“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.” (Amos 4:1-13 AV)