Amos 4

1 Hear this word, O cows of Bashan who [are] on the mountain of Samaria, those oppressing the poor, those crushing the needy, those saying to their lords, “Bring in, and let us drink!”

2 The Lord YHWH has sworn by His holiness that, “Behold, the days are coming upon you⁺ and He will lift you⁺ up with hooks, and what is left of you⁺ with hooks for fishing!

3 And [through] the breaches you⁺ will go out, each woman straight ahead of her, and you⁺ will be cast out to Harmon,” a declaration of YHWH.

4 “Go to Bethel and rebel, at Gilgal multiply rebelling, and bring your⁺ sacrifices in the morning, your⁺ tithes every three days.

5 And offer a sacrifice of of thanksgiving with leaven, and call out the freewill offerings—proclaim that—for this you⁺ love, O sons of Israel,” a declaration of the Lord YHWH.

6 “Also I have given to you⁺ cleanness of teeth in all your⁺ cities, and lack of bread in all your⁺ stations, and you⁺ have not returned to Me,” a declaration of YHWH.

7 “Also I have withheld from you⁺ the rain while still [were] three months until the harvest. And I made it rain on one city, and on one city I did not send rain; the one portion was rained [on], and the portion where it did not rain upon it withered.

8 And they would stagger off two [or] three cities to one city, to drink water, and they were not satisfied—and [still] you⁺ have returned not to Me!” An utterance of YHWH.

9 “I struck you⁺ with blight and with mildew in your growing your⁺ gardens and your⁺ vineyards and your⁺ fig trees and your⁺ olive trees. The locust devoured and you⁺ have not returned to Me,” a declaration of YHWH.

10 “I sent among you⁺ a plague in the manner of Egypt; I killed your⁺ young men with the sword, along with the captivity of your⁺ horses. And the stench of your⁺ camps I even made come up to your⁺ nostrils! And you⁺ have not returned to Me,” a declaration of YHWH.

11 “I overthrew [some] among you⁺, like the overthrow by God of Sodom and Gomorrah, and you⁺ were like a firebrand delivered from the burning—and you⁺ have not returned to Me,” a declaration of YHWH.

12 “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel, because this I am doing to you: Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!

13 For, behold, the One forming mountains and creating the wind, and the One declaring to man what His thoughts, and the One making the morning darkness, and the One treading on the high places of the earth, YHWH, God of Hosts, [is] His name.”