cities,
a shortage of food in all your communities,
yet you did not return to Me.^(B)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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I also withheld the rain from you^(C)
while there were still three months until harvest.
I sent rain on one city
but no rain on another.^(D)
One field received rain
while a field with no rain withered.^(E)

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Two or three cities staggered
to another city to drink water^(F)
but were not satisfied,^(G)
yet you did not return^(H) to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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I struck you with blight and mildew;^(I)
the locust devoured^(J)
your many gardens and vineyards,
your fig trees and olive trees,^(K)
yet you did not return to Me.^(L)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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I sent plagues like those of Egypt;^(M)
I killed your young men with the sword,^(N)
along with your captured horses.^(O)
I caused the stench of your camp
to fill your nostrils,^(P)
yet you did not return to Me.^(Q)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Footnotes:

a. Amos 4:6: Lit you cleanness of teeth

Cross references:

A. Amos 4:6: Isaiah 3:1; Jeremiah 14:18

B. Amos 4:6: Isaiah 9:13; Jeremiah 5:3; Haggai 2:17

C. Amos 4:7: Jeremiah 3:1-3; Jeremiah 5:23-25

D. Amos 4:7: Exodus 9:4; Exodus 9:26; Exodus 10:22-23

E. Amos 4:7: Leviticus 26:18-19; Joel 1:10-12

F. Amos 4:8: Jeremiah 14:4

G. Amos 4:8: Ezekiel 4:16; Haggai 1:6

H. Amos 4:8: Jeremiah 3:7

I. Amos 4:9: Deuteronomy 28:22; Haggai 2:17

J. Amos 4:9: Joel 1:4; Amos 7:1-2

K. Amos 4:9: Deuteronomy 28:38-42; Joel 1:4-7; Joel 1:12

L. Amos 4:9: Jeremiah 3:10

M. Amos 4:10: Exodus 11:4-5; Deuteronomy 28:27; Deuteronomy 28:60

N. Amos 4:10: Jeremiah 11:22; Jeremiah 18:21; Jeremiah 48:15

O. Amos 4:10: 2 Kings 13:3; 2 Kings 13:7

P. Amos 4:10: Isaiah 34:3

Q. Amos 4:10: Isaiah 9:13