1Hear 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.
Amos 4:1 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-5)It is here foretold, in the name of God, that oppressors shall be humbled and idolaters shall be hardened. I. That proud oppressors shall be humbled for their oppressions: for he that does wrong shall receive according to the wrong that he has done . Now observe, 1. How their sin is described, Amos 4:1. They are compared to the kine of Bashan , which were a breed of cattle very large and strong, e...
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