New American Standard Bible 2020 - Amos 4 (NASB)

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Amos Chapter 4 (NASB)
1 Hear this word, you [32]cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who exploit the poor, who oppress the needy, [33]And say to their [34]husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!”
2 The Lord [35]GOD has sworn by His holiness, “For behold, the days are coming upon you When [36]they will take you away with meat hooks, And the last of you with fish hooks.
3 You will go out through holes in the walls, One in front of the other, And you [37]will be hurled to Harmon,” declares the LORD.
4 “Enter Bethel and do wrong; In Gilgal multiply wrongdoing! Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days.
5 [38]Offer a thanksgiving offering also from that which is leavened, And proclaim [39]voluntary offerings, make them known. For so you love to do, you sons of Israel,” Declares the Lord GOD.
6 “But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And lack of bread in all your places; Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD.
7 “Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you While there were still three months until harvest. Then I would send rain on one city, But on 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 water, But would not be satisfied; Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD.
9 “I struck you with scorching wind and mildew; The caterpillar was devouring Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees; Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD.
10 “I sent a plague among you [40]as in Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses, And I made the stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils; Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD.
11 “I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a log snatched from a fire; Yet you have 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 meet your God, Israel.”
13 For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind, And declares to a person what are His thoughts, He who makes dawn into darkness And treads on the high places of the earth, The LORD God of armies is His name.
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