Amos 4:1

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Events

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• Prophecies of Amosc. 788 BC

Related verses

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• Psalm 22:12
  Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
• Amos 6:1
  Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
• Ezekiel 39:18
  You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan.
• Amos 5:11
  Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
• Ecclesiastes 4:1
  Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
• Job 20:19
  For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
• Deuteronomy 15:9–11
  Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
• Ecclesiastes 5:8
  If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
• Deuteronomy 28:33
  A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
• Ezekiel 22:29
  The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
• Amos 8:4–6
  Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
• Jeremiah 6:6
  For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.

Places

Bashan: Region east of the Jordan, known for its fertility· Samaria: Capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel; Samaritan inhabitants

Glossary

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Alms· Bashan· Book of Amos· Prophecy· Samaria

Topics

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Ancient Samaria: Samaria the Capital of Called the Mountain of Samaria· Bashan: Distinguished for Its Fine Cattle· Cattle: Bashan Suitable to the Raising of· Cow: Figurative· Kine (Bovine): Figurative· Mountains: Afforded Pasturage· Oppression: God Will Judge· Poor: Oppressions of· Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Captivity, Famine, and Judgments· Rulers: Wicked· The Ox: Kine of Proud and Wealthy Rules· The Poor: The Wicked: Crush