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class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/amos/4.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/amos/4.htm">New International Version</a> Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and say to your husbands, &#8220Bring us some drinks!&#8221 <a href="/nlt/amos/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> Listen to me, you fat cows living in Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, and who are always calling to your husbands, “Bring us another drink!” <a href="/esv/amos/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> “Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’ <a href="/bsb/amos/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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.” <a href="/kjv/amos/4.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/amos/4.htm">New King James Version</a> Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, Who crush the needy, Who say to your husbands, “Bring wine, let us drink!” <a href="/nasb_/amos/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who exploit the poor, who oppress the needy, And say to their husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!” <a href="/nasb/amos/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, Who say to your husbands, &#8220Bring now, that we may drink!&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/amos/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, Who say to your husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!” <a href="/lsb/amos/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, Who say to their husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!” <a href="/amp/amos/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Hear this word, you [well-fed, pampered] cows (women) of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, Who say to their husbands, “Bring [the wine] now, and let us drink!” <a href="/csb/amos/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands, “Bring us something to drink.” <a href="/hcsb/amos/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands,&#8221 Bring us something to drink.&#8221 <a href="/asv/amos/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/amos/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You women of Samaria are fat cows! You mistreat and abuse the poor and needy, then you say to your husbands, "Bring us more drinks!" <a href="/erv/amos/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink. <a href="/gwt/amos/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria. You women oppress the poor and abuse the needy. You say to your husbands, "Get some wine! Let's drink!" <a href="/gnt/amos/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Listen to this, you women of Samaria, who grow fat like the well-fed cows of Bashan, who mistreat the weak, oppress the poor, and demand that your husbands keep you supplied with liquor! <a href="/isv/amos/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Listen to this message, you fat cows from Bashan, who live on the Samaritan mountains, who oppress the poor, who rob the needy, and who constantly ask your husbands for one more drink!" <a href="/msb/amos/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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.? <a href="/net/amos/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands, "Bring us more to drink!" <a href="/nheb/amos/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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 something to drink." <a href="/wbt/amos/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Hear this word, ye heifers 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. <a href="/web/amos/4.htm">World English Bible</a> 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!” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/amos/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, "" Who [are] on the mountain of Samaria, "" Who are oppressing the poor, "" Who are bruising the needy, "" Who are saying to their lords: “Bring in, and we drink.” <a href="/ylt/amos/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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.' <a href="/slt/amos/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Hear this word, ye heifers of Bashan, which are upon the mountain of Shomeron, oppressing the poor, breaking in pieces the needy, saying to their lords, Bring, and we will drink.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/amos/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Hear this word, ye fat kine that are in the mountains of Samaria: you that oppress the needy, and crush the poor: that say to your masters: Bring, and we will drink. <a href="/cpdv/amos/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Listen to this word, you fat cows that are on the mountain of Samaria, you who make false accusations against the destitute and crush the poor, who say to your nobles, “Bring, and we will drink.” <a href="/nabre/amos/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who live on the mount of Samaria: Who oppress the destitute and abuse the needy; Who say to your husbands, “Bring us a drink!” <a href="/nrsvce/amos/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on Mount Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their husbands, “Bring something to drink!”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/amos/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> HEAR this word, O vicious men of Bashan, who are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink: <a href="/hpbt/amos/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Hear this answer, heifers of Bayshan that are on the hills of Samaria, who oppress the poor and afflict the afflicted, and they say to their Masters: ”Bring to us, let us drink!”