ULT AMOS Chapter 4

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4 Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan,

who are in the mountain of Samaria,

the ones oppressing the poor,

the ones crushing the needy,

the ones saying to their masters,

“Bring, and let us drink.”

2 The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness

that, behold, the days are coming upon you

when he will lift you up with hooks,

and the last of you with fishhooks.

3 And you will go out through the breaches, a woman straight ahead of her,

and you will throw yourselves out toward Harmon— the declaration of Yahweh.

4 Go to Bethel and transgress,

to Gilgal and multiply to transgress,

and bring your sacrifices in the morning,

your tithes every three days.

5 And make a thank offering smoke from what is leavened,

and proclaim freewill offerings, announce them,

for thus you have loved, sons of Israel— the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.

6 And also I, I gave to you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,

and lack of bread in all your places,

yet you did not return as far as me— the declaration of Yahweh.

7 And also I, I withheld from you the rain

while there were still three months to the harvest.

And I made it rain on one city,

and on another city I did not make it rain;

one portion was rained on,

and a portion on which I did not make it rain dried up.

8 And two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water,

but they were not satisfied,

yet you did not return as far as me— the declaration of Yahweh.

9 I struck you with blight and with mildew;

the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees,

the locust devoured them,

yet you did not return as far as me— the declaration of Yahweh.

10 I sent among you a plague in the way of Egypt;

I killed your young men with the sword, along with the captivity of your horses,

and I made the stench of your camp come up, and into your nostrils,

yet you did not return as far as me— the declaration of Yahweh.

11 I overthrew among you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,

and you were like a firebrand snatched from a burning,

yet you did not return as far as me— the declaration of Yahweh.

12 Therefore thus I will do to you, Israel;

because I will do this to you,

prepare to meet your God, Israel.

13 For behold, the one forming the mountains and creating the wind,

and declaring to man what is his thought,

making dawn into darkness,

and treading on the high places of the earth—

Yahweh, God of Armies, is his name.

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