Amos 4 — ULB
4Verse 1Listen to this word,
you cows of Bashan,
you who are in the mountain of Samaria,
you who oppress the poor,
you who crush the needy,
you who say to your husbands,
“Bring us drinks.”
Verse 2The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness,
“Look, the days will come on you
when they will take you away with hooks,
the last of you with fishhooks.
Verse 3You will go out through the breaks in the city wall,
each one of you going straight through it,
and you will be thrown out toward Harmon
—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
Verse 4“Go to Bethel and sin,
to Gilgal and multiply sin,
bring your sacrifices every morning,
your tithes every three days.
Verse 5Offer a thanksgiving sacrifice with bread;
proclaim freewill offerings; announce them,
for this pleases you,
you people of Israel
—this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.
Verse 6I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities
and lack of bread in all your places.
Yet you have not returned to me
—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Verse 7I also withheld rain from you
when there were still three months to the harvest.
I caused it to rain on one city,
and caused it not to rain on another city.
One piece of land was rained on,
but the piece of land where it did not rain dried up.
Verse 8Two or three cities staggered to another city to drink water,
but were not satisfied.
Yet you have not returned to me
—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Verse 9I afflicted you with blight and mildew.
The multitude of your gardens,
your vineyards,
your fig trees,
and your olive trees—
the locusts devoured them all.
Yet you have not returned to me
—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Verse 10I sent a plague on you as on Egypt.
I killed your young men with the sword,
carried away your horses,
and made the stench of your camp come up
to your nostrils.
Yet you have not returned to me
—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Verse 11I overthrew cities among you,
as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
You were like a burning stick snatched out of the fire.
Yet you have not returned to me
—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Verse 12Therefore I will do something terrible to you, Israel;
and because I will do something terrible to you,
prepare to meet your God, Israel!
Verse 13For, look, he who forms the mountains
also creates the wind,
reveals his thoughts to mankind,
makes the morning darkness,
and treads on the high places of the earth.
Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name.”
you cows of Bashan,
you who are in the mountain of Samaria,
you who oppress the poor,
you who crush the needy,
you who say to your husbands,
“Bring us drinks.”
Verse 2The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness,
“Look, the days will come on you
when they will take you away with hooks,
the last of you with fishhooks.
Verse 3You will go out through the breaks in the city wall,
each one of you going straight through it,
and you will be thrown out toward Harmon
—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
Verse 4“Go to Bethel and sin,
to Gilgal and multiply sin,
bring your sacrifices every morning,
your tithes every three days.
Verse 5Offer a thanksgiving sacrifice with bread;
proclaim freewill offerings; announce them,
for this pleases you,
you people of Israel
—this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.
Verse 6I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities
and lack of bread in all your places.
Yet you have not returned to me
—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Verse 7I also withheld rain from you
when there were still three months to the harvest.
I caused it to rain on one city,
and caused it not to rain on another city.
One piece of land was rained on,
but the piece of land where it did not rain dried up.
Verse 8Two or three cities staggered to another city to drink water,
but were not satisfied.
Yet you have not returned to me
—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Verse 9I afflicted you with blight and mildew.
The multitude of your gardens,
your vineyards,
your fig trees,
and your olive trees—
the locusts devoured them all.
Yet you have not returned to me
—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Verse 10I sent a plague on you as on Egypt.
I killed your young men with the sword,
carried away your horses,
and made the stench of your camp come up
to your nostrils.
Yet you have not returned to me
—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Verse 11I overthrew cities among you,
as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
You were like a burning stick snatched out of the fire.
Yet you have not returned to me
—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Verse 12Therefore I will do something terrible to you, Israel;
and because I will do something terrible to you,
prepare to meet your God, Israel!
Verse 13For, look, he who forms the mountains
also creates the wind,
reveals his thoughts to mankind,
makes the morning darkness,
and treads on the high places of the earth.
Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name.”