Amos 4:6

4:6 “But surely I gave ¹  you no food to eat in any of your cities;

you lacked food everywhere you live. ² 

Still you did not come back to me.”

The Lord is speaking!

Amos 4:10

4:10 “I sent against you a plague like one of the Egyptian plagues. ³ 

I killed your young men with the sword,

along with the horses you had captured.

I made the stench from the corpses ⁴  rise up into your nostrils.

Still you did not come back to me.”

The Lord is speaking!

[4:6]  ¹ tn The Hebrew construction is emphatic (pronoun + verb). It underscores the stark contrast between the judgments that the Lord had been sending with the God of blessing Israel was celebrating in its worship (4:4-5).

[4:6]  ² tn Heb “But I gave to you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of food in all your places.” The phrase “cleanness of teeth” is a vivid way of picturing the famine Israel experienced.

[4:10]  ³ tn Heb “in the manner [or “way”] of Egypt.”

[4:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “of your camps [or “armies”].”