Book of Amos, Chapter 4
Chapter 4 of Amos
who are in the mountain of Samar′ia,
who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
who say to their husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’
that, behold, the days are coming upon you,
when they shall take you away with hooks,
even the last of you with fishhooks.
every one straight before her;
and you shall be cast forth into Harmon,”
says the LORD.
to Gilgal, and multiply transgression;
bring your sacrifices every morning,
your tithes every three days;
and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them;
for so you love to do, O people of Israel!”
says the Lord GOD.
and lack of bread in all your places,
yet you did not return to me,”
says the LORD.
when there were yet three months to the harvest;
I would send rain upon one city,
and send no rain upon another city;
one field would be rained upon,
and the field on which it did not rain withered;
to drink water, and were not satisfied;
yet you did not return to me,”
says the LORD.
I laid waste[a] your gardens and your vineyards;
your fig trees and your olive trees the locust devoured;
yet you did not return to me,”
says the LORD.
I slew your young men with the sword;
I carried away your horses;[b]
and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils;
yet you did not return to me,”
says the LORD.
as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomor′rah,
and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning;
yet you did not return to me,”
says the LORD.
because I will do this to you,
prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
and declares to man what is his thought;
who makes the morning darkness,
and treads on the heights of the earth—
the LORD, the God of hosts, is his name!FOOTNOTES
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