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AMOS
[IV
- 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 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 cow at that which is before her;
- And ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the Lord.
- Come to Beth-el, and transgress;
- At Gilgal multiply transgression;
- And bring your sacrifices every morning,
- And your tithes after three years:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
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