Amos - Chapter 4 | New King James Version

  • 1. Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, Who crush the needy, Who say to your husbands, {cf2super [4]} "Bring wine, let us drink!"
  • 2. The Lord God has sworn by His holiness: "Behold, the days shall come upon you When He will take you away with fishhooks, And your posterity with fishhooks.
  • 3. You will go out through broken walls, Each one straight ahead of her, And you will be cast into Harmon," Says the Lord.
  • 4. "Come to Bethel and transgress, At Gilgal multiply transgression; Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days. {cf2super [5]}
  • 5. Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, Proclaim and announce the freewill offerings; For this you love, You children of Israel!" Says the Lord God.
  • 6. "Also I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities. And lack of bread in all your places; Yet you have not returned to Me," Says the Lord.
  • 7. "I also withheld rain from you, When there were still three months to the harvest. I made it rain on one city, I withheld rain from another city. One part was rained upon, And where it did not rain the part withered.
  • 8. So two or three cities wandered to another city to drink water, But they were not satisfied; Yet you have not returned to Me," Says the Lord.
  • 9. "I blasted you with blight and mildew. When your gardens increased, Your vineyards, Your fig trees, And your olive trees, The locust devoured them; Yet you have not returned to Me," Says the Lord.
  • 10. "I sent among you a plague after the manner of Egypt; Your young men I killed with a sword, Along with your captive horses; I made the stench of your camps come up into your nostrils; Yet you have not returned to Me," Says the Lord.
  • 11. "I overthrew some of you, As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning; Yet you have not returned to Me," Says the Lord.
  • 12. "Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!"
  • 13. For behold, He who forms mountains, And creates the wind, Who declares to man what his {cf2super [6]} thought is, And makes the morning darkness, Who treads the high places of the earth-- The Lord God of hosts is His name.
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