Amos 4

¹ HearHear this wordword, ye heifers of Bashan, that are in the mountainmountain of SamariaSamaria, which oppress the poorpoor, which crush the needyneedy, which saysay to their mastersmasters, BringBring, and let usus drinkdrink.

² The LordLord GOD hath swornsworn by his holinessholiness, that lo, the daysdays shall comecome upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fish-hooks,

³ And ye shall go outgo out at the breachesbreaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palacepalace, saithsaith the LORDthe LORD.

⁴ ComeCome to Beth-elBeth-el and transgress; at GilgalGilgal multiplymultiply transgression; and bringbring your sacrifices every morningmorning, and your tithestithes after threethree years:

⁵ And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leavenleaven, and proclaimproclaim and publish the free-offeringsofferings: for this pleaseth you, O ye childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael, saithsaith the LordLord GOD.

⁶ And I also have givengiven you cleanness of teethteeth in all your citiescities, and wantwant of breadbread in all your placesplaces: yet have ye not returnedreturned to me, saithsaith the LORDthe LORD.

⁷ And also I have withheld the rainrain from you, when there were yet threethree monthsmonths to the harvestharvest: and I caused it to rainrain upon oneone citycity, and caused it not to rainrain upon another citycity: oneone piece was rainedrained upon, and the piece on which it rainedrained not witheredwithered.

⁸ So twotwo or threethree citiescities wandered to oneone citycity, to drinkdrink waterwater; but they were not satisfiedsatisfied: yet have ye not returnedreturned to me, saithsaith the LORDthe LORD.

⁹ I have smittensmitten you with blastingblasting and mildewmildew: when your gardensgardens and your vineyardsvineyards and your figfig-trees and your oliveolive-trees increased, the palmer-wormpalmer-worm devoureddevoured them: yet have ye not returnedreturned to me, saithsaith the LORDthe LORD.

¹⁰ I have sentsent among you the pestilencepestilence after the manner of EgyptEgypt: your young men have I slainslain with the swordsword, and have taken away your horseshorses; and I have made the ill savorsavor of your campscamps to come up to your nostrilsnostrils: yet have ye not returnedreturned to me, saithsaith the LORDthe LORD.

¹¹ I have overthrown some of you, as GodGod overthrew SodomSodom and GomorrahGomorrah, and ye were as a fire-brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returnedreturned to me, saithsaith the LORDthe LORD.

¹² Therefore thus will I do to thee, O IsraelIsrael: and because I will do this to thee, prepare to meetmeet thy GodGod, O IsraelIsrael.

¹³ For lo, he that formeth the mountainsmountains, and createth the windwind, and declarethdeclareth to man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the highhigh places of the earthearth, The LORDThe LORD, The GodGod of hosts, is his namename.