Amos 4:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Two or three cities staggered to another to drink water but were not satisfied; Yet you did not return to me— oracle of the Lord.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:5

Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all sources of water and to all the wadies. We may find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, so that we shall not have to slaughter any of the beasts.”

Isaiah 9:12

The people do not turn back to the one who struck them, nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.

Jeremiah 23:14

But among Jerusalem’s prophets I saw something more shocking: Adultery, walking in deception, strengthening the power of the wicked, so that no one turns from evil; To me they are all like Sodom, its inhabitants like Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 3:3

Therefore the showers were withheld, the spring rain did not fall. But because you have a prostitute’s brow, you refused to be ashamed.

Jeremiah 3:7

And I thought: After she has done all this, she will return to me. But she did not return. Then, even though that traitor her sister Judah, saw

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, do your eyes not search for honesty? You struck them, but they did not flinch; you laid them low, but they refused correction; They set their faces harder than stone, and refused to return.

Hosea 11:5

He shall return to the land of Egypt, Assyria shall be his king, because they have refused to repent.

Hosea 7:10

The arrogance of Israel bears witness against him; yet they do not return to the Lord, their God, nor seek him, despite all this.

Amos 4:6

Though I made your teeth clean of food in all your cities, and made bread scarce in all your dwellings, Yet you did not return to me— oracle of the Lord.

Micah 6:14

You shall eat, without being satisfied, food that will leave you empty; What you acquire, you cannot save; what you do save, I will deliver up to the sword.

Haggai 1:6

You have sown much, but have brought in little; you have eaten, but have not been satisfied; You have drunk, but have not become intoxicated; you have clothed yourselves, but have not been warmed; And the hired worker labors for a bag full of holes.

Haggai 2:17

I struck you, and all the work of your hands, with searing wind, blight, and hail, yet you did not return to me—oracle of the Lord.