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Amos

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1 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. 2 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. 3 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. 4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gil­gal mul­ti­ply trans­gres­sion; and bring your sac­ri­fices ev­ery morn­ing, and your tithes af­ter three years: 5 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. 6 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. 7 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. 8 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. 9 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. 10 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. 11 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. 12 There­fore thus will I do unto thee, O Is­rael: and be­cause I will do this unto thee, pre­pare to meet thy God, O Is­rael. 13 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.