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Israel’s Failure to Learn

Listen to me, you fat cows[a]
    living in Samaria,
you women who oppress the poor
    and crush the needy,
and who are always calling to your husbands,
    “Bring us another drink!”
The Sovereign Lord has sworn this by his holiness:
“The time will come when you will be led away
    with hooks in your noses.
Every last one of you will be dragged away
    like a fish on a hook!
You will be led out through the ruins of the wall;
    you will be thrown from your fortresses,[b]
    says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:1 Hebrew you cows of Bashan.
  2. 4:3 Or thrown out toward Harmon, possibly a reference to Mount Hermon.

Judgment on the Women of Israel

“Listen to this message, you fat cows from Bashan,
who live on the Samaritan mountains,
    who oppress the poor,
who rob the needy,
    and who constantly ask your husbands for one more drink!”

The Lord God has taken a sacred oath:[a]

“The day is coming when they[b] will take you away on fishhooks,
    every last one of you on fishhooks.
Each of you will go out through the breaches of the walls[c]
    straight to Mt. Hermon,”[d]
        declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:2 Lit. oath on his holiness
  2. Amos 4:2 Lit. coming upon you, and he; i.e. the invading forces personified as an individual
  3. Amos 4:3 The Heb. lacks of the walls
  4. Amos 4:3 Heb. Harmonah