Amo 4:11 | NET2full | STEP | “I overthrew some of you the way God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah . You were like a burning stick snatched from the flames . Still you did not come back to me.” The Lord is speaking .

‏ Amos 4:11

11 “I overthrew some of you the way God ^{▼▼tn Several English versions substitute the first person pronoun (“I”) here for stylistic reasons (e.g., NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).} overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. ^{▼▼tn Heb “like God’s overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah.” The divine name may be used in an idiomatic superlative sense here, in which case one might translate, “like the great [or “disastrous”] overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah.”} ^{▼▼sn The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is described in Gen 19:1-29.}
You were like a burning stick ^{▼▼tn Heb “like that which is burning.”} snatched from the flames.
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking.