Amos 4  Legacy Standard Bible

⁴ “Enter Bethel and transgress;
In Gilgal multiply transgression!
^(J)Bring your sacrifices every morning,
Your tithes every three days.
^5 [d]And offer a ^(K)thank offering also from that which is leavened,
And call for ^(L)freewill offerings; cause them to be heard about.
For so you ^(M)love to do, you sons of Israel,”
Declares Lord Yahweh.

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 Yahweh.
⁷ “And I also ^(P)withheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city,
And on ^(Q)another city I would not send rain;
One portion would be rained on,
While the portion not rained on would dry up.
⁸ So two or three cities would wander around to another city to drink ^(R)water,
But would ^(S)not be satisfied;
Yet you have ^(T)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
⁹ “I ^(U)struck you with scorching wind and mildew;
And the ^(V)gnawing locust was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees;
Yet you have ^(W)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
¹⁰ “I sent a ^(X)pestilence among you after the manner of Egypt;
I ^(Y)killed your choice men by the sword along with your ^(Z)captured horses,
And I made the ^(AA)stench of your camp rise up even in your nostrils;
Yet you have ^(AB)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
¹¹ “I overthrew you as ^(AC)God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a ^(AD)firebrand ^[e]delivered from a blaze;
Yet you have ^(AE)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
¹² “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
Prepare to ^(AF)meet your God, O Israel.”
¹³ For behold, He who ^(AG)forms mountains and ^(AH)creates the wind
And ^(AI)declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who ^(AJ)makes dawn into gloom
And ^(AK)treads on the high places of the earth,
^(AL)Yahweh God of hosts is His name.