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/amos/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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, that we may feast.' <a href="/sep/amos/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Hear ye this word, ye heifers of the land of Basan that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, and trample on the needy, which say to their masters, Give us that we may drink. <a href="/parallel/amos/4-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=525" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/amos/4.htm">Punishment Brings No Repentance</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šim·‘ū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">Hear</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·dā·ḇār (Art:: N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">word,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6510.htm" title="6510: pā·rō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A heifer, cow. Feminine of par; a heifer.">you cows</a> <a href="/hebrew/1316.htm" title="1316: hab·bā·šān (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- Smooth, a region E. of the Jordan. Of uncertain derivation; Bashan, a region East of the Jordan.">of Bashan</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: bə·har (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">on Mount</a> <a href="/hebrew/8111.htm" title="8111: šō·mə·rō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- Capital of N. kingdom of Isr. From the active participle of shamar; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine.">Samaria,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6231.htm" title="6231: hā·‘ō·šə·qō·wṯ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fp) -- To oppress, wrong, extort. A primitive root; to press upon, i.e. Oppress, defraud, violate, overflow.">you women who oppress</a> <a href="/hebrew/1800.htm" title="1800: dal·lîm (Adj-mpc) -- Dangling, weak, thin. From dalal; properly, dangling, i.e. weak or thin.">the poor</a> <a href="/hebrew/7533.htm" title="7533: hā·rō·ṣə·ṣō·wṯ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fp) -- To crush. A primitive root; to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively.">and crush</a> <a href="/hebrew/34.htm" title="34: ’eḇ·yō·w·nîm (N-mp) -- In want, needy, poor. From 'abah, in the sense of want; destitute.">the needy,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: hā·’ō·mə·rōṯ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">who say</a> <a href="/hebrew/113.htm" title="113: la·’ă·ḏō·nê·hem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Lord. Or adon; from an unused root; sovereign, i.e. Controller.">to your husbands,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: hā·ḇî·’āh (V-Hifil-Imp-ms:: 3fs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">“Bring us</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: wə·niš·teh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.h-1cp) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">more to drink.”</a> 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Isaiah 3:16-26</a> The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— / the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.” / In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents; ... <a href="/ezekiel/34-20.htm">Ezekiel 34:20-22</a> Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. / Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad, / I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another. <a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1-3</a> Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. / Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/micah/3-1.htm">Micah 3:1-3</a> Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? / You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. / You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.” <a href="/jeremiah/5-26.htm">Jeremiah 5:26-29</a> For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. / Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. / They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy. ... <a href="/isaiah/32-9.htm">Isaiah 32:9-13</a> Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters. / In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive. / Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists. ... <a href="/ezekiel/13-18.htm">Ezekiel 13:18-23</a> and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own? / You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived. / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you ensnare souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. So I will free the souls you have ensnared like birds. ... <a href="/zechariah/7-10.htm">Zechariah 7:10-11</a> Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’ / But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. <a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Isaiah 10:1-3</a> Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, / to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder. / What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth? <a href="/jeremiah/22-13.htm">Jeremiah 22:13-17</a> “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages, / who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion. / Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him. ... <a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23-28</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. / You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. / Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. ... <a href="/luke/6-24.htm">Luke 6:24-25</a> But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort. / Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. <a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-6</a> Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. ... <a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm">1 Timothy 6:17-19</a> Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. / Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share, / treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. <a href="/matthew/19-23.htm">Matthew 19:23-24</a> Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. / Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Hear this word, you cows 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.ye kine.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-14.htm">Deuteronomy 32:14,15</a> Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape… <a href="/psalms/22-12.htm">Psalm 22:12</a> Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.<a href="/jeremiah/50-11.htm">Jeremiah 50:11,27</a> Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; … the mountains.<a href="/amos/6-1.htm">Amos 6:1</a> Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!<a href="/1_kings/16-24.htm">1 Kings 16:24</a> And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.which oppress.<a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Amos 2:6,7</a> Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; … <a href="/amos/3-9.htm">Amos 3:9,10</a> Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof… <a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Amos 5:11</a> Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.crush.<a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Deuteronomy 28:33</a> The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:<a href="/job/20-19.htm">Job 20:19</a> Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;<a href="/jeremiah/51-34.htm">Jeremiah 51:34</a> Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.Bring.