Amos 4:6

Good News Translation

“I was the one who brought famine to all your cities, yet you did not come back to me.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:1

A prophet named Elijah, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to King Ahab, “In the name of the Lord, the living God of Israel, whom I serve, I tell you that there will be no dew or rain for the next two or three years until I say so.”

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah started out. The famine in Samaria was at its worst,

2 Kings 4:38

Once, when there was a famine throughout the land, Elisha returned to Gilgal. While he was teaching a group of prophets, he told his servant to put a big pot on the fire and make some stew for them.

2 Kings 8:1

Now Elisha had told the woman who lived in Shunem, whose son he had brought back to life, that the Lord was sending a famine on the land, which would last for seven years, and that she should leave with her family and go and live somewhere else.

2 Chronicles 28:22

When his troubles were at their worst, that man Ahaz sinned against the Lord more than ever.

Isaiah 26:11

Your enemies do not know that you will punish them. Lord, put them to shame and let them suffer; let them suffer the punishment you have prepared. Show them how much you love your people.

Isaiah 3:1

Now the Lord, the Almighty Lord, is about to take away from Jerusalem and Judah everything and everyone that the people depend on. He is going to take away their food and their water,

Isaiah 9:12

Syria on the east and Philistia on the west have opened their mouths to devour Israel. Yet even so the Lord's anger is not ended; his hand is still stretched out to punish.

Isaiah 9:13

The people of Israel have not repented; even though the Lord Almighty has punished them, they have not returned to him.

Jeremiah 14:18

When I go out in the fields, I see the bodies of men killed in war; when I go into the towns, I see people starving to death. Prophets and priests carry on their work, but they don't know what they are doing.”

Jeremiah 5:3

Surely the Lord looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention; he crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.

Ezekiel 14:21

This is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: “I will send my four worst punishments on Jerusalem—war, famine, wild animals, and disease—to destroy people and animals alike.

Ezekiel 16:27

“Now I have raised my hand to punish you and to take away your share of my blessing. I have handed you over to the Philistines, who hate you and are disgusted with your immoral actions.

Hosea 11:5

“They refuse to return to me, and so they must return to Egypt, and Assyria will rule them.

Hosea 5:15

“I will abandon my people until they have suffered enough for their sins and come looking for me. Perhaps in their suffering they will try to find me.”

Joel 1:16

We look on helpless as our crops are destroyed. There is no joy in the Temple of our God.

Leviticus 26:23

“If after all of this punishment you still do not listen to me, but continue to defy me,

Leviticus 26:26

I will cut off your food supply, so that ten women will need only one oven to bake all the bread they have. They will ration it out, and when you have eaten it all, you will still be hungry.

Haggai 2:17

I sent scorching winds and hail to ruin everything you tried to grow, but still you did not repent.

Deuteronomy 28:38

“You will plant plenty of seed, but reap only a small harvest, because the locusts will eat your crops.

Revelation 2:21

I have given her time to repent of her sins, but she does not want to turn from her immorality.

Ruth 1:1

Long ago, in the days before Israel had a king, there was a famine in the land. So a man named Elimelech, who belonged to the clan of Ephrath and who lived in Bethlehem in Judah, went with his wife Naomi and their two sons Mahlon and Chilion to live for a while in the country of Moab. While they were living there,