4 <poetry>“Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, <indent>who are on the mountain of Samaria,</indent> who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, <indent>who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’</indent> </poetry> 2 <poetry> The Lord <smallCap>God</smallCap> has sworn by his holiness <indent>that, behold, the days are coming upon you,</indent> when they shall take you away with hooks, <indent> even the last of you with fishhooks.</indent> </poetry> 3 <poetry> And you shall go out through the breaches, <indent>each one straight ahead;</indent> <indent>and you shall be cast out into Harmon,”</indent> <indent>declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 4 <poetry> “Come to Bethel, and transgress; <indent>to Gilgal, and multiply transgression;</indent> bring your sacrifices every morning, <indent>your tithes every three days;</indent> </poetry> 5 <poetry>offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, <indent>and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them;</indent> <indent> for so you love to do, O people of Israel!”</indent> <indent>declares the Lord <smallCap>God</smallCap>.</indent></poetry></poetry> <h3>Israel Has Not Returned to the Lord</h3> 6 <poetry>“I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, <indent>and lack of bread in all your places,</indent> yet you did not return to me,” <indent>declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 7 <poetry>“I also withheld the rain from you <indent>when there were yet three months to the harvest;</indent> I would send rain on one city, <indent>and send no rain on another city;</indent> one field would have rain, <indent>and the field on which it did not rain would wither;</indent> </poetry> 8 <poetry>so two or three cities would wander to another city <indent>to drink water, and would not be satisfied;</indent> yet you did not return to me,” <indent>declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 9 <poetry> “I struck you with blight and mildew; <indent>your many gardens and your vineyards,</indent> <indent>your fig trees and your olive trees the locust devoured;</indent> yet you did not return to me,” <indent>declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 10 <poetry>“I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt; <indent>I killed your young men with the sword,</indent> and carried away your horses, <indent>and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils;</indent> yet you did not return to me,” <indent>declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 11 <poetry>“I overthrew some of you, <indent> as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,</indent> <indent>and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning;</indent> yet you did not return to me,” <indent>declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 12 <poetry>“Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; <indent>because I will do this to you,</indent> <indent>prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”</indent></poetry><poetry></poetry> 13 <poetry>For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, <indent>and declares to man what is his thought,</indent> who makes the morning darkness, <indent>and treads on the heights of the earth—</indent> <indent> the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, the God of hosts, is his name!</indent></poetry></poetry>

“Hear this word, <cr>1</cr>you cows of Bashan, <indent>who are <cr>2</cr>on the mountain of Samaria,</indent> <cr>3</cr>who oppress the poor, <cr>4</cr>who crush the needy, <indent>who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’</indent>

Amos 4:1

<cr>1</cr>The Lord <smallCap>God</smallCap> has sworn by his holiness <indent>that, behold, the days are coming upon you,</indent> <cr>2</cr>when they shall take you away with hooks, <indent><cr>3</cr>even the last of you with fishhooks.</indent>

Amos 4:2

<cr>1</cr>And you shall go out through the breaches, <indent>each one straight ahead;</indent> <indent>and you shall be cast out into Harmon,”</indent> <indent>declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Amos 4:3

<cr>1</cr>“Come to Bethel, and transgress; <indent>to <cr>2</cr>Gilgal, and multiply transgression;</indent> <cr>3</cr>bring your <cr>4</cr>sacrifices every morning, <indent>your tithes every three days;</indent>

Amos 4:4

offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of <cr>1</cr>that which is leavened, <indent>and proclaim <cr>2</cr>freewill offerings, publish them;</indent> <indent><cr>3</cr>for so you love to do, O people of Israel!”</indent> <indent>declares the Lord <smallCap>God</smallCap>.</indent></poetry>

Amos 4:5

Amos 4:6

“I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, <indent>and <cr>1</cr>lack of bread in all your places,</indent> <cr>2</cr>yet you did not return to me,” <indent>declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

“I also <cr>1</cr>withheld the rain from you <indent>when there were yet three months to the harvest;</indent> <cr>2</cr>I would send rain on one city, <indent>and send no rain on another city;</indent> one field would have rain, <indent>and the field on which it did not rain would wither;</indent>

