Amos 4:8

New Century Version

People weak from thirst went from town to town for water, but they could not get enough to drink. Still you did not come back to me,” says the Lord.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:5

Ahab said to Obadiah, “Let’s check every spring and valley in the land. Maybe we can find enough grass to keep our horses and mules alive and not have to kill our animals.”

Isaiah 9:12

The Arameans came from the east and the Philistines from the west, and they ate up Israel with their armies. But the Lord was still angry; his hand was still raised to punish the people.

Jeremiah 23:14

And I have seen the prophets of Jerusalem do terrible things. They are guilty of adultery and live by lies. They encourage evil people to keep on doing evil, so the people don’t stop sinning. All of those people are like the city of Sodom. The people of Jerusalem are like the city of Gomorrah to me!”

Jeremiah 3:3

So the rain has not come, and there have not been any spring rains. But your face still looks like the face of a prostitute. You refuse even to be ashamed of what you did.

Jeremiah 3:7

I said to myself, ‘Israel will come back to me after she does this evil,’ but she didn’t come back. And Israel’s wicked sister Judah saw what she did.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, don’t you look for truth in people? You struck the people of Judah, but they didn’t feel any pain. You crushed them, but they refused to learn what is right. They became more stubborn than a rock; they refused to turn back to God.

Hosea 11:5

“The Israelites will become captives again, as they were in Egypt, and Assyria will become their king, because they refuse to turn back to God.

Hosea 7:10

Israel’s pride will cause their defeat; they will not turn back to the Lord their God or look to him for help in all this.

Amos 4:6

“I did not give you any food in your cities, and there was not enough to eat in any of your towns, but you did not come back to me,” says the Lord.

Micah 6:14

You will eat, but you won’t become full; you will still be hungry and empty. You will store up, but save nothing, and what you store up, the sword will destroy.

Haggai 1:6

You have planted much, but you harvest little. You eat, but you do not become full. You drink, but you are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but you are not warm enough. You earn money, but then you lose it all as if you had put it into a purse full of holes.”

Haggai 2:17

I destroyed your work with diseases, mildew, and hail, but you still did not come back to me,’ says the Lord.