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Amos 4
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4Listen to this, you women of Samaria, who grow fat like the well-fed cows of Bashan, who mistreat the weak, oppress the poor, and demand that your husbands keep you supplied with liquor!H8085H1697H6510H1316H2022H8111H6231H1800H7533H34H559H113H935H8354
2As the Sovereign LORD is holy, he has promised, "The days will come when they will drag you away with hooks; every one of you will be like a fish on a hook.H136H3069H7650H6944H3117H935H5375H6793H319H1729H5518
3You will be dragged to the nearest break in the wall and thrown out."H3318H6556H802H7993H2038H5002H3068

Israel’s Failure to Learn

4The Sovereign LORD says, "People of Israel, go to the holy place in Bethel and sin, if you must! Go to Gilgal and sin with all your might! Go ahead and bring animals to be sacrificed morning after morning, and bring your tithes every third day.H935H1008H6586H1537H7235H6586H935H2077H1242H4643H7969H3117
5Go on and offer your bread in thanksgiving to God, and brag about the extra offerings you bring! This is the kind of thing you love to do.H6999H8426H2557H7121H8085H5071H3651H157H1121H3478H5002H136H3069
6"I was the one who brought famine to all your cities, yet you did not come back to me.H5414H5356H8127H5892H2640H3899H4725H7725H5002H3068
7I kept it from raining when your crops needed it most. I sent rain on one city, but not on another. Rain fell on one field, but another field dried up.H4513H1653H7969H2320H7105H4305H259H5892H4305H259H5892H259H2513H4305H2513H4305H3001
8Weak with thirst, the people of several cities went to a city where they hoped to find water, but there was not enough to drink. Still you did not come back to me.H8147H7969H5892H5128H259H5892H8354H4325H7646H7725H5002H3068
9"I sent a scorching wind to dry up your crops. The locusts ate up all your gardens and vineyards, your fig trees and olive trees. Still you did not come back to me.H5221H7711H3420H1593H3754H8384H2132H7235H1501H398H7725H5002H3068
10"I sent a plague on you like the one I sent on Egypt. I killed your young men in battle and took your horses away. I filled your nostrils with the stink of dead bodies in your camps. Still you did not come back to me.H7971H1698H1870H4714H970H2026H2719H7628H5483H889H4264H5927H639H7725H5002H3068
11"I destroyed some of you as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Those of you who survived were like a burning stick saved from a fire. Still you did not come back to me," says the LORD.H2015H430H4114H5467H6017H181H5337H8316H7725H5002H3068
12"So then, people of Israel, I am going to punish you. And because I am going to do this, get ready to face my judgment!"H6213H3478H6118H6213H3559H7125H430H3478
13God is the one who made the mountains and created the winds. He makes his thoughts known to people; he changes day into night. He walks on the heights of the earth. This is his name: the LORD God Almighty!H3335H2022H1254H7307H5046H120H7808H6213H7837H5890H1869H1116H776H3068H430H6635H8034


Good News Translation. Scripture taken from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version- Second Edition Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. More details.
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