Verse 1
Hear{H8085} this word,{H1697} ye kine{H6510} of Bashan,{H1316} that are in the mountain{H2022} of Samaria,{H8111} that oppress{H6231} the poor,{H1800} that crush{H7533} the needy,{H34} that say{H559} unto their lords,{H113} Bring,{H935} and let us drink.{H8354}
Referenced Verses
- Ps 22:12 : 12 Many{H7227} bulls{H6499} have compassed{H5437} me; Strong{H47} bulls of Bashan{H1316} have beset me round.{H3803}
- Amos 6:1 : 1 Woe{H1945} to them that are at ease{H7600} in Zion,{H6726} and to them that are secure{H982} in the mountain{H2022} of Samaria,{H8111} the notable{H5344} men of the chief{H7225} of the nations,{H1471} to whom the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} come!{H935}
- Amos 5:11 : 11 Forasmuch{H3282} therefore as ye trample{H1318} upon the poor,{H1800} and take{H3947} exactions{H4864} from him of wheat:{H1250} ye have built{H1129} houses{H1004} of hewn stone,{H1496} but ye shall not dwell{H3427} in them; ye have planted{H5193} pleasant{H2531} vineyards,{H3754} but ye shall not drink{H8354} the wine{H3196} thereof.
- Ezek 39:18 : 18 Ye shall eat{H398} the flesh{H1320} of the mighty,{H1368} and drink{H8354} the blood{H1818} of the princes{H5387} of the earth,{H776} of rams,{H352} of lambs,{H3733} and of goats,{H6260} of bullocks,{H6499} all of them fatlings{H4806} of Bashan.{H1316}
- Joel 3:3 : 3 and have cast{H3032} lots{H1486} for my people,{H5971} and have given{H5414} a boy{H3206} for a harlot,{H2181} and sold{H4376} a girl{H3207} for wine,{H3196} that they may drink.{H8354}
- Amos 2:6-8 : 6 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} For three{H7969} transgressions{H6588} of Israel,{H3478} yea, for four,{H702} I will not turn away{H7725} the punishment thereof; because they have sold{H4376} the righteous{H6662} for silver,{H3701} and the needy{H34} for a pair of shoes—{H5275} 7 they that pant{H7602} after the dust{H6083} of the earth{H776} on the head{H7218} of the poor,{H1800} and turn aside{H5186} the way{H1870} of the meek:{H6035} and a man{H376} and his father{H1} go{H3212} unto the [same] maiden,{H5291} to profane{H2490} my holy{H6944} name:{H8034} 8 and they lay themselves down{H5186} beside{H681} every altar{H4196} upon clothes{H899} taken in pledge;{H2254} and in the house{H1004} of their God{H430} they drink{H8354} the wine{H3196} of such as have been fined.{H6064}
- Amos 3:9-9 : 9 Publish{H8085} ye in the palaces{H759} at Ashdod,{H795} and in the palaces{H759} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} and say,{H559} Assemble{H622} yourselves upon the mountains{H2022} of Samaria,{H8111} and behold{H7200} what great{H7227} tumults{H4103} are therein,{H7130} and what oppressions{H6217} in the midst{H7130} thereof. 10 For they know{H3045} not to do{H6213} right,{H5229} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} who store{H686} up violence{H2555} and robbery{H7701} in their palaces.{H759}
- Exod 22:21-25 : 21 And a sojourner{H1616} shalt thou not wrong,{H3238} neither shalt thou oppress{H3905} him: for ye were sojourners{H1616} in the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714} 22 Ye shall not afflict{H6031} any widow,{H490} or fatherless child.{H3490} 23 If{H518} thou afflict{H6031} them at all,{H6817} and they cry{H6817} at all{H6817} unto me, I will surely{H8085} hear{H8085} their cry;{H6818} 24 and my wrath{H639} shall wax hot,{H2734} and I will kill{H2026} you with the sword;{H2719} and your wives{H802} shall be widows,{H490} and your children{H1121} fatherless.{H3490} 25 If thou lend{H3867} money{H3701} to any of my people{H5971} with thee that is poor,{H6041} thou shalt not be to him as a creditor;{H5383} neither shall ye lay{H7760} upon him interest.{H5392}
