Amos - Chapter 4

1. Hearken to this word, O cows of Bashan which are on Mount Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their lords, "Bring that we may drink."

2. The Lord God has sworn by His holy [abode] that, behold, days are coming upon you, and you shall be borne on shields, and your posterity in fishing boats.

3. And [through the] breaches they shall emerge, each woman straight before her, and you shall cast off the haughtiness, says the Lord.

4. Come to Bethel and rebel, to Gilgal and multiply rebellion, and bring your sacrifices in the morning, every three days your tithes.

5. And offer up a thanksgiving offering of leaven, and proclaim and publish the freewill offerings, for so you love, O children of Israel, says the Lord God.

6. And also I have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places, but you have not returned to Me, says the Lord.

7. And I also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months before the harvest, and I will cause to rain on one city, and on one city I will not cause to rain; one field shall receive rain, and the field upon which no rain shall fall, shall wither.

8. And two or three cities wandered into one city to drink water, but they shall not be sated, but you have not returned to Me, says the Lord.

9. I smote you with blast and with yellowing; the increase of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees the shearing locust has devoured, but you have not returned to Me, says the Lord.

10. I sent a pestilence upon you after the manner of Egypt; I slew your young men with the sword, with the captivity of your horses, and I caused the stench of your camps to rise, and in your nostrils, but you have not returned to Me, says the Lord.

11. I have overthrown some of you like God's overthrow of Sodom and Gemorrah, and you were like a brand plucked from burning, but you have not returned to Me, says the Lord.

12. Therefore, so will I do to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare yourself to meet your God, O Israel.

13. For behold, He forms mountains and creates the wind, and declares to man what his speech is; He makes dawn into darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth; the Lord God of Hosts is His Name.