Amos 4:6–11

GOD’S DISCIPLINE AND ISRAEL’S APOSTASY

⁶I gave you absolutely nothing to eat^Aao

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.

⁷I also withheld the rain from you^aq

while there were still three months until harvest.

I sent rain on one city

but no rain on another.^ar

One field received rain

while a field with no rain withered.^a

⁸Two or three cities staggered

to another city to drink water^b

but were not satisfied,^c

yet you did not return^d to me.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

⁹I struck you with blight and mildew;^e

the locust devoured^f

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.

¹⁰I 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.

¹¹I overthrew some of you

as I^B overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,ⁿ

and you were like a burning stick

snatched from a fire,^o

yet you did not return to me^p—

This is the Lord’s declaration.