Amos 4

The Women of Samaria

The Lord said:

1You women of Samaria

are fat cows!#4.1 fat cows: The Hebrew text has “cows of Bashan,” a fertile plain famous for its rich pastures and well-fed cattle.

You mistreat and abuse

the poor and needy,

then you say to your husbands,

“Bring us more drinks!”

2I, the Lord God, have sworn

by my own name

that your time is coming.

Not one of you will be left—

you will be taken away

by sharp hooks.#4.2 taken … hooks: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

3You will be dragged through holes

in your city walls,

and you will be thrown

toward Harmon.#4.3 Harmon: Hebrew; some manuscripts of one ancient translation “Mount Hermon,” a mountain in the north of Palestine, on the way to Assyria.

I, the Lord, have spoken!

Israel Refuses To Obey

The Lord said:

4Come to Bethel and Gilgal.#4.4 Bethel and Gilgal: These were two of the most important centers of worship in northern Israel. Amos mentions these together again in 5.5.

Sin all you want!

Offer sacrifices the next morning

and bring a tenth of your crops

on the third day.#4.4 Offer … day: Or “Offer sacrifices each morning and bring a tenth of your crops every three days.” In verses 4,5 God is condemning the people for meaningless acts of worship.

5Bring offerings to show me

how thankful you are.

Gladly bring more offerings

than I have demanded.

You really love to do this.

I, the Lord God, have spoken!

How the Lord Warned Israel

6 # Ws 12.2,10. I, the Lord, took away the food

from every town and village,

but still you rejected me.

7Three months before harvest,

I kept back the rain.

Sometimes I would let it fall

on one town or field

but not on another,

and pastures dried up.

8People from two or three towns

would go to a town

that still had water,

but it wasn't enough.

Even then you rejected me.

I, the Lord, have spoken!

9I dried up your grain fields;

your gardens and vineyards

turned brown.

Locusts#4.9 Locusts: A type of grasshopper that comes in swarms and causes great damage to plant life. ate your fig trees

and olive orchards,

but even then you rejected me.

I, the Lord, have spoken!

10I did terrible things to you,

just as I did to Egypt—

I killed your young men in war;

I let your horses be stolen,

and I made your camp stink

with dead bodies.

Even then you rejected me.

I, the Lord, have spoken!

11 # Gn 19.24. I destroyed many of you,

just as I did the cities

of Sodom and Gomorrah.

You were a burning stick

I rescued from the fire.

But even then you rejected me.

I, the Lord, have spoken!

12Now, Israel, I myself

will deal with you.

Get ready to face your God!

13I created the mountains

and the wind.

I let humans know

what I am thinking.#4.13 I let … thinking: Or “No one's secret thoughts are hidden from me.”

I bring darkness at dawn

and step over hills.

I am the Lord God All-Powerful!

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Amos 4

1Pakinggan ninyo ito, mga babae sa

Samaria na naglalakihang gaya ng mga baka ng Bashan,

na nang-aapi sa mahihina, nangingikil sa mahihirap,

at nag-uutos sa inyong mga asawa upang dalhan kayo ng inumin.

2Ang Panginoong Yahweh ay banal, at kanyang ipinangako:

“Darating ang araw na kayo'y huhulihin ng pamingwit.

Bawat isa sa inyo'y matutulad sa isdang nabingwit.

3Ilalabas kayo sa siwang ng pader

at kayo'y itatapon sa Harmon.”

Ang Pagmamatigas ng Israel

4“Mga mamamayan ng Israel,” sabi ng Panginoong Yahweh,

“Pumunta kayo sa Bethel at doo'y gumawa ng kasalanan!

Pumunta rin kayo sa Gilgal at dagdagan pa ang inyong mga kasalanan!

Magdala kayo ng mga hayop na ihahandog tuwing umaga;

magdala kayo ng ikasampung bahagi tuwing ikatlong araw.

5Maghandog kayo ng tinapay bilang pasasalamat;

ipagyabang ninyo ang inyong mga kusang-loob na handog!

sapagkat ito ang gustung-gusto ninyong gawin.

6“Ginutom#Kar. 12:2, 10. ko kayo sa bawat lunsod;

walang tinapay na makain sa bawat bayan,

gayunma'y hindi kayo nanumbalik sa akin.

7Hindi ko rin pinapatak ang ulan

na kailangan ng inyong halaman.

Nagpaulan ako sa isang lunsod ngunit sa iba'y hindi.

Dinilig ko ang isang bukirin ngunit ang iba'y hinayaang matuyo.

8Kaya't naghanap ang mga tao mula sa dalawa o tatlong lunsod

ng tubig sa karatig-lunsod ngunit di rin napatid ang kanilang uhaw.

Gayunman, hindi pa rin kayo nanumbalik sa akin.

9“Sinira ko ang inyong pananim,

sa pamamagitan ng mainit na hangin at amag.

Kinain ng mga balang ang inyong mga halaman, pati ang mga puno ng ubas, igos at olibo,

gayunma'y hindi pa rin kayo nanumbalik sa akin.

10“Pinadalhan ko kayo ng salot tulad ng aking ginawa sa Egipto.

Pinatay ko sa digmaan ang inyong kabinataan;

inagaw ko ang inyong mga kabayo.

Bumaho ang inyong mga kampo dahil sa mga nabubulok na bangkay; halos hindi kayo makahinga,

subalit hindi pa rin kayo nanumbalik sa akin.

11“Pinuksa#Gen. 19:24. ko ang ilan sa inyong lunsod tulad ng Sodoma at Gomorra.

Kayo'y parang nagbabagang kahoy na inagaw sa apoy,

ngunit ayaw pa rin ninyong manumbalik sa akin,” sabi ni Yahweh.

12“Mga taga-Israel, gagawin ko ito sa inyo,

kaya humanda kayong humarap sa inyong Diyos!”

13Siya ang lumikha ng mga bundok at ng hangin,

at ang nagpapahayag sa mga tao ng kanyang kaisipan.

Ginagawa niyang gabi ang araw;

siya ang naghahari sa buong sanlibutan.

Yahweh, ang Diyos na Makapangyarihan sa lahat ang kanyang pangalan!

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