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New American Standard Bible 2020

Amos 4

“Yet You Have Not Returned to Me”

1Hear this word, you 1cows of 2Bashan who are on the 3mountain of Samaria, Who 4exploit the poor, who oppress the needy, 5And say to their 6husbands, “Bring now, that we may 7drink!”2The Lord 8God has 9sworn by His 10holiness, “For behold, the days are coming upon you When 11they will take you away with 12meat hooks, And the last of you with 13fish hooks.3You will 14go out through holes in the walls, One in front of the other, And you 15will be hurled to Harmon,” declares the Lord.

4“Enter Bethel and do wrong; In Gilgal multiply wrongdoing! 16Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days.517Offer a 18thanksgiving offering also from that which is leavened, And proclaim 1920voluntary offerings, make them known. For so you 21love to do, you sons of Israel,” Declares the Lord God.

6“But I gave you also 22cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And lack of bread in all your places; Yet you have 23not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.7“Furthermore, I 24withheld the rain from you While there were still three months until harvest. Then I would send rain on one city, But on 25another city I would not send rain; One part would be rained on, While the part not rained on would dry up.8So the people of two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink 26water, But would 27not be satisfied; Yet you have 28not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.9“I 29struck you with scorching wind and mildew; The 30caterpillar was devouring Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees; Yet you have 31not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.10“I sent a 32plague among you 33as in Egypt; I 34killed your young men with the sword, along with your 35captured horses, And I made the 36stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils; Yet you have 37not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.11“I overthrew you, as 38God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a 39log snatched from a fire; Yet you have 40not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.12“Therefore so I will do to you, Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to 41meet your God, Israel.”13For behold, He who 42forms mountains and 43creates the wind, And 44declares to a person what are His thoughts, He who 45makes dawn into darkness And 46treads on the high places of the earth, 47The Lord God of armies is His name.

Notes

  1. 1. Amos 4:1 I.e., haughty, prominent women ↩
  2. 2. Amos 4:1 Ps 22:12; Ezek 39:18 ↩
  3. 3. Amos 4:1 Amos 3:9; 6:1 ↩
  4. 4. Amos 4:1 Amos 5:11; 8:6 ↩
  5. 5. Amos 4:1 Lit Who ↩
  6. 6. Amos 4:1 Lit lords ↩
  7. 7. Amos 4:1 Amos 2:8; 6:6 ↩
  8. 8. Amos 4:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch ↩
  9. 9. Amos 4:2 Amos 6:8; 8:7 ↩
  10. 10. Amos 4:2 Ps 89:35 ↩
  11. 11. Amos 4:2 Lit he ↩
  12. 12. Amos 4:2 Is 37:29; Ezek 38:4 ↩
  13. 13. Amos 4:2 Jer 16:16; Ezek 29:4; Hab 1:15 ↩
  14. 14. Amos 4:3 Jer 52:7 ↩
  15. 15. Amos 4:3 As in LXX; MT will hurl ↩
  16. 16. Amos 4:4 Num 28:3; Amos 5:21, 22 ↩
  17. 17. Amos 4:5 Lit Offer up in smoke ↩
  18. 18. Amos 4:5 Lev 7:13 ↩
  19. 19. Amos 4:5 Lev 22:18-21 ↩
  20. 20. Amos 4:5 Or freewill offerings ↩
  21. 21. Amos 4:5 Jer 7:9, 10; Hos 9:1, 10 ↩
  22. 22. Amos 4:6 Is 3:1; Jer 14:18 ↩
  23. 23. Amos 4:6 Is 9:13; Jer 5:3; Hag 2:17 ↩
  24. 24. Amos 4:7 Deut 11:17; 2 Chr 7:13; Is 5:6 ↩
  25. 25. Amos 4:7 Ex 9:4, 26; 10:22, 23 ↩
  26. 26. Amos 4:8 1 Kin 18:5; Jer 14:4 ↩
  27. 27. Amos 4:8 Ezek 4:16, 17; Hag 1:6 ↩
  28. 28. Amos 4:8 Jer 3:7 ↩
  29. 29. Amos 4:9 Deut 28:22; Hag 2:17 ↩
  30. 30. Amos 4:9 Joel 1:4, 7; Amos 7:1, 2 ↩
  31. 31. Amos 4:9 Jer 3:10 ↩
  32. 32. Amos 4:10 Ex 9:3; Lev 26:25; Deut 28:27, 60; Ps 78:50 ↩
  33. 33. Amos 4:10 Lit in the way of Egypt ↩
  34. 34. Amos 4:10 Jer 11:22; 18:21; 48:15 ↩
  35. 35. Amos 4:10 2 Kin 13:3, 7 ↩
  36. 36. Amos 4:10 Joel 2:20 ↩
  37. 37. Amos 4:10 Is 9:13 ↩
  38. 38. Amos 4:11 Gen 19:24, 25; Deut 29:23; Is 13:19 ↩
  39. 39. Amos 4:11 Zech 3:2 ↩
  40. 40. Amos 4:11 Jer 23:14 ↩
  41. 41. Amos 4:12 Is 32:11; 64:2; Jer 5:22 ↩
  42. 42. Amos 4:13 Job 38:4-7; Ps 65:6; Is 40:12 ↩
  43. 43. Amos 4:13 Ps 135:7; Jer 10:13 ↩
  44. 44. Amos 4:13 Dan 2:28, 30 ↩
  45. 45. Amos 4:13 Jer 13:16; Joel 2:2; Amos 5:8 ↩
  46. 46. Amos 4:13 Mic 1:3 ↩
  47. 47. Amos 4:13 Is 47:4; Jer 10:16; Amos 5:8, 27; 9:6 ↩

Commentaries on Amos 4

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