Amo 4 | NASB1995 | STEP | Hear this word , you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria , Who oppress the poor , who crush the needy , Who say to your husbands , “ Bring now, that we may drink !”

Amos 4

“Yet You Have Not Returned to Me”

1 Hear this word, you cows of ^aBashan who are on the ^bmountain of Samaria,
Who ^coppress the poor, who crush the needy,
Who say to ^{▼▼ Lit their lords}your husbands, “Bring now, that we may ^edrink!”
2 The Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord , and so throughout the ch}God has ^gsworn by His ^hholiness,
“Behold, the days are coming upon you
When ^{▼▼ Lit he}they will take you away with ^jmeat hooks,
And the last of you with ^kfish hooks.
3 “You will ^lgo out through breaches in the walls,
Each one straight before her,
And you ^{▼▼ So Gr; M.T. reads will cast}will be cast to Harmon,” declares the Lord.

4 “Enter Bethel and transgress;
In Gilgal multiply transgression!
ⁿBring your sacrifices every morning,
Your tithes every three days.
5 ^{▼▼ Lit Offer up in smoke}“Offer a ^pthank offering also from that which is leavened,
And proclaim ^qfreewill offerings, make them known.
For so you ^rlove to do, you sons of Israel,”
Declares the Lord God.

6 “But I gave you also ^scleanness of teeth in all your cities
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have ^tnot returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
7 “Furthermore, I ^uwithheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city
And on ^vanother city I would not send rain;
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.
8 “So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink ^wwater,
But would ^xnot be satisfied;
Yet you have ^ynot returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
9 “I ^zsmote you with scorching wind and mildew;
And the ^aacaterpillar was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;
Yet you have ^abnot returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
10 “I sent a ^acplague among you after the manner of Egypt;
I ^adslew your young men by the sword along with your ^aecaptured horses,
And I made the ^afstench of your camp rise up in your nostrils;
Yet you have ^agnot returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
11 “I overthrew you, as ^ahGod overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a ^aifirebrand snatched from a blaze;
Yet you have ^ajnot returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
12 “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
Prepare to ^akmeet your God, O Israel.”
13 For behold, He who ^alforms mountains and ^amcreates the wind
And ^andeclares to man what are His thoughts,
He who ^aomakes dawn into darkness
And ^aptreads on the high places of the earth,
^aqThe Lord God of hosts is His name.