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Amos 4:1-2
1599 Geneva Bible
Amos 4:1-2
1599 Geneva Bible
4 Against the governors of Samaria.
1 Hear this word, ye [a]kine of Bashan that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, and destroy the needy, and they say to their masters, [b]Bring, and let us drink.
2 The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with [c]thorns, and your posterity with fish-hooks.
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- Amos 4:1 Thus he calleth the princes and governors, which being overwhelmed with the great abundance of God’s benefits, forgot God, and therefore he calleth them by the name of beasts and not of men.
- Amos 4:1 They encourage such as have authority over the people to powle them, so that they may have profit by it.
- Amos 4:2 He alludeth to fishers, which catch fish by hooks and thorns.
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