Amos 4

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Amos 4

ÒYet You Have Not Returned to MeÓ

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Hear this word, you cows of ^(A)Bashan who are on the ^(B)mountain of Samaria,
Who ^(C)oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
Who say to ^(a)your husbands, “Bring now, that we may ^(D)drink!”

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The Lord ^(b)God has ^(E)sworn by His ^(F)holiness,
“Behold, the days are coming upon you
When ^(c)they will take you away with ^(G)meat hooks,
And the last of you with ^(H)fish hooks.

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“You will ^(I)go out through breaches in the walls,
Each one straight before her,
And you ^(d)will be cast to Harmon,” declares the Lord.

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“Enter Bethel and transgress;
In Gilgal multiply transgression!
^(J)Bring your sacrifices every morning,
Your tithes every three days.

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“^(e)Offer a ^(K)thank offering also from that which is leavened,
And proclaim ^(L)freewill offerings, make them known.
For so you ^(M)love to do, you sons of Israel,”
Declares the Lord God.

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“But I gave you also ^(N)cleanness of teeth in all your cities
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have ^(O)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

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“Furthermore, I ^(P)withheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city
And on ^(Q)another city I would not send rain;
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.

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“So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink ^(R)water,
But would ^(S)not be satisfied;
Yet you have ^(T)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

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“I ^(U)smote you with scorching wind and mildew;
And the ^(V)caterpillar was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;
Yet you have ^(W)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

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“I sent a ^(X)plague among you after the manner of Egypt;
I ^(Y)slew your young men by the sword along with your ^(Z)captured horses,
And I made the ^(AA)stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils;
Yet you have ^(AB)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

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“I overthrew you, as ^(AC)God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a ^(AD)firebrand snatched from a blaze;
Yet you have ^(AE)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

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“Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
Prepare to ^(AF)meet your God, O Israel.”

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For behold, He who ^(AG)forms mountains and ^(AH)creates the wind
And ^(AI)declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who ^(AJ)makes dawn into darkness
And ^(AK)treads on the high places of the earth,
^(AL)The Lord God of hosts is His name.

Footnotes:

a. Amos 4:1: ['Lit ', their lords]

b. Amos 4:2: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord, ', and so throughout the ch']

c. Amos 4:2: ['Lit ', he]

d. Amos 4:3: ['So Gr; M.T. reads ', will cast]

e. Amos 4:5: ['Lit ', Offer up in smoke]

Cross references:

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

B. Amos 4:1: Amos 3:9; Amos 6:1

C. Amos 4:1: Amos 5:11; Amos 8:6

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

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

F. Amos 4:2: Psalm 89:35

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

H. Amos 4:2: Jeremiah 16:16; Ezekiel 29:4; Habakkuk 1:15

I. Amos 4:3: Jeremiah 52:7

J. Amos 4:4: Numbers 28:3; Amos 5:21; Amos 5:22

K. Amos 4:5: Leviticus 7:13

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

M. Amos 4:5: Jeremiah 7:9; Jeremiah 7:10; Hosea 9:1; Hosea 9:10

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: Deuteronomy 11:17; Isaiah 5:6

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

R. Amos 4:8: Jeremiah 14:4

S. Amos 4:8: Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 4:17; Haggai 1:6

T. Amos 4:8: Jeremiah 3:7

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

V. Amos 4:9: Joel 1:4; Joel 1:7; Amos 7:1; Amos 7:2

W. Amos 4:9: Jeremiah 3:10

X. Amos 4:10: Exodus 9:3; Leviticus 26:25; Deuteronomy 28:27; Deuteronomy 28:60; Psalm 78:50

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

AA. Amos 4:10: Joel 2:20

AB. Amos 4:10: Isaiah 9:13

AC. Amos 4:11: Genesis 19:24; Genesis 19:25; Deuteronomy 29:23; Isaiah 13:19

AD. Amos 4:11: Zechariah 3:2

AE. Amos 4:11: Jeremiah 23:14

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

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

AH. Amos 4:13: Psalm 135:7; Jeremiah 10:13

AI. Amos 4:13: Daniel 2:28; Daniel 2:30

AJ. Amos 4:13: Jeremiah 13:16; Joel 2:2; Amos 5:8

AK. Amos 4:13: Micah 1:3

AL. Amos 4:13: Isaiah 47:4; Jeremiah 10:16; Amos 5:8; Amos 5:27; Amos 9:6