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“People of Samaria, go to Bethel and sin!
    Go to Gilgal! Sin there even more!
Bring your sacrifices every morning.
    Every third year, bring a tenth
    of everything you produce.
Bake some bread with yeast.
    Burn it as a thank offering.
Brag about the offerings you freely give.
    This is what you Israelites love to do,”
    announces the Lord and King.

“I made sure your stomachs were empty in every city.
    You did not have enough bread in any of your towns.
In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,”
    announces the Lord.

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“Go to Bethel(A) and sin;
    go to Gilgal(B) and sin yet more.
Bring your sacrifices every morning,(C)
    your tithes(D) every three years.[a](E)
Burn leavened bread(F) as a thank offering
    and brag about your freewill offerings(G)
boast about them, you Israelites,
    for this is what you love to do,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.

“I gave you empty stomachs in every city
    and lack of bread in every town,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:4 Or days