Amos 4:1 “Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who opp…”

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, “Bring us drinks!”

American Standard Version

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink.

Geneva Bible 1599

Heare this worde, ye kine of Bashan that are in the mountaine of Samaria, which oppresse the poore, and destroy the needie, and they say to their masters, Bring, and let vs drinke.

Darby Translation

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink:

Young's Literal Translation

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, Who [are] in the mountain of Samaria, Who are oppressing the poor, Who are bruising the needy, Who are saying to their lords: 'Bring in, and we do drink.'

Bible in Basic English

Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.

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Cross references

“ye kine”

Psalm 22:12 Ezekiel 39:18 Jeremiah 50:27 Jeremiah 50:11 Deuteronomy 32:14 Deuteronomy 32:15

Psalm 22:12 · BSB

Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

Ezekiel 39:18 · BSB

You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan.

Jeremiah 50:27 · BSB

Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.

Jeremiah 50:11 · BSB

“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,

Deuteronomy 32:14 · BSB

with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.

Deuteronomy 32:15 · BSB

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

“the mountains”

Amos 6:1 1 Kings 16:24

Amos 6:1 · BSB

Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.

1 Kings 16:24 · BSB

He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.

“which oppress”

Amos 5:11 Ecclesiastes 4:1 Amos 8:4–6 Deuteronomy 15:9–11 Psalm 12:5 Psalm 140:12

Amos 5:11 · BSB

Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 · BSB

Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

Amos 8:4–6 · BSB

Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Deuteronomy 15:9–11 · BSB

Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against…

Psalm 12:5 · BSB

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Psalm 140:12 · BSB

I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

“crush”

Deuteronomy 28:33 Job 20:19 Jeremiah 51:34

Deuteronomy 28:33 · BSB

A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.

Job 20:19 · BSB

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

Jeremiah 51:34 · BSB

“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.

“Bring”

Joel 3:3 Amos 2:8

Joel 3:3 · BSB

They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.

Amos 2:8 · BSB

They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

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