Amos 4

shimu haddavar hazzeh parot habbashan asher behar shomeron ha'osheqot dallim harotsetsot evyonim ha'omerot la'adonehem havi'ah venishteh

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan On the hill of Samaria— Who defraud the poor, Who rob the needy; Who say to your husbands, “Bring, and let’s carouse!”

nishba adonay Elohim beqodsho ki hinneh yamim ba'im alekhem venissa etkhem betsinnot ve'akharitekhen besirot dugah

My Sovereign GOD swears irrevocably: Behold, days are coming upon you When you will be carried off in baskets, And, to the last one, in fish baskets,

uferatsim tetsenah isha negdah vehishlakhtenah haharmonah ne'um-Adonai

And taken out [of the city]— Each one through a breach straight ahead— And flung on the refuse heap —declares GOD.

bo'u vet-el ufishu haggilgal harbu lifshoa vehavi'u labboqer zivkhekhem lishloshet yamim maserotekhem

Come to Bethel and transgress; To Gilgal, and transgress even more: Present your sacrifices the next morning And your tithes on the third day;

veqatter mekhamets todah veqiru nedavot hashmi'u ki khen ahavtem bene yisra'el ne'um adonay Elohim

And burn a thank offering of leavened bread; And proclaim freewill offerings loudly. For you love that sort of thing, O Israelites —declares the Sovereign GOD.

vegam-ani natatti lakhem niqyon shinnayim bekhol-arekhem vekhoser lekhem bekhol meqomotekhem velo-shavtem aday ne'um-Adonai

I, on My part, have given you Cleanness of teeth in all your towns, And lack of food in all your settlements. Yet you did not turn back to Me —declares GOD.

vegam anokhi manati mikkem et-haggeshem be'od sheloshah khodashim laqqatsir vehimtarti al-ir ekhat ve'al-ir akhat lo amtir khelqah akhat timmater vekhelqah asher-lo-tamtir aleha tivash

I therefore withheld the rain from you Three months before harvesttime: I would make it rain on one town And not on another; One field would be rained upon While another on which it did not rain Would wither.

vena'u shetayim shalosh arim el-ir akhat lishtot mayim velo yisba'u velo-shavtem aday ne'um-Adonai

So two or three towns would wander To a single town to drink water, But their thirst would not be slaked. Yet you did not turn back to Me —declares GOD.

hikketi etkhem bashiddafon uvayyeraqon harbot gannotekhem vekharmekhem ute'enekhem vezetekhem yokhal haggazam velo-shavtem aday ne'um-Adonai

I scourged you with blight and mildew; Repeatedly your gardens and vineyards, Your fig trees and olive trees Were devoured by locusts. Yet you did not turn back to Me —declares GOD.

shillakhti vakhem dever bederekh mitsrayim haragti vakherev bakhurekhem im shevi susekhem va'a'aleh be'osh makhanekhem uve'appekhem velo-shavtem aday ne'um-Adonai

I sent against you pestilence In the manner of Egypt; I slew your young men with the sword, Together with your captured horses, And I made the stench of your armies Rise in your very nostrils. Yet you did not turn back to Me —declares GOD.

hafakhti vakhem kemahpekhat elohim et-sedom ve'et-amorah vattihyu ke'ud mutsal misserefah velo-shavtem aday ne'um-Adonai

I have wrought destruction among you As when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; You have become like a brand plucked from burning. Yet you have not turned back to Me —declares GOD.

lakhen koh e'eseh-llekha yisra'el eqev ki-zot e'eseh-llakh hikkon liqrat-elohekha yisra'el

Assuredly, Because I am doing that to you, Even so will I act toward you, O Israel— Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!

ki hinneh yotser harim uvore ruakh umaggid le'adam mah-ssekho oseh shakhar efah vedorekh al-bomote arets Adonai elohe-tseva'ot shemo

Behold the One who formed the mountains, And created the wind, And whose wishes have been made known to mortals, Who turns blackness into daybreak, And treads upon the high places of the earth, Whose name is GOD—the God of Hosts.