Amos 4:1-9 ▼

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

2 The Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH} 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 (possibly Mount Hermon), declares the LORD {YHWH}.

4 “Go to Bethel (house of God) and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal (a wheel)! Bring your⁺ sacrifices every morning, your⁺ tithes every three days (years).

5 Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your⁺ freewill offerings. For that is what you⁺ children of Israel (he wrestles with God) love to do,” declares the Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH}.

6 “I afflicted all your⁺ cities with cleanness of teeth (with empty stomachs) and all your⁺ towns with lack of bread, yet you⁺ did not return to Me,” declares the LORD {YHWH}.

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 {YHWH}.

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 {YHWH}.