Amos 4

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Amos 4

Social and Spiritual Corruption

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Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan^(A)
who are on the hill of Samaria,
women who oppress the poor
and crush the needy,^(B)
who say to their husbands,
“Bring us something to drink.”^(C)

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Look, the days are coming^(a)
when you will be taken away with hooks,^(F)
every last one of you with fishhooks.^(G)

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You will go through breaches in the wall,^(H)
each woman straight ahead,
and you will be driven along toward Harmon.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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Come to Bethel and rebel;
rebel even more at Gilgal!^(I)
Bring your sacrifices every morning,^(J)
your tenths every three days.

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Offer leavened bread as a thank offering,^(K)
and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings,^(L)
for that is what you Israelites love to do!^(M)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

God’s Discipline and Israel’s Apostasy

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

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

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

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

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

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I overthrew some of you
as I^(c) overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,^(AE)
and you were like a burning stick
snatched from a fire,^(AF)
yet you did not return to Me^(AG)—
this is the Lord’s declaration.

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Therefore, Israel, that is what I will do to you,
and since I will do that to you,
Israel, prepare to meet your God!^(AH)

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He is here:
the One who forms the mountains,^(AI)
creates the wind,^(AJ)
and reveals His^(d) thoughts to man,^(AK)
the One who makes the dawn out of darkness
and strides on the heights of the earth.^(AL)
Yahweh, the God of Hosts, is His name.^(AM)

Footnotes:

a. Amos 4:2: Lit coming on you

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

c. Amos 4:11: Lit God

d. Amos 4:13: Or his

Cross references:

A. Amos 4:1: Psalm 22:12; Ezekiel 39:18

B. Amos 4:1: Exodus 23:3; Exodus 23:6; Leviticus 19:15; Leviticus 25:35; Deuteronomy 15:4-11; Amos 5:11; Amos 8:6

C. Amos 4:1: Amos 2:8; Amos 6:6

D. Amos 4:2: Amos 6:8; Amos 8:7

E. Amos 4:2: Psalm 89:35

F. Amos 4:2: Isaiah 37:29; Ezekiel 38:4

G. Amos 4:2: 2 Chronicles 33:10-11

H. Amos 4:3: Jeremiah 52:7

I. Amos 4:4: Amos 5:5

J. Amos 4:4: Amos 5:21-22

K. Amos 4:5: Leviticus 7:12

L. Amos 4:5: Leviticus 22:18-21

M. Amos 4:5: Jeremiah 7:9-10; Jeremiah 7:10

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

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

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

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

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

S. Amos 4:8: Jeremiah 14:4

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

U. Amos 4:8: Jeremiah 3:7

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

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

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

Y. Amos 4:9: Jeremiah 3:10

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

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

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

AC. Amos 4:10: Isaiah 34:3

AD. Amos 4:10: Isaiah 9:13

AE. Amos 4:11: Genesis 19:24-25

AF. Amos 4:11: Zechariah 3:1-2

AG. Amos 4:11: Isaiah 9:13

AH. Amos 4:12: Isaiah 32:11; Isaiah 64:2; Jeremiah 5:22

AI. Amos 4:13: Job 38:4-7; Psalm 65:6; Isaiah 40:12

AJ. Amos 4:13: Psalm 135:7

AK. Amos 4:13: Psalm 139:2; Daniel 2:30

AL. Amos 4:13: Micah 1:3

AM. Amos 4:13: Amos 5:8-9; Amos 5:27; Amos 9:5-6