Amos 4
1
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress
the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords: 'Bring, that we may feast.'
2
The Lord GOD hath sworn by His holiness: Lo, surely the days shall come upon you,
that ye shall be taken away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks.
3
And ye shall go out at the breaches, every one straight before her; and ye shall be
cast into Harmon, saith the LORD.
4
Come to Beth-el, and transgress, to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; and bring
your sacrifices in the morning, and your tithes after three days;
5
And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill-offerings
and publish them; for so ye love to do, 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 I also 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, and were not satisfied;
yet have ye not returned unto Me, saith the LORD.
9
I have smitten you with blasting and mildew; the multitude of your gardens and your
vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive- trees hath the palmer-worm devoured;
yet have ye not returned unto Me, saith the LORD.
10
I have sent among you the pestilence in the way of Egypt; your young men have I slain
with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I have made the stench of your
camp to come up even into 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 brand 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; 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.