Today is the 11th day of December. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I'm Brian. It is wonderful,

fantastic, a joy, a privilege, our honor, it's wonderful to be here around the global

campfire with you today as we gather together and move forward together.

So let's take that next step.

Of course, we'll be picking up where we left off.

And that leads us back into the book of Amos today.

And we'll read Amos, chapters four, five, and six.

Hear this word, you cows on the fertile pastures of Bishan, who grow fat and happy on the hillsides of Samaria,

who oppress the poor and destroy the needy while you order your husbands to do

your own work.

The Eternal Lord is made a vow by His own holiness. The day will come when your enemy will drag you away with

hooks like sides of beef, will subdue you with fish hooks each and every one of

you. You'll be forced to leave through breached walls, each one of

you taken straight out and cast into Harmon a place of exile.

I dare you. Come to my shrine at Bethlehem do wrong.

Come worship me at Gilgal and watch your sins multiply.

Go ahead. Bring your ritual sacrifices there every morning and 10% of your earnings every three days.

Burn a Thanksgiving offering of leavened bread. Boast about free will offerings, and let everyone know because these things

are what you love to do, people of Israel.

So says the Eternal Lord, I kept your teeth clean and your stomachs empty when famine struck all your

cities and no food could be found in your towns but still you did not come

back to me.

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