<a href="/amos/2-8.htm">Amos 2:8</a> And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.<a href="/joel/3-3.htm">Joel 3:3</a> And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/39-18.htm">Bashan</a> <a href="/psalms/144-14.htm">Cows</a> <a href="/amos/2-13.htm">Crush</a> <a href="/amos/2-13.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/amos/2-12.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Drinks</a> <a href="/amos/3-13.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/hosea/12-9.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/amos/3-13.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/joel/3-17.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-45.htm">Husbands</a> <a href="/amos/2-4.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Lords</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-8.htm">Masters</a> <a href="/joel/2-32.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/joel/3-17.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/hosea/7-4.htm">Need</a> <a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Needy</a> <a href="/hosea/12-7.htm">Oppress</a> <a href="/amos/2-7.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/amos/3-12.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/amos/3-9.htm">Sama'ria</a> <a href="/amos/1-13.htm">Women</a> <a href="/amos/3-8.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/micah/7-14.htm">Bashan</a> <a href="/genesis/32-15.htm">Cows</a> <a href="/micah/6-15.htm">Crush</a> <a href="/micah/7-10.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/amos/4-8.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/matthew/24-49.htm">Drinks</a> <a href="/amos/5-1.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/amos/5-1.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/micah/3-12.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/matthew/22-30.htm">Husbands</a> <a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/matthew/20-25.htm">Lords</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Masters</a> <a href="/amos/6-1.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/amos/6-1.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Need</a> <a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Needy</a> <a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Oppress</a> <a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/amos/6-1.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/amos/6-1.htm">Sama'ria</a> <a href="/amos/8-13.htm">Women</a> <a href="/amos/5-1.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 4</div>1. <a href="/amos/4-1.htm">He reproves Israel for oppression,</a> 4. <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">for idolatry,</a> 6. <a href="/amos/4-6.htm">and for their incorrigibleness.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Prophets often began their messages with a call to listen, underscoring the importance of the message from God. This is a common prophetic formula seen throughout the Old Testament, such as in <a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Isaiah 1:10</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/2-4.htm">Jeremiah 2:4</a>.you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria The "cows of Bashan" refers to the well-fed, pampered women of Samaria, drawing a metaphor from the fertile region of Bashan known for its strong and healthy cattle (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-14.htm">Deuteronomy 32:14</a>, <a href="/psalms/22-12.htm">Psalm 22:12</a>). Mount Samaria was the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, a place of wealth and power. The imagery suggests indulgence and excess, highlighting the moral and spiritual decay of the society.you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy This phrase condemns the social injustice prevalent in Israel. The women, representing the affluent class, are accused of exploiting the vulnerable, a theme frequently addressed by the prophets (<a href="/isaiah/3-14.htm">Isaiah 3:14-15</a>, <a href="/micah/2.htm">Micah 2:1-2</a>). The oppression of the poor is a violation of the covenantal laws given to Israel, which emphasized justice and care for the marginalized (<a href="/exodus/22-21.htm">Exodus 22:21-24</a>, <a href="/leviticus/19-15.htm">Leviticus 19:15</a>).who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.” This statement illustrates the self-indulgence and moral corruption of the society. The demand for more drink signifies a lifestyle of excess and disregard for others' suffering. It reflects a culture of hedonism and materialism, similar to the warnings given in <a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11-12</a>. The focus on personal pleasure over communal responsibility is a recurring critique in the prophetic literature.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/c/cows_of_bashan.htm">Cows of Bashan</a> This metaphor refers to the wealthy and indulgent women of Samaria. Bashan was a region known for its fertile land and well-fed cattle, symbolizing prosperity and excess. 2. <a href="/topical/m/mount_samaria.htm">Mount Samaria</a> The capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, representing the center of political and social life, often associated with idolatry and injustice during Amos's time. 3. <a href="/topical/o/oppression_of_the_poor.htm">Oppression of the Poor</a> The women addressed in this verse are accused of oppressing the poor and crushing the needy, highlighting the social injustices prevalent in Israel. 4. <a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a> A prophet from the Southern Kingdom of Judah, called by God to deliver messages of judgment and repentance to the Northern Kingdom of Israel. 5. <a href="/topical/h/husbands.htm">Husbands</a> The verse implies a societal structure where the women demand indulgence from their husbands, reflecting a culture of excess and moral decay.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_excess_and_indulgence.htm">The Dangers of Excess and Indulgence</a> The metaphor of the "cows of Bashan" warns against the dangers of living in excess and indulgence, which can lead to moral and spiritual decay. <a href="/topical/s/social_justice_and_compassion.htm">Social Justice and Compassion</a> God calls His people to act justly and show compassion to the poor and needy. Ignoring these responsibilities leads to divine judgment. <a href="/topical/a/accountability_for_actions.htm">Accountability for Actions</a> The women of Samaria are held accountable for their actions, reminding us that God sees and judges our treatment of others. