Amos 4 — Legacy Standard Bible

Yet You Have Not Returned to Me

4Hear this word, you cows of ^aBashan who are on the ^bmountain of Samaria,Who ^coppress the poor, who crush the needy,Who say to their ¹husbands, “Bring now, that we may ^ddrink!”²Lord Yahweh has ^asworn by His ^bholiness that,“Behold, the days are coming upon you,And ¹they will take you away with ^cmeat hooks,And the last of you with ^dfish hooks.³“And you will ^ago out through breaches in the walls,Each one straight before her,And you ¹will be cast to Harmon,” declares Yahweh.⁴“Enter Bethel and transgress;In Gilgal multiply transgression!^aBring your sacrifices every morning,Your tithes every three days.⁵“¹And offer a ^athank offering also from that which is leavened,And call for ^bfreewill offerings; cause them to be heard about.For so you ^clove to do, you sons of Israel,”Declares Lord Yahweh.⁶“But I gave you also ^acleanness of teeth in all your citiesAnd lack of bread in all your places,Yet you have ^bnot returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.⁷“And I also ^awithheld the rain from youWhile there were still three months until harvest.Then I would send rain on one city,And on ^banother city I would not send rain;One portion would be rained on,While the portion not rained on would dry up.⁸“So two or three cities would wander around to another city to drink ^awater,But would ^bnot be satisfied;Yet you have ^cnot returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.⁹“I ^astruck you with scorching wind and mildew;And the ^bgnawing locust was devouringYour many gardens and vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees;Yet you have ^cnot returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.¹⁰“I sent a ^apestilence among you after the manner of Egypt;I ^bkilled your choice men by the sword along with your ^ccaptured horses,And I made the ^dstench of your camp rise up even in your nostrils;Yet you have ^enot returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.¹¹“I overthrew you as ^aGod overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,And you were like a ^bfirebrand ¹delivered from a blaze;Yet you have ^cnot returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.¹²“Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;Because I will do this to you,Prepare to ^ameet your God, O Israel.”¹³For behold, He who ^aforms mountains and ^bcreates the windAnd ^cdeclares to man what are His thoughts,He who ^dmakes dawn into gloomAnd ^etreads on the high places of the earth,^fYahweh God of hosts is His name.