ASV_Strong : Amos 4
1. Hear[H8085] this word[H1697], ye kine[H6510] of Bashan[H1316], that are in the mountain[H2022] of Samaria[H8111], that oppress[H6231] the poor[H1800], that crush[H7533] the needy[H34], that say[H559] unto their lords[H113], Bring[H935], and let us drink[H8354].
2. The Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069] hath sworn[H7650] by his holiness[H6944], that[H3117], lo, the days shall come[H935] upon you[H5375], that they shall take you away with hooks[H6793], and your residue[H319] with fish-hooks[H1729].
3. And ye shall go out[H3318] at the breaches[H6556], every[H802] one straight before her[H7993]; and ye shall cast yourselves into Harmon[H2038], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
4. Come[H935] to Beth-el[H1008], and transgress[H6586]; to Gilgal[H1537], and multiply[H7235] transgression[H6586]; and bring[H935] your sacrifices[H2077] every morning[H1242], and your tithes[H4643] every three[H7969] days[H3117];
5. and offer[H6999] a sacrifice of thanksgiving[H8426] of that which is leavened[H2557], and proclaim[H7121] freewill-offerings[H5071] and publish[H8085] them[H3651]: for this pleaseth[H157] you[H1121], O ye children of Israel[H3478], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069].
6. And I also have given[H5414] you cleanness[H5356] of teeth[H8127] in all your cities[H5892], and want[H2640] of bread[H3899] in all your places[H4725]; yet have ye not returned[H7725] unto me[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
7. And I also have withholden[H4513] the rain[H1653] from you[H7969], when there were yet three months[H2320] to the harvest[H7105]; and I caused it to rain[H4305] upon one[H259] city[H5892], and caused it not to rain[H4305] upon another[H259] city[H5892]: one[H259] piece[H2513] was rained[H4305] upon[H2513], and the piece whereupon it rained[H4305] not withered[H3001].
8. So two[H8147] or three[H7969] cities[H5892] wandered[H5128] unto one[H259] city[H5892] to drink[H8354] water[H4325], and were not satisfied[H7646]: yet have ye not returned[H7725] unto me[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
9. I have smitten[H5221] you with blasting[H7711] and mildew[H3420]: the multitude[H7235] of your gardens[H1593] and your vineyards[H3754] and your fig-trees[H2132] and your olive-trees[H8384] hath the palmer-worm[H1501] devoured[H398]: yet have ye not returned[H7725] unto me[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
10. I have sent[H7971] among you the pestilence[H1698] after the manner[H1870] of Egypt[H4714]: your young men[H970] have I slain[H2026] with the sword[H2719], and have carried away[H7628] your horses[H5483]; and I have made the stench[H889] of your camp[H4264] to come up[H5927] even into your nostrils[H639]: yet have ye not returned[H7725] unto me[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
11. I have overthrown[H2015] cities among you[H430], as when God overthrew[H4114] Sodom[H5467] and Gomorrah[H6017], and ye were as a brand[H181] plucked out[H5337] of the burning[H8316]: yet have ye not returned[H7725] unto me[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
12. Therefore thus will I do[H6213] unto thee[H3478], O Israel; and because[H6118] I will do[H6213] this unto thee[H3559], prepare to meet[H7125] thy God[H430], O Israel[H3478].
13. For[H3335], lo, he that formeth the mountains[H2022], and createth[H1254] the wind[H7307], and declareth[H5046] unto man[H120] what is his thought[H7808]; that maketh[H6213] the morning[H7837] darkness[H5890], and treadeth[H1869] upon the high places[H1116] of the earth[H776]— Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of hosts[H6635], is his name[H8034].
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