Amos 4:1
Hear this word,
What it says
Amos addresses the wealthy women of Samaria who oppress the poor and demand indulgence.
What it is doing
This verse opens the chapter by exposing affluent cruelty beneath comfortable living.
In context
1Hear this word, 2The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: 3You will go out through broken walls, 4“Go to Bethel and transgress; 5Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, 6“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth 7“I also withheld the rain from you 8People staggered from city to city 9“I struck you with blight and mildew 10“I sent plagues among you 11“Some of you I overthrew 12“Therefore, that is what I will do 13For behold, He who forms the mountains,