Amos 4
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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!”
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The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness,
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You will go out at the breaks in the wall,
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“Go to Bethel, and sin;
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offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened,
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“I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
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“I also have withheld the rain from you,
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So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water,
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“I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards,
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“I sent plagues among you like I did Egypt.
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“I have overthrown some of you,
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“Therefore I will do this to you, Israel;
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For, behold, he who forms the mountains, creates the wind, declares to man what is his thought,