LSV AMOS Chapter 4

4 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan,
Who [are] on the mountain of Samaria,
Who are oppressing the poor,
Who are bruising the needy,
Who are saying to their lords: “Bring in, and we drink.” 2 Lord YHWH has sworn by His holiness,
“Behold, days are coming on you,
And He has taken you away with hooks,
And your posterity with fish-hooks. 3 And [by] breaches you go forth,
A woman before her,
And you have cast down the high place,”
A declaration of YHWH. 4 “Enter Beth-El, and transgress,
At Gilgal multiply transgression,
And bring in your sacrifices every morning,
Your tithes every third year. 5 And burn a thank-offering with leaven as incense,
And proclaim willing gifts, sound! For so you have loved, O sons of Israel,”
A declaration of Lord YHWH. 6 “And I also—I have given to you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
And lack of bread in all your places,
And you have not turned back to Me,”
A declaration of YHWH. 7 “And I also—I have withheld from you the rain,
While yet three months to harvest,
And I have sent rain on one city,
And on another city I do not send rain,
One portion is rained on,
And the portion on which it does not rain withers. 8 And two or three cities have wandered,
To the same city to drink water,
And they are not satisfied,
And you have not turned back to Me,”
A declaration of YHWH. 9 “I have struck you with blasting and with mildew,
The abundance of your gardens and of your vineyards,
And of your figs, and of your olives,
The palmer-worm eats,
And you have not turned back to Me,”
A declaration of YHWH. 10 “I have sent among you pestilence by the way of Egypt,
I have slain your choice ones by sword,
With your captive horses,
And I cause the stink of your camps to come up—Even into your nostrils,
And you have not turned back to Me,”
A declaration of YHWH. 11 “I have overturned among you,
Like the overturn by God of Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you are as a brand delivered from a burning,
And you have not turned back to Me,”
A declaration of YHWH. 12 “Therefore, thus I do to you, O Israel, at last,
Because this I do to you,
Prepare to meet your God, O Israel.” 13 For behold, the Former of mountains, and Creator of wind,
And the Declarer to man what [is] His thought,
He is making dawn obscurity,
And is treading on high places of earth,
YHWH, God of Hosts, [is] His Name!

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