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a> Amos's role as a prophet highlights the importance of speaking truth to power and calling for repentance in the face of injustice. <a href="/topical/m/materialism_vs._spiritual_values.htm">Materialism vs. Spiritual Values</a> The pursuit of material wealth and comfort should not overshadow spiritual values and responsibilities towards others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 4</a> <a href="/q/how_do_'cows_of_bashan'_fit_history.htm">Amos 4:1 – How can we reconcile the reference to “cows of Bashan” with historical or archeological records of that region’s social elite? </a> <a href="/q/what_is_living_authentically.htm">What are the Strong Bulls of Bashan?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_og,_king_of_bashan.htm">Who was Og, King of Bashan?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_amos_6_1_warnings.htm">Is there historical or archaeological evidence confirming Amos’s warnings to complacent leaders in Zion and Samaria (Amos 6:1)? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) Bashan.--This contained the rich pasture-lands east of the Jordan, between Hermon and the mountains of Gilead, where cattle flourished. The "strong bulls of Bashan" (<a href="/psalms/22-12.htm" title="Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.">Psalm 22:12</a>) were descriptive of the malignant enemies of the ideal sufferer. The feminine "kine" refers to the luxurious self-indulgent women of fashion in Samaria.Which say to their masters (i.e., their husbands), Bring, and let us drink.--Their very debauch being paid for by the robbery of the poor. Some regard the feminines as sarcastic epithets, merely expressing effeminacy on the part of men. But this is not a probable explanation.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 1-13. - § 2. Second address. The prophet reproves the voluptuous women of Samaria, and fortells their captivity (vers. 1-3); with bitter irony he describes the people's devotion to idolatry (vers. 4, 5): he shows how incorrigible they have proved themselves under God's chastisements (vers. 6-11); therefore they must expect further punishment, if so be that they will learn to fear the Lord (vers. 12, 13). Verse 1. - The very women are leaders in dissoluteness and oppression. Ye kine of Bashan. Fat and well liking, such as the rich pastures of Bashan produce. Some have supposed that by this term are meant the luxurious nobles of Samaria, who are called "cows" as being effeminate and licentious. This is possible; but such grandees would be called rather "bulls of Bashan," and the "masters" mentioned just below signify more naturally these women's husbands than the kings. Pussy notes that the genders in the sentence are interchanged. "Hear ye," "your Lord," "upon you," "they shall take you," being masculine; "that oppress," "that crush," "that say," "your posterity," "ye shall go out," "each before her," "ye shall cast," feminine. Evidently the prophet addresses his reproaches to the luxurious of both sexes, though he begins with the women. The land of Bashan extended from Hermon to the Jabbok, including Gaulonitis, Auronitis, Batauea, and Trachonitis. It was always famous for its pasturage, cattle, and oaks. The Vulgate takes the term as metaphorical, and has, vaccae pingues. So Symmachus, βόες εὔτροφοι, which translation Jerome adopts. Mountain of Samaria. The hill of Shomer, on which Samaria was built (see note on ch. 3:9). Oppress the poor. This they did in ministering, or getting their husbands to minister, to their luxury and debauchery. Apparently they urged their husbands to violence and fraud in order to obtain means to satisfy their extravagance. A bad woman is thoroughly unscrupulous (see the case of Ahab and Naboth, <a href="/1_kings/21-7.htm">1 Kings 21:7</a>, etc.). Their masters; their lords; i.e. husbands (comp. <a href="/genesis/18-12.htm">Genesis 18:12</a>; <a href="/1_peter/3-6.htm">1 Peter 3:6</a>). Bring, and let us drink. They invite their husbands to supply the means of debauchery and to join in their revels. <a href="/commentaries/amos/4-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Hear שִׁמְע֞וּ (šim·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently this הַזֶּ֗ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that word, הַדָּבָ֣ר (had·dā·ḇār) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause you cows פָּר֤וֹת (pā·rō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6510.htm">Strong's 6510: </a> A heifer, cow of Bashan הַבָּשָׁן֙ (hab·bā·šān) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1316.htm">Strong's 1316: </a> Bashan -- 'smooth', a region East of the Jordan on Mount בְּהַ֣ר (bə·har) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country Samaria, שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן (šō·mə·rō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8111.htm">Strong's 8111: </a> Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel you women who oppress הָעֹשְׁק֣וֹת (hā·‘ō·šə·qō·wṯ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6231.htm">Strong's 6231: </a> To press upon, oppress, defraud, violate, overflow the poor דַּלִּ֔ים (dal·lîm) Adjective - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1800.htm">Strong's 1800: </a> Dangling, weak, thin and crush הָרֹצְצ֖וֹת (hā·rō·ṣə·ṣō·wṯ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7533.htm">Strong's 7533: </a> To crack in pieces the needy, אֶבְיוֹנִ֑ים (’eḇ·yō·w·nîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_34.htm">Strong's 34: </a> In want, needy, poor who say הָאֹמְרֹ֥ת (hā·’ō·mə·rōṯ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to your husbands, לַאֲדֹֽנֵיהֶ֖ם (la·’ă·ḏō·nê·hem) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_113.htm">Strong's 113: </a> Sovereign, controller “Bring us הָבִ֥יאָה (hā·ḇî·’āh) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go more to drink.” וְנִשְׁתֶּֽה׃ (wə·niš·teh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> To imbibe <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/4-1.htm">Amos 4:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/amos/4-1.htm">Amos 4:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/amos/4-1.htm">Amos 4:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/amos/4-1.htm">Amos 4:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/amos/4-1.htm">Amos 4:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/4-1.htm">Amos 4:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/4-1.htm">Amos 4:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/4-1.htm">Amos 4:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/amos/4-1.htm">Amos 4:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/amos/4-1.htm">Amos 4:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/amos/4-1.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 4:1 Listen to this word you cows (Amo. 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