BLB Amo 4

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Amo 4:1 — Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that [are] in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

ye kine		"By the ""kine of Bashan,"" some understand the proud, luxurious matrons of Israel; but it is probable the prophet speaks catachrestically, and means the wealthy, effeminate, and profligate rulers and nobles of Samaria. Deu 32:14,15; Psa 22:12; Jer 50:11,27; Eze 39:18"
the mountain		Amo 6:1; 1Ki 16:24
which oppress		Amo 2:6,7; Amo 3:9,10; Amo 5:11; Amo 8:4-6; Exd 22:21-25; Deu 15:9-11; Psa 12:5; Psa 140:12; Pro 22:22,23; Pro 23:10,11; Ecc 4:1; Ecc 5:8; Isa 1:17-24; Isa 5:8; Isa 58:6; Jer 5:26-29; Jer 6:6; Jer 7:6; Eze 22:7,12,27,29; Mic 2:1-3; Mic 3:1-3; Zec 7:10,11; Mal 3:5; Jam 5:1-6
crush		Deu 28:33; Job 20:19; *marg:; Jer 51:34
Bring		Amo 2:8; Joe 3:3

Correlating Passages

ye kine

	Deu 32:14	Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
	Deu 32:15	But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
	Psa 22:12	Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.
	Jer 50:11	Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
	Jer 50:27	Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
	Eze 39:18	Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

the mountain

	Amo 6:1	Woe to them [that are] at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, [which are] named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
	1Ki 16:24	And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

which oppress

	Amo 2:6	Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
	Amo 2:7	That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy name:
	Amo 3:9	Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
	Amo 3:10	For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
	Amo 5:11	Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
	Amo 8:4	Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
	Amo 8:5	Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
	Amo 8:6	That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; [yea], and sell the refuse of the wheat?
	Exd 22:21	Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
	Exd 22:22	Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
	Exd 22:23	If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
	Exd 22:24	And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
	Exd 22:25	If thou lend money to [any of] my people [that is] poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
	Deu 15:9	Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
	Deu 15:10	Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
	Deu 15:11	For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
	Psa 12:5	For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.
	Psa 140:12	I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.
	Pro 22:22	Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
	Pro 22:23	For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
	Pro 23:10	Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
	Pro 23:11	For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
	Ecc 4:1	So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter.
	Ecc 5:8	If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for [he that is] higher than the highest regardeth; and [there be] higher than they.
	Isa 1:17	Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
	Isa 1:18	Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
	Isa 1:19	If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
	Isa 1:20	But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].
	Isa 1:21	How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
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	Isa 5:8	Woe unto them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there be] no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
	Isa 58:6	[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
	Jer 5:26	For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
	Jer 5:27	As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
	Jer 5:28	They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
	Jer 5:29	Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
	Jer 6:6	For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this [is] the city to be visited; she [is] wholly oppression in the midst of her.
	Jer 7:6	[If] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
	Eze 22:7	In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
	Eze 22:12	In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
	Eze 22:27	Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
	Eze 22:29	The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
	Mic 2:1	Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
	Mic 2:2	And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
	Mic 2:3	Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time [is] evil.
	Mic 3:1	And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; [Is it] not for you to know judgment?
	Mic 3:2	Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
	Mic 3:3	Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
	Zec 7:10	And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.