(KJV) Amos 4¹

⥃Punishment Brings No Repentance

[1] Hear this word, ye kine² of Bashan, that [are] in the mountain³ of Samaria, which oppress⁴ the poor, which crush⁵ the needy, which say to their masters, Bring⁶, and let us drink. [2] The Lord God hath sworn⁷ by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will⁸ take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.⁹ [3] And ye shall go¹⁰ out at the breaches, every [cow at that which is] before her; and ye shall cast [them] into the palace¹¹, saith the Lord.

[4] [¶]Come¹² to Beth–el, and transgress; at Gilgal¹³ multiply transgression; and bring¹⁴ your sacrifices every morning, [and] your¹⁵ tithes after three years¹⁶: [5] And offer a sacrifice¹⁷ of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim¹⁸ [and] publish the free offerings: for¹⁹ this liketh you²⁰, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord God.

[6] And I also have given you cleanness²¹ of teeth in all your cities, and want²² of bread in all your places: yet²³ have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. [7] And also I have²⁴ withholden the rain from you, when²⁵ [there were] yet three months to the harvest: and I²⁶ caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the²⁷ piece whereupon it rained not withered. [8] So two²⁸ [or] three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but²⁹ they were not satisfied: yet³⁰ have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. [9] I have smitten you with³¹ blasting and mildew: when³² your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm³³ devoured [them]: yet³⁴ have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. [10] I have sent among you the pestilence³⁵ after the manner³⁶ of Egypt: your young³⁷ men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses³⁸; and I have made the stink³⁹ of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet⁴⁰ have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. [11] I have overthrown [some] of you, as God⁴¹ overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a⁴² firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet⁴³ have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. [12] Therefore thus⁴⁴ will I do unto thee, O Israel: [and] because I will do this unto thee, prepare⁴⁵ to meet thy God, O Israel. [13] For, lo, he that⁴⁶ formeth the mountains, and createth⁴⁷ the wind⁴⁸, and declareth⁴⁹ unto man what [is] his thought, that maketh⁵⁰ the morning darkness, and treadeth⁵¹ upon the high places of the earth, The Lord⁵², The God of hosts, [is] his name.