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so two or three cities wandered to one city
    to drink water, and were not satisfied;
yet you did not return to me,”
                says the Lord.

“I smote you with blight and mildew;
    I laid waste[a] your gardens and your vineyards;
    your fig trees and your olive trees the locust devoured;
yet you did not return to me,”
                says the Lord.

10 “I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt;
    I slew your young men with the sword;
I carried away your horses;[b]
    and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils;
yet you did not return to me,”
                says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:9 Cn: Heb the multitude of
  2. Amos 4:10 Heb with the captivity of your horses

People staggered from town to town for water(A)
    but did not get enough(B) to drink,
    yet you have not returned(C) to me,”
declares the Lord.(D)

“Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
    destroying them with blight and mildew.(E)
Locusts(F) devoured your fig and olive trees,(G)
    yet you have not returned(H) to me,”
declares the Lord.

10 “I sent plagues(I) among you
    as I did to Egypt.(J)
I killed your young men(K) with the sword,
    along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench(L) of your camps,
    yet you have not returned to me,”(M)
declares the Lord.(N)

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