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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.”

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שִׁמְע֞וּshim.'UhearH8085 →
הַדָּבָ֣רha.da.Varthe wordH1697 →
הַזֶּ֗הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
פָּר֤וֹתpa.RotO cows ofH6510 →
הַבָּשָׁן֙ha.ba.Shan<the> BashanH1316 →
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhoH834 →
בְּהַ֣רbe.Har[are] on [the] mountain ofH2022 →
שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonSamariaH8111 →
הָעֹשְׁק֣וֹתha.'o.she.Kotwho oppressH6231 →
דַּלִּ֔יםda.Limpoor [people]H1800 →
הָרֹצְצ֖וֹתha.ro.tze.Tzotwho crushH7533 →
אֶבְיוֹנִ֑ים'ev.yo.Nimneedy [people]H34 →
הָאֹמְרֹ֥תha.'o.me.Rotwho sayH559 →
לַאֲדֹֽנֵיהֶ֖םla.'a.do.nei.Hemto masters theirH113 →
הָבִ֥יאָהha.Vi.'ahbring !H935 →
וְנִשְׁתֶּֽה׃ve.nish.Tehso we may drinkH8354 →

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Amos 3:9Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”Psalms 22:12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.Amos 6:1Woe 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.Deuteronomy 24:14Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.Ezekiel 39:18You 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.Amos 5:11Therefore, 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 4:1Again 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.Ezekiel 18:12He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.1 Kings 16:24He 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.Psalms 12:5“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.”Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.Amos 8:4–6Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,James 5:1–6Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.Ezekiel 22:12In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.Job 20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.Jeremiah 50:27Kill 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 51:34“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.

About Amos

The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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