Amos

¹ grazing on the slopes of Samaria. You women! Mean to the poor, cruel to the down-and-out! Indolent and pampered, you demand of your husbands, 'Bring us a tall, cool drink!'

² Be well warned: Judgment Day is coming! They're going to rope you up and haul you off, keep the stragglers in line with cattle prods.

³ forcing you out single file, And kick you to kingdom come." God's Decree.

⁴ And then to Gilgal and sin some more! Bring your sacrifices for morning worship. Every third day bring your tithe.

⁵ Speak up—announce freewill offerings! That's the sort of religious show you Israelites just love." God's Decree.

⁶ who emptied your pantries and cleaned out your cupboards, Who left you hungry and standing in bread lines? But you never got hungry for me. You continued to ignore me." God's Decree.

⁷ three months short of harvest. I'd make it rain on one village but not on another. I'd make it rain on one field but not on another—and that one would dry up.

⁸ crazed for water and never quenching their thirst. But you never got thirsty for me. You ignored me." God's Decree.

⁹ and withered your orchards and gardens. Locusts devoured your olive and fig trees, but you continued to ignore me." God's Decree.

¹⁰ killed your choice young men and prize horses. The stink of rot in your camps was so strong that you held your noses— But you didn't notice me. You continued to ignore me." God's Decree.

¹¹ left you devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the flames. But you never looked my way. You continued to ignore me." God's Decree.

¹² and this is why I have done it. Time's up, O Israel! Prepare to meet your God!"

¹³ He laid out the whole plot before Adam. He brings everything out of nothing, like dawn out of darkness. He strides across the alpine ridges. His name is God, God-of-the-Angel-Armies.