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Amos 4:4

Amos 4:4

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Come: A bitter irony and sarcasm, addressed to the idolatrous Israelites. Amos 3:14; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Ezekiel 20:39; Joel 3:9-12; Matthew 23:32, Matthew 26:45; Mark 14:41

at Gilgal: Amos 5:5; Hosea 4:15, Hosea 9:15, Hosea 12:11

and bring: Numbers 28:3-4

and your: Deuteronomy 14:28-29, Deuteronomy 26:12

three years: Heb. three years of days

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