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Amos Chapter 4 (NKJV Bible)

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¹ Hear this word, you [1†]cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the [2†]poor, Who crush the needy, Who say to your husbands, “Bring wine, let us [3†]drink!”

² [4†]The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days shall come upon you When He will take you away [5†]with fishhooks, And your posterity with fishhooks.

³ [6†]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 [7†] to Bethel and transgress, At [8†]Gilgal multiply transgression; [9†]Bring your sacrifices every morning, [10†]Your tithes every three days.

⁵ [11†]Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, Proclaim and announce [12†]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; [13†]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 [14†] blasted you with blight and mildew. When your gardens increased, Your vineyards, Your fig trees, And your olive trees, [15†]The locust devoured them; Yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the LORD.

¹⁰ “I sent among you a plague [16†]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 [17†]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, [18†]Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”

¹³ For behold, He who forms mountains, And creates the wind, [19†]Who declares to man what his thought is, And makes the morning darkness, [20†]Who treads the high places of the earth— [21†]The LORD God of hosts is His name.

#	NKJV Bible
1	Hear this word, you [1†]cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the [2†]poor, Who crush the needy, Who say to your husbands, “Bring wine, let us [3†]drink!”
2	[4†]The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days shall come upon you When He will take you away [5†]with fishhooks, And your posterity with fishhooks.
3	[6†]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 [7†] to Bethel and transgress, At [8†]Gilgal multiply transgression; [9†]Bring your sacrifices every morning, [10†]Your tithes every three days.
5	[11†]Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, Proclaim and announce [12†]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; [13†]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 [14†] blasted you with blight and mildew. When your gardens increased, Your vineyards, Your fig trees, And your olive trees, [15†]The locust devoured them; Yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the LORD.
10	“I sent among you a plague [16†]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 [17†]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, [18†]Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
13	For behold, He who forms mountains, And creates the wind, [19†]Who declares to man what his thought is, And makes the morning darkness, [20†]Who treads the high places of the earth— [21†]The LORD God of hosts is His name.