- Deut 15:9-9 : 9 Beware{H8104} that there be not a base{H1100} thought{H1697} in thy heart,{H3824} saying,{H559} The seventh{H7651} year,{H8141} the year{H8141} of release,{H8059} is at hand;{H7126} and thine eye{H5869} be evil{H7489} against thy poor{H34} brother,{H251} and thou give{H5414} him nought; and he cry{H7121} unto Jehovah{H3068} against thee, and it be sin{H2399} unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely{H5414} give{H5414} him, and thy heart{H3824} shall not be grieved{H3415} when thou givest{H5414} unto him; because{H1558} that for this thing{H1697} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} will bless{H1288} thee in all thy work,{H4639} and in all that thou puttest{H4916} thy hand{H3027} unto. 11 For the poor{H34} will never cease{H2308} out of{H7130} the land:{H776} therefore I command{H6680} thee, saying,{H559} Thou shalt surely{H6605} open{H6605} thy hand{H3027} unto thy brother,{H251} to thy needy,{H34} and to thy poor,{H6041} in thy land.{H776}
- Deut 28:33 : 33 The fruit{H6529} of thy ground,{H127} and all thy labors,{H3018} shall a nation{H5971} which thou knowest{H3045} not eat up;{H398} and thou shalt be only oppressed{H6231} and crushed{H7533} alway;{H3117}
- Deut 32:14-15 : 14 Butter{H2529} of the herd,{H1241} and milk{H2461} of the flock,{H6629} With fat{H2459} of lambs,{H3733} And rams{H352} of the breed{H1121} of Bashan,{H1316} and goats,{H6260} With the{H2459} finest{H3629} of the wheat;{H2406} And of the{H2561} blood{H1818} of the grape{H6025} thou drankest{H8354} wine. 15 But Jeshurun{H3484} waxed fat,{H8080} and kicked:{H1163} Thou art waxed fat,{H8080} thou art grown thick,{H5666} thou art become sleek;{H3780} Then he forsook{H5203} God{H433} who made{H6213} him, And lightly esteemed{H5034} the Rock{H6697} of his salvation.{H3444}
- 1 Kgs 16:24 : 24 And he bought{H7069} the hill{H2022} Samaria{H8111} of Shemer{H8106} for two talents{H3603} of silver;{H3701} and he built{H1129} on the hill,{H2022} and called{H7121} the name{H8034} of the city{H5892} which he built,{H1129} after the name{H8034} of Shemer,{H8106} the owner{H113} of the hill,{H2022} Samaria.{H8111}
- Job 20:19 : 19 For he hath oppressed{H7533} and forsaken{H5800} the poor;{H1800} He hath violently taken away{H1497} a house,{H1004} and he shall not build{H1129} it up.
- Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the oppression{H7701} of the poor,{H6041} because of the sighing{H603} of the needy,{H34} Now will I arise,{H6965} saith{H559} Jehovah;{H3068} I will set{H7896} him in the safety{H3468} he panteth{H6315} for.
- Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Hear{H8085} this, O ye that would swallow up{H7602} the needy,{H34} and cause{H7673} the poor{H6041} of the land{H776} to fail,{H7673} 5 saying,{H559} When will the new moon{H2320} be gone,{H5674} that we may sell{H7666} grain?{H7668} and the sabbath,{H7676} that we may set forth{H6605} wheat,{H1250} making the ephah{H374} small,{H6994} and the shekel{H8255} great,{H1431} and dealing falsely{H5791} with balances{H3976} of deceit;{H4820} 6 that we may buy{H7069} the poor{H1800} for silver,{H3701} and the needy{H34} for a pair of shoes,{H5275} and sell{H7666} the refuse{H4651} of the wheat?{H1250}
- Mic 2:1-3 : 1 Woe{H1945} to them that devise{H2803} iniquity{H205} and work{H6466} evil{H7451} upon their beds!{H4904} when the morning{H1242} is light,{H216} they practise{H6213} it, because it is{H3426} in the power{H410} of their hand.{H3027} 2 And they covet{H2530} fields,{H7704} and seize{H1497} them; and houses,{H1004} and take them away:{H5375} and they oppress{H6231} a man{H1397} and his house,{H1004} even a man{H376} and his heritage.{H5159} 3 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Behold, against this family{H4940} do I devise{H2803} an evil,{H7451} from which ye shall not remove{H4185} your necks,{H6677} neither shall ye walk{H3212} haughtily;{H7317} for it is an evil{H7451} time.{H6256}
