Amos 4:4-13 ▼

4 “Go to Bethel (house of God) and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal (a wheel)! Bring your⁺ sacrifices every morning, your⁺ tithes every three days (years).

5 Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your⁺ freewill offerings. For that is what you⁺ children of Israel (he wrestles with God) love to do,” declares the Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH}.

6 “I afflicted all your⁺ cities with cleanness of teeth (with empty stomachs) and all your⁺ towns with lack of bread, yet you⁺ did not return to Me,” declares the LORD {YHWH}.

7 “I also withheld the rain from you⁺ when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

8 People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you⁺ did not return to Me,” declares the LORD {YHWH}.

9 “I struck you⁺ with blight and mildew in your⁺ growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your⁺ fig and olive trees, yet you⁺ did not return to Me,” declares the LORD {YHWH}.

10 “I sent plagues among you⁺ like those of Egypt (land of bondage); I killed your⁺ young men with the sword, along with your⁺ captured horses. I filled your⁺ nostrils with the stench of your⁺ camp, yet you⁺ did not return to Me,” declares the LORD {YHWH}.

11 “Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom (burning) and Gomorrah (submersion), and you⁺ were like a firebrand (a burning stick) snatched from a blaze, yet you⁺ did not return to Me,” declares the LORD {YHWH}.

12 “Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel (he wrestles with God), and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God {Eloheka}, O Israel!

13 For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind {ruach} and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God {YHWH Elohe} of Hosts, is His name.”