Amos 4:4-6

Good News Translation

Israel's Failure to Learn

⁴ The Sovereign Lord says, “People of Israel, go to the holy place in Bethel and sin, if you must! Go to Gilgal and sin with all your might! Go ahead and bring animals to be sacrificed morning after morning, and bring your tithes every third day. ⁵ Go on and offer your bread in thanksgiving to God, and brag about the extra offerings you bring! This is the kind of thing you love to do.

^6 (A)“I was the one who brought famine to all your cities, yet you did not come back to me.