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Amos 4:6

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KJV ORIGINAL

And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

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I let you go hungry in every city — left you with nothing to eat, teeth clean because there was no food to chew. But even then, you didn't come back to me, says the Lord.

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God allowed hunger to get their attention, but they still wouldn't turn back to him.

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