Amos 4:1
Hear ye this word, ye heifers of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,—who say to their lords, Bring in, and let us drink!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Exodus 22:21And, a sojourner, shalt thou not tread down neither shalt thou drive him away,—for sojourners, ye became in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 15:9Take thou heed to thyself lest there be something near thine abandoned heart, saying—Drawing nigh, is the seventh year the year of release, and so thine eye be evil, against thy needy brother, and thou give not unto him,—and he cry out against thee unto Yahweh, and it become in thee a sin!
Deuteronomy 32:14Curds of kine and milk of sheep,—With fat of well-fed lambs, Yea rams bred in Bashan, and he-goats, With the white of the kernels of wheat,—And, the blood of the grape, thou didst drink as it foamed.
Job 20:19For he hath oppressed—hath forsaken the poor, A house, hath he seized, which he cannot rebuild.
Psalms 12:5Because of violence done to the poor, because of the crying of the needy, Now, will I arise! O may Yahweh say,—I will place [him] in safety—let him puff at him!
Psalms 140:12I know that Yahweh will execute, the right of the oppressed one, the vindication of the needy.
Matthew Henry on Amos 4:1
In this chapter, I. The oppressors in Israel are threatened for their oppression of the poor, ver. 1-3 . II. The idolaters in Israel, being joined to idols, are given up to their own heart's lusts, ver. 4, 5 . III. All the sins of Israel are aggravated from their incorrigibleness in them, and their refusal to return and reform, notwithstanding the various rebukes of Providence which they had been under, ver. 6-11 . IV. They are invited yet at length to humble themselves before God, since it is impossible for them… Read the whole commentary →