Amus (Amos) — 4

Yashar'AL’s Failure to Learn

1 Listen to me, you fat cows living in Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, and who are always calling to your husbands, “Bring us another drink!”

2 The Sovereign 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH has sworn this by his Qadash Name: “The time will come when you will be led away with hooks in your noses, every last one of you will be dragged away like a fish on a hook!

3 You will be led out through the ruins of the wall; you will be thrown from your fortresses,” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.

4 “Go ahead and offer sacrifices to the idols at Bathal, Keep on disobeying at Gilgal, offer sacrifices each morning, and bring your tithes every three days.

5 Present your bread made with yeast as an offering of thanksgiving, then give your extra voluntary offerings so you can brag about it everywhere! This is the kind of thing you Yasharalym love to do,” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.

6 “I brought hunger to every city and famine to every town, but still you would not return to me,” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.

7 “I kept the rain from falling when your crops needed it the most, I sent rain on one town but withheld it from another, rain fell on one field, while another field withered away.

8 People staggered from town to town looking for water, but there was never enough, but still you would not return to me,” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.

9 “I struck your farms and vineyards with blight and mildew, Locusts devoured all your fig and olive trees, but still you would not return to me,” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.

10 “I sent plagues on you like the plagues I sent on Mitzraym long ago, I killed your young men in war and led all your horses away, the stench of death filled the air! But still you would not return to me,” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.

11 “I destroyed some of your cities, as I destroyed Sudum and Gumorrah, those of you who survived were like charred sticks pulled from a fire, but still you would not return to me,” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.

12 “Therefore, I will bring upon you all the disasters I have announced, Prepare to meet your 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH in judgment, you people of Yashar'AL!”

13 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH is the one who shaped the mountains, stirs up the winds, and reveals his thoughts to mankind, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH turns the light of dawn into darkness and treads on the heights of the Arath, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH  Tsaba'ut is His Name!