Amos 4 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

“Yet You Have Not Returned to Me”

4 Hear this word, you [a]cows of (A)Bashan who are on the (B)mountain of Samaria,
Who (C)exploit the poor, who oppress the needy,
[b]And say to their [c]husbands, “Bring now, that we may (D)drink!”
2 The Lord [d]God has (E)sworn by His (F)holiness,
“For behold, the days are coming upon you
When [e]they will take you away with (G)meat hooks,
And the last of you with (H)fish hooks.
3 You will (I)go out through holes in the walls,
One in front of the other,
And you [f]will be hurled to Harmon,” declares the Lord.

4 “Enter Bethel and do wrong;
In Gilgal multiply wrongdoing!
(J)Bring your sacrifices every morning,
Your tithes every three days.
5 [g]Offer a (K)thanksgiving offering also from that which is leavened,
And proclaim (L)[h]voluntary offerings, make them known.
For so you (M)love to do, you sons of Israel,”
Declares the Lord God.

6 “But I gave you also (N)cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
And lack of bread in all your places;
Yet you have (O)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
7 “Furthermore, I (P)withheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city,
But on (Q)another city I would not send rain;
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.
8 So the people of two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink (R)water,
But would (S)not be satisfied;
Yet you have (T)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
9 “I (U)struck you with scorching wind and mildew;
The (V)caterpillar was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;
Yet you have (W)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
10 “I sent a (X)plague among you [i]as in Egypt;
I (Y)killed your young men with the sword, along with your (Z)captured horses,
And I made the (AA)stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils;
Yet you have (AB)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
11 “I overthrew you, as (AC)God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a (AD)log snatched from a fire;
Yet you have (AE)not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
12 “Therefore so I will do to you, Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
Prepare to (AF)meet your God, Israel.”
13 For behold, He who (AG)forms mountains and (AH)creates the wind,
And (AI)declares to a person what are His thoughts,
He who (AJ)makes dawn into darkness
And (AK)treads on the high places of the earth,
(AL)The Lord God of armies is His name.

Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:1 I.e., haughty, prominent women
  2. Amos 4:1 Lit Who
  3. Amos 4:1 Lit lords
  4. Amos 4:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  5. Amos 4:2 Lit he
  6. Amos 4:3 As in LXX; MT will hurl
  7. Amos 4:5 Lit Offer up in smoke
  8. Amos 4:5 Or freewill offerings
  9. Amos 4:10 Lit in the way of Egypt

Cross references

  1. Amos 4:1 : Ps 22:12; Ezek 39:18
  2. Amos 4:1 : Amos 3:9; 6:1
  3. Amos 4:1 : Amos 5:11; 8:6
  4. Amos 4:1 : Amos 2:8; 6:6
  5. Amos 4:2 : Amos 6:8; 8:7
  6. Amos 4:2 : Ps 89:35
  7. Amos 4:2 : Is 37:29; Ezek 38:4
  8. Amos 4:2 : Jer 16:16; Ezek 29:4; Hab 1:15
  9. Amos 4:3 : Jer 52:7
  10. Amos 4:4 : Num 28:3; Amos 5:21, 22
  11. Amos 4:5 : Lev 7:13
  12. Amos 4:5 : Lev 22:18-21
  13. Amos 4:5 : Jer 7:9, 10; Hos 9:1, 10
  14. Amos 4:6 : Is 3:1; Jer 14:18
  15. Amos 4:6 : Is 9:13; Jer 5:3; Hag 2:17
  16. Amos 4:7 : Deut 11:17; 2 Chr 7:13; Is 5:6
  17. Amos 4:7 : Ex 9:4, 26; 10:22, 23
  18. Amos 4:8 : 1 Kin 18:5; Jer 14:4
  19. Amos 4:8 : Ezek 4:16, 17; Hag 1:6
  20. Amos 4:8 : Jer 3:7
  21. Amos 4:9 : Deut 28:22; Hag 2:17
  22. Amos 4:9 : Joel 1:4, 7; Amos 7:1, 2
  23. Amos 4:9 : Jer 3:10
  24. Amos 4:10 : Ex 9:3; Lev 26:25; Deut 28:27, 60; Ps 78:50
  25. Amos 4:10 : Jer 11:22; 18:21; 48:15
  26. Amos 4:10 : 2 Kin 13:3, 7
  27. Amos 4:10 : Joel 2:20
  28. Amos 4:10 : Is 9:13
  29. Amos 4:11 : Gen 19:24, 25; Deut 29:23; Is 13:19
  30. Amos 4:11 : Zech 3:2
  31. Amos 4:11 : Jer 23:14
  32. Amos 4:12 : Is 32:11; 64:2; Jer 5:22
  33. Amos 4:13 : Job 38:4-7; Ps 65:6; Is 40:12
  34. Amos 4:13 : Ps 135:7; Jer 10:13
  35. Amos 4:13 : Dan 2:28, 30
  36. Amos 4:13 : Jer 13:16; Joel 2:2; Amos 5:8
  37. Amos 4:13 : Mic 1:3
  38. Amos 4:13 : Is 47:4; Jer 10:16; Amos 5:8, 27; 9:6

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