Amos 4:1-3

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The Women Who Love Pleasure

4 Listen to me, you cows of Bashan^[a] on Samaria’s mountain. You hurt the poor and crush those in need. You tell your husbands,^[b] “Bring us something to drink!”

²The Lord God made a promise. He promised by his holiness that troubles will come to you. People will use hooks and take you away as prisoners. They will use fishhooks to take away your children. ³Your city will be destroyed. The women will rush out through cracks in the wall and throw themselves onto the pile of dead bodies.^[c]

This is what the Lord says:

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Footnotes

Amos 4:1 cows of Bashan This means the wealthy women in Samaria. Bashan, an area east of the Jordan River, was famous for its big bulls and cows.
Amos 4:1 your husbands Literally, “their masters.”
Amos 4:3 throw … dead bodies Or “You will be thrown away. People will take you to Mount Hermon.” The Hebrew text here is hard to understand. It is not clear if the women will be “thrown away” or if the women will be “throwing something away.”