Amos 4

1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

2 The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

3 You will go out through broken walls, each one straight ahead of her, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,” declares the LORD.

4 “Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.

5 Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD.

6 “I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

7 “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

8 People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

9 “I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

10 “I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

11 “Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

12 “Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!

13 For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”

1 ¶ Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that [are] in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every [cow at that which is] before her; and ye shall cast [them] into the palace, saith the LORD.

4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, [and] your tithes after three years:

5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim [and] publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

6 ¶ 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.

7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when [there were] yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

8 So two [or] three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured [them]: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

11 I have overthrown [some] of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: [and] because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what [is] his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, [is] his name.

1 Hear this word, ye fat cows, which are in mount Samaria, and do wrong to the poor, and oppress the poor, and say unto your masters, Bring hither, and let us drink.

2 By his holiness hath the LORD LORD sworn, saying, Behold, the days come upon you, that they shall cast you out with fishes, and your seed with small fishes.

3 And shall go out unto the gaps, every one before him, and be cast away to Harmon, saith the LORD.

4 Come ye to Bethel, and cast out sins, and to Gilgal, that ye may do much of sinning; and bring your sacrifices in the morning, and your tithes the third day.

5 And burn incense of leaven for a sacrifice of peace offerings, and preach a freewill offering, and proclaim it: for so have ye pleasure, O children of Israel, saith the LORD GOD.

6 Therefore also have I given you idle teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places. Ye have not yet turned unto me, saith the LORD.

7 Also I restrained the rain upon you, until there were yet three months to harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another: one field was rained upon, and the other field, which was not rained upon, withered away.

8 And two or three cities went to one city to drink water, and could not find it enough. Ye have not yet turned unto me, saith the LORD.

9 I afflicted you with dry times, and with burnt grains: so also the caterpillars devoured all that grew in your gardens, and in your vineyards, and in your fig trees, and in your olive trees. Ye have not yet turned unto me, saith the LORD.

10 I sent pestilence among you, even as in Egypt; I slew your young men by the sword, and carried away your horses captive; I caused the stench of your camp to enter into your nostrils. Ye have not yet turned unto me, saith the LORD;

11 I have turned back some of you, as God turned back Sodom and Gomorrah; and ye were as a burning which is plucked out of the fire. Ye have not yet turned unto me, saith the LORD.

12 Therefore will I continue to do so unto thee, O Israel. Because I will do so unto thee, send thee, O Israel, and meet thy God.

13 For, behold, he it is that maketh the mountains, and maketh the wind, and teacheth a man speech. He maketh the dawn and the darkness; he treadeth upon the high places of the earth: his name is LORD God of hosts.