Amos:4

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* Hear this word , ye cows of Bashan , that in the mountain of Samaria , who oppress the poor , who crush the needy , who say to their masters , Bring , and let us drink . * 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 . * And ye shall go out at the breaches , every before her ; and ye shall cast into the palace , saith the LORD . (note :)cast …: or , cast away the things of the palace (:note ) * Come to Bethel , and transgress ; at Gilgal multiply transgression ; and bring your sacrifices every morning , your tithes after three years : (note :)three …: Hebrews . three years of days (:note ) * And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven , and proclaim declare the free offerings : for this pleaseth you , O ye children of Israel , saith the Lord GOD . (note :)offer : Hebrews . offer by burning (:note )this …: Heb . so ye love * 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 to me , saith the LORD . * And also I have withheld the rain from you , when 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 on which it rained not withered . * So two three cities wandered to one city , to drink water ; but they were not satisfied : yet have ye not returned to me , saith the LORD . * I have smitten you with blighting and mildew : when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased , the palmerworm devoured : yet have ye not returned to me , saith the LORD . (note :)when …: or , the multitude of your gardens , etc . did the palmerworm (:note ) * 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 to your nostrils : yet have ye not returned to me , saith the LORD . (note :)after …: or , in the way (:note )and have …: Hebrews . with the captivity of your horses * I have overthrown of you , as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah , and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning : yet have ye not returned to me , saith the LORD . * Therefore thus will I do to thee , O Israel : because I will do this to thee , prepare to meet thy God , O Israel . * For , lo , he that formeth the mountains , and createth the wind , and declareth to man what his thought , that maketh the morning darkness , and treadeth upon the high places of the earth , The LORD , The God of hosts , his name . (note :)wind : or , spirit (:note )

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