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Amos 4

"Yet You Have Not Returned to Me"

1

Hear this word, you cows of  aBashan who are on the  bmountain of Samaria, Who  coppress the poor, who crush the needy, Who say to  1your husbands, "Bring now, that we may  ddrink!"

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The Lord  1GOD has  asworn by His  bholiness, "Behold, the days are coming upon you When  2they will take you away with  cmeat hooks, And the last of you with  dfish hooks.

3

"You will  ago out through breaches in the walls, Each one straight before her, And you  1will be cast to Harmon," declares the LORD.

4

"Enter Bethel and transgress; In Gilgal multiply transgression!  aBring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days.

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1Offer a  athank offering also from that which is leavened, And proclaim  bfreewill offerings, make them known. For so you  clove to do, you sons of Israel," Declares the Lord GOD.

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"But I gave you also  acleanness of teeth in all your cities And lack of bread in all your places, Yet you have  bnot returned to Me," declares the LORD.

7

"Furthermore, I  awithheld the rain from you While there were still three months until harvest. Then I would send rain on one city And on  banother city I would not send rain; One part would be rained on, While the part not rained on would dry up.

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"So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink  awater, But would  bnot be satisfied; Yet you have  cnot returned to Me," declares the LORD.

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"I  asmote you with scorching wind and mildew; And the  bcaterpillar was devouring Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees; Yet you have  cnot returned to Me," declares the LORD.

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"I sent a  aplague among you after the manner of Egypt; I  bslew your young men by the sword along with your  ccaptured horses, And I made the  dstench of your camp rise up in your nostrils; Yet you have  enot returned to Me," declares the LORD.

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"I overthrew you, as  aGod overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a  bfirebrand snatched from a blaze; Yet you have  cnot returned to Me," declares the LORD.

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"Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to  ameet your God, O Israel."

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For behold, He who  aforms mountains and  bcreates the wind And  cdeclares to man what are His thoughts, He who  dmakes dawn into darkness And  etreads on the high places of the earth,  fThe LORD God of hosts is His name.



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