Amos Chapter 4
Ayo, check it, you Bashan cows chillin’ in Samaria, oppressing the broke and stepping on the needy, tellin’ your peeps, 'Bring it on, let’s get lit!'
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.
The Lord God’s straight up saying, 'I swear on my holy name, days are ahead when I’ll drag you out with hooks, and your crew too, no cap.'
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.
You’ll exit through the gaps, every cow followin’ its vibe, and toss 'em into the palace, says the Lord.
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. {cast...: or, cast away the things of the palace}
Slide over to Beth-el and act wild; at Gilgal, go all out with your misdeeds; bring your offerings every morning and your tithes after three years, fr.
Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, {and} your tithes after three years: {three...: Heb. three years of days}
Bring a dope thanksgiving sacrifice with leaven, and shout out your free offerings: this is what you’re into, O Israel, says the Lord God.
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. {offer: Heb. offer by burning} {this...: Heb. so ye love}
I’ve kept your smiles fresh in all your towns, but you’re starving everywhere; still, you haven’t come back to me, says the Lord.
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.
I held back the rain just when harvest was about to drop: one city got blessed with rain, while another stayed dry and wilted, periodt.
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.
So a couple cities rolled over to one city for water; they were parched but didn’t find relief; yet you still haven’t returned to me, says the Lord.
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.
I hit you with locusts and mildew: your gardens and vineyards were poppin’, but the palmerworm devoured them; still, you didn’t come back to me, says the Lord.
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. {when...: or, the multitude of your gardens, etc. did the palmerworm}
I sent a plague just like in Egypt: I took out your young dudes with the sword, snatched your horses, and made your camp smell foul; yet you still haven’t returned to me, says the Lord.
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. {after...: or, in the way} {and have...: Heb. with the captivity of your horses}
I flipped some of you like God flipped Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand yanked from the flames; yet you haven’t returned to me, says the Lord.
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.
So here’s the situation, Israel: I’m about to do this to you, so gear up to meet your God, O Israel.
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: {and} because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
For real, He’s the one who shapes the mountains, crafts the wind, spills your thoughts, makes the morning dark, and walks on the high places of the earth; The Lord, The God of hosts, is His name.
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. {wind: or, spirit}