OET AMOS chapter 4

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4 Listen to this message, you women like the cows of Bashan on Shomron’s mountain—

you who oppress the poor,

≈you who crush the needy,

you who say to your husbands,

“Bring us drinks.”

2 My master Yahweh has sworn by his own sinlessness saying,

“Listen, the time will come

when they’ll take you all away with hooks—

≈the last of you with fish-hooks.

3 You’ll all be taken straight out through breaks in the city wall,

and you’ll be thrown out toward Harmon.

That is Yahweh’s declaration.”

4:4 The arguing of Israelis

4 “Go to the worship centre at Beyt-El and sin,

≈to the one at Gilgal and multiply sin.

Bring your sacrifices every morning,

≈your tithes every three days.

5 Offer a thanksgiving sacrifice with bread.

≈Proclaim freewill offerings.

≈Announce them,

because that pleases you, you Israelis.

That’s my master Yahweh’s declaration.

6 I also gave you empty stomachs in all your cities

and lack of bread in all your places.

Yet you all haven’t returned to me.

That is Yahweh’s declaration.

7 I also withheld rain from you

when there were still three months to the harvest.

I made it rain on one city,

and didn’t send rain to some another city.

One piece of land was rained on,

but the piece of land where he didn’t send rain, dried up.

8 People from two or three cities staggered to another city to drink water,

but still weren’t able to get enough.

Yet you all haven’t returned to me.

That is Yahweh’s declaration.

9 I ruined your crops with blight and mildew.

The multitude of your gardens and your vineyards,

your fig trees and your olive trees,

were all devastated by the locusts.

Yet you all haven’t returned to me.

That is Yahweh’s declaration.

10 I sent a plague on you similar to what I did in Egypt (Heb. Mitsrayim).

I killed your young men with the sword, carried away your horses,

and made the stench of your camp reach your noses.

Yet you all haven’t returned to me.

That is Yahweh’s declaration.

11 I overthrew cities among you, just like when God overthrew Sodom and Amorah (Gomorrah).[ref]

You were like a burning stick snatched out of the fire.

Yet you all haven’t returned to me.

That is Yahweh’s declaration.

12 Therefore I’ll do something terrible to you, Yisrael,

and because I’ll do something terrible to you,

prepare to meet your God, Yisrael.

13 Now listen. He who formed the mountains and created the wind

reveals his thoughts to humanity,

makes the morning darkness,

and walks around the highest places in this world.

Army commander God, Yahweh, is his name.”

4:11: Gen 19:24.

4 Come Bēyt- el and_transgress the_Gilgāl increase to_transgression and_bring in _the_morning sacrifices _of_your _all’s on_three _of days tithes _of_your _all’s.
5 And_offer of_leavened _bread a _thank-offering and_proclaim freewill _offerings make_them_heard if/because thus you _all _love Oh _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) the _utterance _of my_master YHWH.
6 And_also I I _gave to/for_you _all cleanness _of teeth in_all cities _of_your _all’s and_lack _of bread in/on/at/with_all _of places _of_your _all’s and_not you _all _returned to_me the _utterance _of YHWH.
7 And_also I I _withheld from_you _all DOM the_rain in/on/at/with_still three months to _the_harvest and_send _rain on a _city one and_on a _city one not I _sent _rain a _portion _of _ground one it _was _rained _on and_field which not it _sent _rain on/upon_it(f) it _dried _up.
8 And_wandered two three cities to a _city one to_ water _drink and_not they _were _satisfied and_not you _all _returned to_me the _utterance _of YHWH.
9 I _struck DOM_you _all in/on/at/with_blight and_in/on/at/with_mildew to _make _many gardens _of_your _all’s and_vineyards _of_your _all’s and_fig _trees _of_your _all’s and_olive _trees _of_your _all’s it _ate the_locust and_not you _all _returned to_me the _utterance _of YHWH.
10 I _sent in/on/at/with_you _all pestilence in/on/at/with_manner _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) I _killed in/on/at/with_sword young _men _of_your _all’s with the _capture _of horses _of_your _all’s and_go _up the _stench _of camp _of_your _all’s and_in/on/at/with_nostrils _of_your _all’s and_not you _all _returned to_me the _utterance _of YHWH.
11 I _overthrew in/on/at/with_you _all as_overthrew _of god DOM Şədom and_DOM ˊAmorāh/(Gomorrah) and_were like_burning _stick plucked _out from_fire[fn][fn][fn] and_not you _all _returned to_me the _utterance _of YHWH.
12 for_so/thus/hence thus I _will _do to_you Oh _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) consequence if/because this I _will _do to_you be _prepared to_meet god _of_your Oh _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).
13 If/because here one _who_formed mountains and_creates wind and_reveals to/for_ʼĀdām/humankind what thoughts _of_his one _who_makes _of (of)_dawn darkness and_treads on the_high _places _of the_earth is_YHWH god _of hosts his/its_name.

4:11 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

4:11 OSHB note: Marks an anomalous form.

4:11 OSHB note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

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