You will (A)go out through holes in the walls,
One in front of the other,
And you [a]will be hurled to Harmon,” declares the Lord.

“Enter Bethel and do wrong;
In Gilgal multiply wrongdoing!
(B)Bring your sacrifices every morning,
Your tithes every three days.
[b]Offer a (C)thanksgiving offering also from that which is leavened,
And proclaim (D)[c]voluntary offerings, make them known.
For so you (E)love to do, you sons of Israel,”
Declares the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:3 As in LXX; MT will hurl
  2. Amos 4:5 Lit Offer up in smoke
  3. Amos 4:5 Or freewill offerings

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