Amos:4

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* Hear these words , O ye kine of Bashan , That are on the mountain of Samaria ; That oppress the poor ; that crush the needy ; That say to your master , Bring , and let us drink ! * The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness ; Behold , the days shall come upon you When ye shall be taken away with hooks , And your residue with fishing –hooks . * And ye shall go out at the breaches , every one right forward , And ye shall be thrown into a castle , saith Jehovah . * Go , now , to Bethel , and transgress ; At Gilgal multiply transgression ! Bring your sacrifices every morning , And your tithes every three years ! * Burn a thank –offering from your extortions , And proclaim the free –will offerings ; publish them abroad ! For this is your delight , ye sons of Israel , Saith the Lord , Jehovah . * I also have caused cleanness of teeth in all your cities , And want of bread in all your places ; And yet ye have not returned to me , saith Jehovah . * I also have withholden from you the rain three months before the harvest ; I have caused it to rain upon one city , And upon another city have I not caused it to rain ; One piece of ground hath been rained upon , And another , upon which I have not caused it to rain , hath withered . * Two or three cities have gone to one city , To drink water , and have not been satisfied ; And yet ye have not returned to me , saith Jehovah . * I have smitten you with blasting and mildew ; The locust hath devoured your many gardens , Your vineyards , your fig –trees , and your olive –trees ; Yet have ye not returned to me , saith Jehovah . * I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt ; I have slain your young men with the sword , And your horses have I led into captivity ; I have made the smell of your camps to come up into your nostrils ; And yet ye have not returned to me , saith Jehovah . * I have overthrown some of you , as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah ; And ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning ; And yet ye have not returned to me , saith Jehovah . * Therefore thus will I deal with thee , O Israel ! Yet since I will thus deal with thee , Prepare to meet thy God , O Israel ! * For behold , he formed the mountains , and created the wind ; He declareth to man what is his thought ; He maketh the morning darkness , And walketh upon the high places of the earth ; Jehovah , God of hosts , is his name .

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