Amos 4
1. Hear * this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress * the poor, which crush * the needy, which say * to their masters, Bring * , and let us drink * .
2. The Lord GOD hath sworn * by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come * upon you, that he will take you away * with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks .
3. And ye shall go out * at the breaches,every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast * them into the palace, saith * the LORD.
4. Come * to Bethel, and transgress * ; at Gilgal multiply * transgression * ; and bring * your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
5. And offer * a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim * and publish * the free offerings: for this liketh * you, O ye children of Israel, saith * the Lord GOD.
6. And I also have given * you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned * unto me, saith * the LORD.
7. And also I have withholden * the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain * upon one city, and caused it not to rain * upon another city: one piece was rained * upon, and the piece whereupon it rained * not withered * .
8. So two or three cities wandered * unto one city, to drink * water; but they were not satisfied * : yet have ye not returned * unto me, saith * the LORD.
9. I have smitten * you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased * , the palmerworm devoured * them: yet have ye not returned * unto me, saith * the LORD.
10. I have sent * among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain * with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up * unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned * unto me, saith * the LORD.
11. I have overthrown * some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out * of the burning: yet have ye not returned * unto me, saith * the LORD.
12. Therefore thus will I do * unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do * this unto thee, prepare * to meet * thy God, O Israel.
13. For, lo, he that formeth * the mountains, and createth * the wind, and declareth * unto man what is his thought, that maketh * the morning darkness, and treadeth * upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.
