Amo 4:6-11 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Amos 4:6-11: 4:6-11 God sent natural disasters to bring his people to repentance, but each time they failed to respond in any sincere manner. Amos ends the account of each disaster with the refrain, “But still you would not return to me,” says the Lord .

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b4:10►

cExod 7:14–12:30►

d9:2-3►

ePs 91:6►

fHab 3:5►

gDeut 28:27►

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i4:11►

j4:10►

k4:12►

lGen 19:24-25►

‏ Amos 4:6-11

Summary for Amos 4:6-11: 4:6-11 ^a God sent natural disasters to bring his people to repentance, but each time they failed to respond in any sincere manner. Amos ends the account of each disaster with the refrain, “But still you would not return to me,” says the Lord.
4:10 ^b God had used plagues to convince Egypt to let Israel go (Exod 7:14–12:30 ^c; 9:2-3 ^d; Ps 91:6 ^e; Hab 3:5 ^f); he promised to bring the plagues of Egypt on Israel if they continued to turn away from him to worship pagan gods (Deut 28:27 ^g, 60 ^h).
4:11 ⁱ As with the plagues on Egypt (4:10 ^j), the plagues on Israel increased in magnitude and intensity (cp. 4:12 ^k).

• as I destroyed: The thought that God would treat his own people in the same way as he had treated Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen 19:24-25 ^l) was shocking to their theology.