Amos 4:7

so two or three cities <cr>1</cr>would wander to another city <indent>to drink water, and would not be satisfied;</indent> <cr>2</cr>yet you did not return to me,” <indent>declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Amos 4:8

<cr>1</cr>“I struck you with blight and mildew; <indent>your many gardens and your vineyards,</indent> <indent>your fig trees and your olive trees <cr>2</cr>the locust devoured;</indent> <cr>3</cr>yet you did not return to me,” <indent>declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Amos 4:9

“I sent among you a pestilence <cr>1</cr>after the manner of Egypt; <indent>I killed your young men with the sword,</indent> and <cr>2</cr>carried away your horses,<ft>1</ft> <indent>and <cr>3</cr>I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils;</indent> <cr>4</cr>yet you did not return to me,” <indent>declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Amos 4:10

“I overthrew some of you, <indent><cr>1</cr>as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,</indent> <indent>and you were <cr>2</cr>as a brand<ft>1</ft> plucked out of the burning;</indent> <cr>3</cr>yet you did not return to me,” <indent>declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Amos 4:11

“Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; <indent>because I will do this to you,</indent> <indent>prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Amos 4:12

For behold, <cr>1</cr>he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, <indent>and <cr>2</cr>declares to man what is his thought,</indent> <cr>3</cr>who makes the morning darkness, <indent>and <cr>4</cr>treads on the heights of the earth—</indent> <indent><cr>5</cr>the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, the God of hosts, is his name!</indent></poetry>

Amos 4:13

 1 “Hear this word,  you cows of Bashan, who are  on the mountain of Samaria,  who oppress the poor,  who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’  2  The Lord God has sworn by his holiness that, behold, the days are coming upon you,  when they shall take you away with hooks,  even the last of you with fishhooks.  3  And you shall go out through the breaches, each one straight ahead; and you shall be cast out into Harmon,” declares the Lord.  4  “Come to Bethel, and transgress; to  Gilgal, and multiply transgression;  bring your  sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days;  5 offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of  that which is leavened, and proclaim  freewill offerings, publish them;  for so you love to do, O people of Israel!” declares the Lord God. 6 “I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and  lack of bread in all your places,  yet you did not return to me,” declares the Lord.  7 “I also  withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest;  I would send rain on one city, and send no rain on another city; one field would have rain, and the field on which it did not rain would wither;  8 so two or three cities  would wander to another city to drink water, and would not be satisfied;  yet you did not return to me,” declares the Lord.  9  “I struck you with blight and mildew; your many gardens and your vineyards, your fig trees and your olive trees  the locust devoured;  yet you did not return to me,” declares the Lord.  10 “I sent among you a pestilence  after the manner of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, and  carried away your horses,  and  I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils;  yet you did not return to me,” declares the Lord.  11 “I overthrew some of you,  as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were  as a brand  plucked out of the burning;  yet you did not return to me,” declares the Lord.  12 “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”  13 For behold,  he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, and  declares to man what is his thought,  who makes the morning darkness, and  treads on the heights of the earth—  the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!

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The ESV is derived from the 1971 text edition of the Revised Standard Version (RSV). ESV Translation Oversight Committee member Wayne Grudem claims that approximately eight percent (or about 60,000 words) of the 1971 RSV text being used for the ESV was revised as of first publication in 2001. Grudem states that the committee removed "every trace of liberal influence that had caused such criticism from evangelicals when the RSV was first published in 1952." Although, Grudem also states that much of the 1971 RSV text left unchanged by the committee "is simply 'the best of the best' of the KJV tradition."

With regard to gender language, the ESV Translation Oversight Committee state that "the goal of the ESV is to render literally what is in the original."[9] The committee expands on this position in claiming that, although the ESV avoids using gender-neutral language (for the purpose of preserving contextual meaning found in the original text), the translation does utilize gender-neutral language in specific cases. The committee further state that their objective was "transparency to the original text, allowing the reader to understand the original on its own terms rather than in the terms of our present-day Western culture."[9] The ESV Study Bible often details in its commentary why a complementarian interpretation of the original text may have been rendered in translation.

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