Amos 4:9
“I struck you with blight and mildew
What it says
God struck their fields and trees with blight, mildew, and devouring pests, yet they did not return.
What it is doing
This verse interprets agricultural collapse as a chastening mercy that went unheeded.
In context
1Hear this word, 2The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: 3You will go out through broken walls, 4“Go to Bethel and transgress; 5Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, 6“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth 7“I also withheld the rain from you 8People staggered from city to city 9“I struck you with blight and mildew 10“I sent plagues among you 11“Some of you I overthrew 12“Therefore, that is what I will do 13For behold, He who forms the mountains,