Amos 4

Listen to this word, 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 God 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 hooks of fishery. \* 3 And {through} the breaches you will go out, a woman in front of her, and you will throw {yourselves} out toward Harmon —the declaration of God. \* 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 call out freewill offerings; make {people} hear! For thus you have loved, sons of Israel —the declaration of the Lord God. \* 6 And even 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 God. 7 And also I, I withheld from you the rain with still three months to the harvest. And I made it rain on one city, and on one city I did not make it rain; one portion was rained on, and a portion which it did not rain on it dried up. \* 8 And two–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 God. 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, yet you did not return as far as me —the declaration of God. \* 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 God. 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 God. \* 12 Therefore, thus I will do to you, Israel; for the reason that 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 darkness, and treading on the high places of the earth— God, God of Armies, {is} his name. \*