Amos 4:6–11
GOD’S DISCIPLINE AND ISRAEL’S APOSTASY
6 I gave you absolutely nothing to eatE,ao
in all your cities,
a shortage of food in all your communities,
yet you did not return to me.ap
This is the Lord’s declaration.
7 I also withheld the rain from youaq
while there were still three months until harvest.
I sent rain on one city
but no rain on another.ar
while a field with no rain withered.a
8 Two or three cities staggered
to another city to drink waterb
but were not satisfied,c
yet you did not returnd to me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
9 I struck you with blight and mildew;e
the locust devouredf
your many gardens and vineyards,
your fig trees and olive trees,g
yet you did not return to me.h
This is the Lord’s declaration.
10 I sent plagues like those of Egypt;i
I killed your young men with the sword,j
along with your captured horses.k
I caused the stench of your camp
to fill your nostrils,l
yet you did not return to me.m
This is the Lord’s declaration.
as IA overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,n
and you were like a burning stick
snatched from a fire,o
yet you did not return to mep—
This is the Lord’s declaration.