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Hermon,”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:3 Heb. Harmonah">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">declares the LORD.</p> <p class="heading">The LORD’s Rebuke to Israel</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Come to Bethel and sin,</p> <p class="poetry2">to Gilgal and sin even more!</p> <p class="poetry2">Bring along your morning sacrifices,</p> <p class="poetry2">and pay your tithes every other day.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:4 Lit. tithes for the three days">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>While you’re at it,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:5 Lit. And">f</a></span> present a thank offering with leaven,</p> <p class="poetry2">and publicize your freewill offerings,</p> <p class="poetry2">letting everyone hear about it,</p> <p class="poetry2">because this is what you really love to do, you Israelis,”</p> <p class="poetry2">declares the Lord GOD.</p> <p class="heading">Israel’s Refusal to Return to God</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“I also have scheduled<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:6 Lit. appointed">g</a></span> food shortages<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:6 Lit. appointed clean teeth">h</a></span> for you in all of your cities,</p> <p class="poetry2">and lack of bread in all of your settlements,</p> <p class="poetry2">but you haven’t returned to me,”</p> <p class="poetry2">declares the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“I therefore have withheld the rain from you</p> <p class="poetry2">three months before the harvest,</p> <p class="poetry2">causing rain to come upon one city,</p> <p class="poetry2">but not upon another,</p> <p class="poetry2">and upon one field</p> <p class="poetry2">but not upon another,</p> <p class="poetry2">so that it would wither.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So the people of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:8 The Heb. lacks the people of">i</a></span> two or three cities staggered away to another<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:8 Lit. to a single">j</a></span> city</p> <p class="poetry2">in order to obtain drinking water,</p> <p class="poetry2">but you have not returned to me,”</p> <p class="poetry2">declares the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“I afflicted you with blight and fungus;</p> <p class="poetry2">and the locust swarm devoured the harvest</p> <p class="poetry2">of your gardens, your vineyards, your fig trees, and your olive trees,</p> <p class="poetry2">but you have not returned to me,”</p> <p class="poetry2">declares the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“I sent plagues among you as I did with Egypt.</p> <p class="poetry2">I killed your choicest young men with the sword.</p> <p class="poetry2">I took your horses away from you.</p> <p class="poetry2">I filled your noses with the stench of your encampments,</p> <p class="poetry2">but you have not returned to me,”</p> <p class="poetry2">declares the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“I overthrew your cities,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="4:11 The Heb. lacks cities">k</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.</p> <p class="poetry2">You’ve become like a burning ember, snatched from the fire,</p> <p class="poetry2">but you have not returned to me,”</p> <p class="poetry2">declares the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel.</p> <p class="poetry2">Because I am about to do this,</p> <p class="poetry2">prepare to be summoned to your God, Israel!”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Look! The one who crafts mountains,</p> <p class="poetry2">who creates the wind,</p> <p class="poetry2">who reveals what he is thinking to mankind,</p> <p class="poetry2">who darkens the morning light,</p> <p class="poetry2">who tramples down the high places of the land—</p> <p class="poetry2">the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies is his name.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 4:2 Lit. <i>oath on his holiness</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 4:2 Lit. <i>coming upon you, and he</i>; i.e. the invading forces personified as an individual<br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 4:3 The Heb. lacks <i>of the walls</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 4:3 Heb. <i>Harmonah</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 4:4 Lit. <i>tithes for the three days</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 4:5 Lit. <i>And</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 4:6 Lit. <i>appointed</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 4:6 Lit. <i>appointed clean teeth</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 4:8 The Heb. lacks <i>the people of</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 4:8 Lit. <i>to a single</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 4:11 The Heb. lacks <i>cities</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../amos/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Amos 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Amos 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../amos/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Amos 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Amos 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/amos/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>