Amo 4
1 Israel Multiplies Iniquities
Hear this word, O heifers of the
land of Bashan! the ones in the mountain of Samaria, the ones tyrannizing over
the poor, and trampling upon
the needy; the ones saying to their masters, Give over to us so that we should drink!
2The LORD swears an oath according to his holy
things, For behold, days come upon you when they shall take you with weapons; and the ones with you [
2into
3kettles
4being fired up with
1they shall put
6fires
5pestilent].
3And you shall be brought forth naked in front of one another, and you shall be thrown onto mount Renmon, says
the LORD.
4You entered into Beth-el, and were impious; and in Gilgal you multiplied to be impious; and you brought in the morning of your sacrifice
offerings in the third day of your tithes.
5And they read outside
the law, and called for an acknowledgment
offering. Announce! that [
5these
things 4loved
1the
2sons
3of Israel], says
the LORD.
6And I will give to you an ache of teeth among all your cities, and lack of bread
loaves in all your places; and you did not return to me, says
the LORD.
7And I withheld from you the rain before
the three months of the gathering of crops; and I shall rain upon [
2city
1one], but upon [
2other city
1one] I will not rain; [
2portion
1one]
there shall be rain, and
the portion upon which I shall not rain shall be dry.
8And [
5shall be gathered together
1the inhabitants of two
2or
3three
4cities] to one city to drink water; and in no way shall they be filled up. And you returned not to me, says
the LORD.
9 The LORD Strikes Israel
I struck you with burning fire and with jaundice. You multiplied your gardens. Your vineyards, and your fig groves, and your olive groves -- [
3devoured
them 1the
2caterpillar]. And neither thus you returned to me, says
the LORD.
10I sent to you plague in
the way of Egypt. I killed [
2by
3the broadsword
1your young men], with a captivity of your horses. And I led [
2by
3fire
1your camps] in your anger, and neither thus you returned to me, says
the LORD.
11I eradicated you as [
2eradicated
1God] Sodom and Gomorrah, and you became as a firebrand being pulled out from burning; and neither thus you returned to me, says
the LORD.
12On account of this, thus I will do to you, O Israel. Furthermore that thus I will do to you, you prepare to call upon your God, O Israel!
13For behold,
the one stiffening thunder, and creating wind, and reporting unto men his graciousness, producing
the dawn and fog, and mounting upon the heights of the earth --
the LORD God almighty
is his name.