- Mic 3:1-3 : 1 And I said,{H559} Hear,{H8085} I pray you, ye heads{H7218} of Jacob,{H3290} and rulers{H7101} of the house{H1004} of Israel:{H3478} is it not for you to know{H3045} justice?{H4941} 2 ye who hate{H8130} the good,{H2896} and love{H157} the evil;{H7451} who pluck off{H1497} their skin{H5785} from off them, and their flesh{H7607} from off their bones;{H6106} 3 who also eat{H398} the flesh{H7607} of my people,{H5971} and flay{H6584} their skin{H5785} from off them, and break{H6476} their bones,{H6106} and chop them in pieces,{H6566} as for the pot,{H5518} and as flesh{H1320} within{H8432} the caldron.{H7037}
- Zech 7:10-11 : 10 and oppress{H6231} not the widow,{H490} nor the fatherless,{H3490} the sojourner,{H1616} nor the poor;{H6041} and let none of you devise{H2803} evil{H7451} against{H376} his brother{H251} in your heart.{H3824} 11 But they refused{H3985} to hearken,{H7181} and pulled away{H5414} the shoulder,{H3802} and stopped{H3513} their ears,{H241} that they might not hear.{H8085}
- Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near{H7126} to you to judgment;{H4941} and I will be a swift{H4116} witness{H5707} against the sorcerers,{H3784} and against the adulterers,{H5003} and against the false{H8267} swearers,{H7650} and against those that oppress{H6231} the hireling{H7916} in his wages,{H7939} the widow,{H490} and the fatherless,{H3490} and that turn aside{H5186} the sojourner{H1616} [from his right], and fear{H3372} not me, saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}
- Jas 5:1-6 : 1 Come{G71} now,{G3568} ye rich,{G4145} weep{G2799} and howl{G3649} for{G1909} your{G5216} miseries{G5004} that are coming upon{G1904} you. 2 Your{G5216} riches{G4149} are corrupted,{G4595} and{G2532} your{G5216} garments{G2440} are{G1096} moth-eaten.{G4598} 3 Your{G5216} gold{G5557} and{G2532} your{G5216} silver{G696} are rusted;{G2728} and{G2532} their{G846} rust{G2447} shall be{G2071} for a testimony{G3142} against{G1519} you,{G5213} and{G2532} shall eat{G5315} your{G5216} flesh{G4561} as fire.{G4442} Ye have laid up your treasure{G2343} in{G1722} the last{G2078} days.{G2250} 4 Behold,{G2400} the hire{G3408} of the laborers{G2040} who{G3588} mowed{G270} your{G5216} fields,{G5561} which is of{G575} you{G5216} kept back by fraud,{G650} crieth{G2896} out: and{G2532} the cries{G995} of them{G3588} that reaped{G2325} have entered{G1525} into{G1519} the ears{G3775} of the Lord{G2962} of Sabaoth.{G4519} 5 Ye have lived delicately{G5171} on{G1909} the earth,{G1093} and{G2532} taken your pleasure;{G5171} ye have nourished{G5142} your{G5216} hearts{G2588} {G5613} in{G1722} a day{G2250} of slaughter.{G4967} 6 Ye have condemned,{G2613} ye have killed{G5407} the righteous{G1342} [one]; he doth{G498} not{G3756} resist{G498} you.{G5213}
- Ps 140:12 : 12 I know{H3045} that Jehovah{H3068} will maintain{H6213} the cause{H1779} of the afflicted,{H6041} And justice{H4941} for the needy.{H34}
- Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob{H1497} not the poor,{H1800} because he is poor;{H1800} Neither oppress{H1792} the afflicted{H6041} in the gate:{H8179} 23 For Jehovah{H3068} will plead{H7378} their cause,{H7379} And despoil{H6906} of life{H5315} those that despoil{H6906} them.
- Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Remove{H5253} not the ancient{H5769} landmark;{H1366} And enter{H935} not into the fields{H7704} of the fatherless:{H3490} 11 For their Redeemer{H1350} is strong;{H2389} He will plead{H7378} their cause{H7379} against thee.
