Amos 4

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God calls the young heifer or kine^[1] of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor
The Kine is a young heifer like the Red heifer represents aid to be given in a time of fruitfulness which is what Bashan is referring to like the affluence of Sodom.
Like Sodom in a time of affluence they did not strengthen the poor.
The mountains of Samaria
Amos speaks of how their table becomes a snare and a trap if we do not abstain from our appetite for what is offered by rulers. Such warnings are repeated throughout the Bible by the prophets, David, Paul, and Peter.
These "hooks^[2], and your posterity with fishhooks" includes the Mire that comes with that appetite for the wages of unrighteousness.
All the problems in society and Israel were because the people would not return to God. Certainly they thought they had but were immersed in False religion.

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1 ¶ Hear this word, ye kine^[1] 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 Bethel, 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^[3] 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.

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06510 פָרָה‎ parah [paw-raw’] from 06499 young bull; n f; [BDB-831a] [{See TWOT on 1831 @@ "1831b" }] AV-kine 18, heifer 6, cow 2; 26
1) cow, heifer
- See Red heifer and the sacrifice of sophistry.
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06793 צִנָּה‎ tsinnah [tsin-naw’] TzadikNunHey from 06791 TzadikNun barb; n f; [BDB-856b] [{See TWOT on 1936 @@ "1936b" }] [{See TWOT on 1937 @@ "1937a" }] [{See TWOT on 1938 @@ "1938a" }] AV-shield 10, buckler 5, target 5, hook 1, cold 1; 22
1) something piercing, hook, barb
1a) meaning dubious

2) coolness, cold (of snow)

3) shield, large shield, buckler
3a) shield
- צ ץ Tzadik is always related to The Faith of the Righteous One, the foundation of the word "to hunt" or Harvest even eat or desire. [Harvest, pant, desire] (Numeric value: 90)
- נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)
- ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
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01501 ^םזג^ GimelZayinMem gazam \@gaw-zawm’\@ from an unused root meaning to devour; n m coll; {See TWOT on 338 @@ "338a"} AV-palmerworm 3; 3 a.k.a. the chewing locust
1) locusts
note: See Joel
- Another word for Locust. ^הברא^ ‘arbeh 0697 from הבר rabah 07235 meaning multiply "become many"
- GimelZayinZayin 01494 and 01495 means to shear.
- GimelZayinLamed 01497AV-spoil 8, take away 8, rob 4, pluck 3, caught 1, consume 1, exercised 1, force 1, pluck off 1, torn 1, violence 1; 30. means to tear away, seize, plunder, tear off, pull off, rob, take away by force
- GimelZayinLamedHey 01500 AV-violence 3, robbed 1, that 1, spoil 1; 6. means 1) plunder, spoil, robbery

[kine-1] 1.0 ^1.1 06510 פָרָה‎ parah [paw-raw’] from 06499 young bull; n f; [BDB-831a] [{See TWOT on 1831 @@ "1831b" }] AV-kine 18, heifer 6, cow 2; 26
1) cow, heifer

See Red heifer and the sacrifice of sophistry.

[2] See Red heifer and the sacrifice of sophistry.

[2] 06793 צִנָּה‎ tsinnah [tsin-naw’] TzadikNunHey from 06791 TzadikNun barb; n f; [BDB-856b] [{See TWOT on 1936 @@ "1936b" }] [{See TWOT on 1937 @@ "1937a" }] [{See TWOT on 1938 @@ "1938a" }] AV-shield 10, buckler 5, target 5, hook 1, cold 1; 22
1) something piercing, hook, barb
1a) meaning dubious

2) coolness, cold (of snow)

3) shield, large shield, buckler
3a) shield

צ ץ Tzadik is always related to The Faith of the Righteous One, the foundation of the word "to hunt" or Harvest even eat or desire. [Harvest, pant, desire] (Numeric value: 90)

נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)

ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)

[4] צ ץ Tzadik is always related to The Faith of the Righteous One, the foundation of the word "to hunt" or Harvest even eat or desire. [Harvest, pant, desire] (Numeric value: 90)

[5] נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)

[6] ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)

[3] 01501 ^םזג^ GimelZayinMem gazam \@gaw-zawm’\@ from an unused root meaning to devour; n m coll; {See TWOT on 338 @@ "338a"} AV-palmerworm 3; 3 a.k.a. the chewing locust
1) locusts
note: See Joel
Another word for Locust. ^הברא^ ‘arbeh 0697 from הבר rabah 07235 meaning multiply "become many"

GimelZayinZayin 01494 and 01495 means to shear.

GimelZayinLamed 01497AV-spoil 8, take away 8, rob 4, pluck 3, caught 1, consume 1, exercised 1, force 1, pluck off 1, torn 1, violence 1; 30. means to tear away, seize, plunder, tear off, pull off, rob, take away by force

GimelZayinLamedHey 01500 AV-violence 3, robbed 1, that 1, spoil 1; 6. means 1) plunder, spoil, robbery

[8] Another word for Locust. ^הברא^ ‘arbeh 0697 from הבר rabah 07235 meaning multiply "become many"

[9] GimelZayinZayin 01494 and 01495 means to shear.

[10] GimelZayinLamed 01497AV-spoil 8, take away 8, rob 4, pluck 3, caught 1, consume 1, exercised 1, force 1, pluck off 1, torn 1, violence 1; 30. means to tear away, seize, plunder, tear off, pull off, rob, take away by force

[11] GimelZayinLamedHey 01500 AV-violence 3, robbed 1, that 1, spoil 1; 6. means 1) plunder, spoil, robbery

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