1 "Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the mountain of Sama'ria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their husbands, `Bring, that we may drink!'
2 The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness that, behold, the days are coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishhooks.
3 And you shall go out through the breaches, every one straight before her; and you shall be cast forth into Harmon," says the LORD.
4 "Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days;
5 offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them; for so you love to do, O people of Israel!" says the Lord GOD.
6 "I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to me," says the LORD.
7 "And I also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest; I would send rain upon one city, and send no rain upon another city; one field would be rained upon, and the field on which it did not rain withered;
8 so two or three cities wandered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied; yet you did not return to me," says the LORD.
9 "I smote you with blight and mildew; I laid waste your gardens and your vineyards; your fig trees and your olive trees the locust devoured; yet you did not return to me," says the LORD.
10 "I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt; I slew your young men with the sword; I carried away your horses; and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils; yet you did not return to me," says the LORD.
11 "I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomor'rah, and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet you did not return to me," says the LORD.
12 "Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!"
13 For lo, he who forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought; who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth -- the LORD, the God of hosts, is his name!
Versículos relacionados com Amos, 4:
Chapter 4 of the book of Amos is a message of rebuke to Israel for its disobedience and lack of repentance. God brings several accusations against the people, showing that He had disciplined them in various ways to turn to them, but they persisted in their wicked ways. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Amos 4:
Amos 4:6- "I gave them a scarce cereal in all cities, lack of bread in all their villages, and yet you didn't go back to me," God shows how he had tried to get Israel's attention through scarcity. of food, but still the people did not repent of their ways.
Amos 4:8- "But yet you have not come back to me," God continues to show how she had sent plagues and pests about the people, but they still did not repent and came back to him.
Amos 4:12- "So I will do you, O Israel! And because I will do this, get you, O Israel, to meet you with your God," God warns the people of Israel that if they continue in their wicked paths, he will discipline them even more severely.
Amos 4:13- "For he is the one who forms the hills, who creates the wind, and who declares to the human being what his thought is; God of hosts is His name, "God shows His power and authority over all things, including the life and destiny of Israel.
Amos 4:14- "Seek good and not evil, that you may live; and thus the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you say," God urges Israel to seek good and avoid evil, showing that only So he will be with them and bless their lives.
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