Amo 4 | NASB2020 | STEP | Hear this word , you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria , Who exploit the poor , who oppress the needy , And say to their husbands , “ Bring now, that we may drink !”

Amos 4

“Yet You Have Not Returned to Me”

1 Hear this word, you ^{▼▼I.e., haughty, prominent women}cows of ^bBashan who are on the ^cmountain of Samaria,
Who ^dexploit the poor, who oppress the needy,
^{▼▼Lit Who}And say to their ^{▼▼Lit lords}husbands, “Bring now, that we may ^gdrink!”
2 The Lord ^{▼▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch}God has ⁱsworn by His ^jholiness,
“For behold, the days are coming upon you
When ^{▼▼Lit he}they will take you away with ^lmeat hooks,
And the last of you with ^mfish hooks.
3 “You will ⁿgo out through holes in the walls,
One in front of the other,
And you ^{▼▼As in LXX; MT will hurl}will be hurled to Harmon,” declares the Lord.

4 “Enter Bethel and do wrong;
In Gilgal multiply wrongdoing!
^pBring your sacrifices every morning,
Your tithes every three days.
5 “ ^{▼▼Lit Offer up in smoke}Offer a ^rthanksgiving offering also from that which is leavened,
And proclaim ^{s
,} ^{▼▼Or freewill offerings}voluntary offerings, make them known.
For so you ^ulove to do, you sons of Israel,”
Declares the Lord God.

6 “But I gave you also ^vcleanness of teeth in all your cities,
And lack of bread in all your places;
Yet you have ^wnot returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
7 “Furthermore, I ^xwithheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city,
But on ^yanother city I would not send rain;
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.
8 “So the people of two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink ^zwater,
But would ^aanot be satisfied;
Yet you have ^abnot returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
9 “I ^acstruck you with scorching wind and mildew;
The ^adcaterpillar was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;
Yet you have ^aenot returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
10 “I sent a ^afplague among you ^{▼▼Lit in the way of Egypt}as in Egypt;
I ^ahkilled your young men with the sword, along with your ^aicaptured horses,
And I made the ^ajstench of your camp rise up in your nostrils;
Yet you have ^aknot returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
11 “I overthrew you, as ^alGod overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a ^amlog snatched from a fire;
Yet you have ^annot returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
12 “Therefore so I will do to you, Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
Prepare to ^aomeet your God, Israel.”
13 For behold, He who ^apforms mountains and ^aqcreates the wind,
And ^ardeclares to a person what are His thoughts,
He who ^asmakes dawn into darkness
And ^attreads on the high places of the earth,
^auThe Lord God of armies is His name.