1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that [are] in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every [cow at that which is] before her; and ye shall cast [them] into the palace, saith the LORD.
4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, [and] your tithes after three years:
5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim [and] publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when [there were] yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
8 So two [or] three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured [them]: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
11 I have overthrown [some] of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: [and] because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what [is] his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places 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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