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Amos, 4

1. Listen to this word, you fat cows that are on the mountain of Samaria, you who make false accusations against the destitute and crush the poor, who say to your nobles, “Bring, and we will drink.”

Versi relativi a Amos, 4:

Chapter 4 of the book of Amos is a message of rebuke to Israel for its disobedience and lack of repentance. God brings several accusations against the people, showing that He had disciplined them in various ways to turn to them, but they persisted in their wicked ways. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Amos 4:

Amos 4:6- "I gave them a scarce cereal in all cities, lack of bread in all their villages, and yet you didn't go back to me," God shows how he had tried to get Israel's attention through scarcity. of food, but still the people did not repent of their ways.

Amos 4:8- "But yet you have not come back to me," God continues to show how she had sent plagues and pests about the people, but they still did not repent and came back to him.

Amos 4:12- "So I will do you, O Israel! And because I will do this, get you, O Israel, to meet you with your God," God warns the people of Israel that if they continue in their wicked paths, he will discipline them even more severely.

Amos 4:13- "For he is the one who forms the hills, who creates the wind, and who declares to the human being what his thought is; God of hosts is His name, "God shows His power and authority over all things, including the life and destiny of Israel.

Amos 4:14- "Seek good and not evil, that you may live; and thus the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you say," God urges Israel to seek good and avoid evil, showing that only So he will be with them and bless their lives.





“No tumulto das paixões terrenas e das adversidades, surge a grande esperança da misericórdia inexorável de Deus. Corramos confiantes ao tribunal da penitência onde Ele, com ansiedade paterna, espera-nos a todo instante.” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina