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“I (A)struck you with scorching wind and mildew;
And the (B)gnawing locust was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees;
Yet you have (C)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
10 “I sent a (D)pestilence among you after the manner of Egypt;
I (E)killed your choice men by the sword along with your (F)captured horses,
And I made the (G)stench of your camp rise up even in your nostrils;
Yet you have (H)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.
11 “I overthrew you as (I)God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a (J)firebrand [a]delivered from a blaze;
Yet you have (K)not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:11 Or snatched

“Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
    destroying them with blight and mildew.(A)
Locusts(B) devoured your fig and olive trees,(C)
    yet you have not returned(D) to me,”
declares the Lord.

10 “I sent plagues(E) among you
    as I did to Egypt.(F)
I killed your young men(G) with the sword,
    along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench(H) of your camps,
    yet you have not returned to me,”(I)
declares the Lord.(J)

11 “I overthrew some of you
    as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.(K)
You were like a burning stick(L) snatched from the fire,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(M)

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