Amos 4 CEVUK00

The women of Samaria

1 You women of Samariaare fat cows!You ill-treat and abusethe poor and needy,then you say to your husbands,“Bring us more drinks!”

2 I, the Lord God, have swornby my own namethat your time is coming.Not one of you will be left—you will be taken awayby sharp hooks.

3 You will be dragged through holesin your city walls,and you will be throwntowards Harmon.I, the Lord, have spoken!

Israel refuses to obey

4 Come to Bethel and Gilgal.Sin all you want!Offer sacrifices the next morningand bring a tenth of your cropson the third day.

5 Bring offerings to show mehow thankful you are.Gladly bring more offeringsthan I have demanded.You really love to do this.I, the Lord God, have spoken!

How the Lord warned Israel

6 I, the Lord, took away the foodfrom every town and village,but still you rejected me.

7 Three months before harvest,I kept back the rain.Sometimes I would let it fallon one town or fieldbut not on another,and pastures dried up.

8 People from two or three townswould go to a townthat still had water,but it wasn't enough.Even then you rejected me.I, the Lord, have spoken!

9 I dried up your grain fields;your gardens and vineyardsturned brown.Locusts ate your fig treesand olive orchards,but even then you rejected me.I, the Lord, have spoken!

10 I did terrible things to you,just as I did to Egypt—I killed your young men in war;I let your horses be stolen,and I made your camp stinkwith dead bodies.Even then you rejected me.I, the Lord, have spoken!

11 I destroyed many of you,just as I did the citiesof Sodom and Gomorrah.You were a burning stickI rescued from the fire.Even then you rejected me.I, the Lord, have spoken!

12 Now, Israel, I myselfwill deal with you.Get ready to face your God!

13 I created the mountainsand the wind.I let humans knowwhat I am thinking.I bring darkness at dawnand step over hills.I am the Lord God All-Powerful!

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