--- title: "Amos 4 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge" description: "Read Amos 4 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 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" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/amos/4" --- [ Read](/kjv/amos/4)[ Commentary](/study/amos/4)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/amos/4) Audio 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. 2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. 3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every *cow at that which is* before her; and ye shall cast *them* into the palace, saith the LORD.* 4 ¶ Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, *and* your tithes after three years:* 5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim *and* publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.** 6 ¶ And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when *there were* yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. 8 So two *or* three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured *them:* yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.* 10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.** 11 I have overthrown *some* of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: *and* because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. 13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what *is* his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, *is* his name.* [Amos 3](/study/amos/3) [Amos 5](/study/amos/5) ## Commentary To verse 1 **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. [Deuteronomy 32:14](/kjv/deuteronomy/32/14), [Deuteronomy 32:15](/kjv/deuteronomy/32/15), [Psalms 22:12](/kjv/psalms/22/12), [Jeremiah 50:11](/kjv/jeremiah/50/11), [Jeremiah 50:27](/kjv/jeremiah/50/27), [Ezekiel 39:18](/kjv/ezekiel/39/18) **the mountain:** [Amos 6:1](/kjv/amos/6/1), [1 Kings 16:24](/kjv/1-kings/16/24) **which oppress:** [Amos 2:6](/kjv/amos/2/6), [Amos 2:7](/kjv/amos/2/7), [Amos 3:9](/kjv/amos/3/9), [Amos 3:10](/kjv/amos/3/10), [Amos 5:11](/kjv/amos/5/11), [Amos 8:4-6](/kjv/amos/8/4-6), [Exodus 22:21-25](/kjv/exodus/22/21-25), [Deuteronomy 15:9-11](/kjv/deuteronomy/15/9-11), [Psalms 12:5](/kjv/psalms/12/5), [Psalms 140:12](/kjv/psalms/140/12), [Proverbs 22:22](/kjv/proverbs/22/22), [Proverbs 22:23](/kjv/proverbs/22/23), [Proverbs 23:10](/kjv/proverbs/23/10), [Proverbs 23:11](/kjv/proverbs/23/11), [Ecclesiastes 4:1](/kjv/ecclesiastes/4/1), [Ecclesiastes 5:8](/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/8), [Isaiah 1:17-24](/kjv/isaiah/1/17-24), [Isaiah 5:8](/kjv/isaiah/5/8), [Isaiah 58:6](/kjv/isaiah/58/6), [Jeremiah 5:26-29](/kjv/jeremiah/5/26-29), [Jeremiah 6:6](/kjv/jeremiah/6/6), [Jeremiah 7:6](/kjv/jeremiah/7/6), [Ezekiel 22:7](/kjv/ezekiel/22/7), [Ezekiel 22:12](/kjv/ezekiel/22/12), [Ezekiel 22:27](/kjv/ezekiel/22/27), [Ezekiel 22:29](/kjv/ezekiel/22/29), [Micah 2:1-3](/kjv/micah/2/1-3), [Micah 3:1-3](/kjv/micah/3/1-3), [Zechariah 7:10](/kjv/zechariah/7/10), [Zechariah 7:11](/kjv/zechariah/7/11), [Malachi 3:5](/kjv/malachi/3/5), [James 5:1-6](/kjv/james/5/1-6) **crush:** [Deuteronomy 28:33](/kjv/deuteronomy/28/33), [Job 20:19](/kjv/job/20/19),*marg. [Jeremiah 51:34](/kjv/jeremiah/51/34) **Bring:** [Amos 2:8](/kjv/amos/2/8), [Joel 3:3](/kjv/joel/3/3) **Reciprocal:** [Exodus 3:9](/kjv/exodus/3/9) - and I have [Numbers 21:33](/kjv/numbers/21/33) - Bashan [Deuteronomy 24:14](/kjv/deuteronomy/24/14) - *General* [2 Kings 18:10](/kjv/2-kings/18/10) - they took it [Proverbs 22:7](/kjv/proverbs/22/7) - rich [Proverbs 28:16](/kjv/proverbs/28/16) - prince [Proverbs 30:14](/kjv/proverbs/30/14) - to devour [Isaiah 3:5](/kjv/isaiah/3/5) - the people [Isaiah 3:14](/kjv/isaiah/3/14) - ye have eaten [Isaiah 5:17](/kjv/isaiah/5/17) - the waste [Jeremiah 5:5](/kjv/jeremiah/5/5) - get me [Jeremiah 5:28](/kjv/jeremiah/5/28) - waxen [Jeremiah 17:20](/kjv/jeremiah/17/20) - *General* [Ezekiel 18:12](/kjv/ezekiel/18/12) - oppressed [Ezekiel 34:16](/kjv/ezekiel/34/16) - but I [Hosea 12:7](/kjv/hosea/12/7) - he loveth [Hosea 13:16](/kjv/hosea/13/16) - Samaria [Joel 1:2](/kjv/joel/1/2) - Hear [Zephaniah 3:1](/kjv/zephaniah/3/1) - to the [Luke 6:24](/kjv/luke/6/24) - woe [James 2:6](/kjv/james/2/6) - Do ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/amos/4#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/amos/4#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/amos/4","name":"Amos 4 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/amos/4#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Amos 4 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 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","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/amos/4#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/amos/4"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/amos/4#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","name":"Study Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge","name":"treasury of scripture knowledge"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/amos","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/amos","name":"Amos"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/amos/4","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/amos/4","name":"4"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```