Amos 4:1-13 and Psalm 22:12

The Lord here showed his people the need for repentance and how he was slow to pass judgment on them.

People were oppressing the poor and bringing sacrifices that did not satisfy God. For their hearts were far from God, and thus, they would bring sacrifices that were leavened, and it was an act of mockery before God.

When we repent, God reroutes our lives. He picks us up where we left off in our walk with him and guides us on a new trajectory, where the final goal is our viewing of him for eternity.