Amos 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.
Context
This verse from Amos Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. The women of Samaria — 'cows of Bashan' — who oppress the poor will be led out with fishhooks. Israel has not returned to God despite seven divine warnings: drought, failed harvests, locusts, plague, earthquake. The repetition of 'yet you …
Autres traductions
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink.
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, Who <FI>are<Fi> in the mountain of Samaria, Who are oppressing the poor, Who are bruising the needy, Who are saying to their lords: `Bring in, and we do drink.'
Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.
Références croisées
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him …
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is …
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand …
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou …
Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, …
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then …
And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called …
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded …
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I …