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And you shall leave through breaches in the wall, each one in front of her. You will be dragged off toward Harmon,”[a] declares[b] Yahweh. “Come to Bethel and transgress; to Gilgal and multiply transgression![c] Bring your sacrifices in the morning and your tithes on the third day.[d] And bring a thank offering of unleavened bread, and proclaim freewill offerings, pronounce them, for so you love to do, O people[e] of Israel,” is the declaration of my Lord Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:3 The meaning of this Hebrew word is uncertain
  2. Amos 4:3 Literally “a declaration of”
  3. Amos 4:4 Literally “increase to transgress”
  4. Amos 4:4 Literally “for three of days”
  5. Amos 4:5 Literally “children”

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