# Amos 04 đź“–
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[[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
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[[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
## đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
[[#Verse 01.]] Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria!
You oppress the poor;
you crush the needy.
You say to your husbands,
“Bring us more to drink!”
[[#Verse 02.]] The Sovereign Lord confirms this oath by his own holy character:
“Certainly the time is approaching
when you will be carried away in baskets,
every last one of you in fishermen’s pots.
[[#Verse 03.]]Â Each of you will go straight through the gaps in the walls;
you will be thrown out toward Harmon.”
The Lord is speaking.
### Israel has an Appointment with God
[[#Verse 04.]] “Go to Bethel and rebel!
At Gilgal rebel some more!
Bring your sacrifices in the morning,
your tithes on the third day!
[[#Verse 05.]]Â Burn a thank offering of bread made with yeast!
Make a public display of your voluntary offerings!
For you love to do this, you Israelites.”
The Sovereign Lord is speaking.
[[#Verse 06.]] “But surely I gave you no food to eat in all your cities;
you lacked food everywhere you lived.
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking
[[#Verse 07.]] “I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest.
I gave rain to one city, but not to another.
One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.
[[#Verse 08.]] People from two or three cities staggered into one city to get water,
but remained thirsty.
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking
[[#Verse 09.]] “I destroyed your crops with blight and disease. Locusts kept devouring your orchards, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees.
Still you did not come back to me.” The Lord is speaking
[[#Verse 10.]] “I sent against you a plague like one of the Egyptian plagues. I killed your young men with the sword,
along with the horses you had captured.
I made the stench from the corpses rise up into your nostrils.
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking
[[#Verse 11.]] “I overthrew some of you the way God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the flames.
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking
[[#Verse 12.]] “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel. Because I will do this to you,
prepare to meet your God, Israel!”
[[#Verse 13.]] For here he is! He formed the mountains and created the wind.
He reveals his plans to men.
He turns the dawn into darkness
and marches on the heights of the earth.
The Lord God of Heaven’s Armies is his name!
## ==đź“– Verse-by-Verse Commentary==
###### Overall.
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###### Verse 04.
###### Verse 05.
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###### Verse 07.
###### Verse 08.
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###### Verse 11.
###### Verse 12.
###### Verse 13.
## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
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## 🧠Chapter Summary
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- How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story?
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## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
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- đź“Ś Observation 2
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#### Today, I can apply this chapter by:
- âś… Application 1
- âś… Application 2
Make these very practical:
- "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation."
- "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular."
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- What do we learn about God here?
- What do we learn about people?
- Are there promises, commands, or warnings?
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## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
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- 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse."
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- John 1:1 and Genesis 1
- Romans 5 and Genesis 3
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## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
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- How this chapter encourages your faith,
- Convicts your heart,
- Reveals God's character.
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