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You will go straight out of the city
    through holes in the walls.
    And you will be thrown on the garbage dump,” says the Lord.

“Go to the city of Bethel and sin.
    Go to Gilgal and sin even more.
Offer your sacrifices every morning.
    Bring one-tenth of your crops on the third day.
Offer bread made with yeast as a sacrifice to show your thanks.
    And brag about the offerings you bring to show thanks to the Lord.
Brag about these things, Israelites.
    This is what you love to do,” says the Lord God.

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You will each go straight out
    through breaches in the wall,(A)
    and you will be cast out toward Harmon,[a]
declares the Lord.
“Go to Bethel(B) and sin;
    go to Gilgal(C) and sin yet more.
Bring your sacrifices every morning,(D)
    your tithes(E) every three years.[b](F)
Burn leavened bread(G) as a thank offering
    and brag about your freewill offerings(H)
boast about them, you Israelites,
    for this is what you love to do,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:3 Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew (see Septuagint) out, you mountain of oppression
  2. Amos 4:4 Or days