- Eccl 4:1 : 1 Then I returned{H7725} and saw{H7200} all the oppressions{H6217} that are done{H6213} under the sun:{H8121} and, behold, the tears{H1832} of such as were oppressed,{H6231} and they had no comforter;{H5162} and on the side{H3027} of their oppressors{H6231} there was power;{H3581} but they had no comforter.{H5162}
- Eccl 5:8 : 8 If thou seest{H7200} the oppression{H6233} of the poor,{H7326} and the violent{H1499} taking away of justice{H6664} and righteousness{H4941} in a province,{H4082} marvel{H8539} not at the matter:{H2656} for one higher{H1364} than the high{H1364} regardeth;{H8104} and there are higher{H1364} than they.{H5921}
- Isa 1:17-24 : 17 learn{H3925} to do well;{H3190} seek{H1875} justice,{H4941} relieve{H833} the oppressed,{H2541} judge{H8199} the fatherless,{H3490} plead{H7378} for the widow.{H490} 18 Come now,{H3212} and let us reason together,{H3198} saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} though your sins{H2399} be as scarlet,{H8144} they shall be as white{H3835} as snow;{H7950} though they be red{H119} like crimson,{H8438} they shall be as wool.{H6785} 19 If ye be willing{H14} and obedient,{H8085} ye shall eat{H398} the good{H2898} of the land:{H776} 20 but if ye refuse{H3985} and rebel,{H4784} ye shall be devoured{H398} with the sword;{H2719} for the mouth{H6310} of Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken{H1696} it. 21 How is the faithful{H539} city{H7151} become a harlot!{H2181} she that was full{H4392} of justice!{H4941} righteousness{H6664} lodged{H3885} in her, but now murderers.{H7523} 22 Thy silver{H3701} is become dross,{H5509} thy wine{H5435} mixed{H4107} with water.{H4325} 23 Thy princes{H8269} are rebellious,{H5637} and companions{H2270} of thieves;{H1590} every one loveth{H157} bribes,{H7810} and followeth{H7291} after rewards:{H8021} they judge{H8199} not the fatherless,{H3490} neither doth the cause{H7379} of the widow{H490} come{H935} unto them. 24 Therefore saith{H5002} the Lord,{H113} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the Mighty One{H46} of Israel,{H3478} Ah,{H1945} I will ease{H5162} me of mine adversaries,{H6862} and avenge{H5358} me of mine enemies;{H341}
- Isa 5:8 : 8 Woe{H1945} unto them that join{H5060} house{H1004} to house,{H1004} that lay{H7126} field{H7704} to field,{H7704} till there be no{H657} room,{H4725} and ye be made to dwell{H3427} alone in the midst{H7130} of the land!{H776}
- Isa 58:6 : 6 Is not this the fast{H6685} that I have chosen:{H977} to loose{H6605} the bonds{H2784} of wickedness,{H7562} to undo{H5425} the bands{H92} of the yoke,{H4133} and to let the oppressed{H7533} go{H7971} free,{H2670} and that ye break{H5423} every yoke?{H4133}
- Jer 5:26-29 : 26 For among my people{H5971} are found{H4672} wicked{H7563} men: they watch,{H7918} as fowlers{H3353} lie in wait;{H7789} they set{H5324} a trap,{H4889} they catch{H3920} men.{H582} 27 As a cage{H3619} is full{H4392} of birds,{H5775} so are their houses{H1004} full{H4392} of deceit:{H4820} therefore they are become great,{H1431} and waxed rich.{H6238} 28 They are waxed fat,{H8080} they shine:{H6245} yea, they overpass{H5674} in deeds{H1697} of wickedness;{H7451} they plead{H1777} not the cause,{H1779} the cause of the fatherless,{H3490} that they may prosper;{H6743} and the right{H4941} of the needy{H34} do they not judge.{H8199} 29 Shall I not visit{H6485} for these things? saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} shall not my soul{H5315} be avenged{H5358} on such a nation{H1471} as this?
- Jer 6:6 : 6 For thus hath Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} said,{H559} Hew ye down{H3772} trees,{H6097} and cast{H8210} up a mound{H5550} against Jerusalem:{H3389} this is the city{H5892} to be visited;{H6485} she is wholly oppression{H6233} in the midst{H7130} of her.
- Jer 7:6 : 6 if ye oppress{H6231} not the sojourner,{H1616} the fatherless,{H3490} and the widow,{H490} and shed{H8210} not innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} in this place,{H4725} neither walk{H3212} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430} to your own hurt:{H7451}
- Jer 50:11 : 11 Because ye are glad,{H8055} because ye rejoice,{H8055} O ye that plunder{H8154} my heritage,{H5159} because ye are wanton{H6335} as a heifer{H5697} that treadeth out [the grain],{H1877} and neigh{H6670} as strong horses;{H47}
- Jer 50:27 : 27 Slay{H2717} all her bullocks;{H6499} let them go down{H3381} to the slaughter:{H2874} woe{H1945} unto them! for their day{H3117} is come,{H935} the time{H6256} of their visitation.{H6486}
- Jer 51:34 : 34 Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} hath devoured{H398} me, he hath crushed{H2000} me, he hath made{H3322} me an empty{H7385} vessel,{H3627} he hath, like a monster,{H8577} swallowed me up,{H1104} he hath filled{H4390} his maw{H3770} with my delicacies;{H5730} he hath cast me out.{H1740}
- Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee have they set light{H7043} by father{H1} and mother;{H517} in the midst{H8432} of thee have they dealt{H6213} by oppression{H6233} with the sojourner;{H1616} in thee have they wronged{H3238} the fatherless{H3490} and the widow.{H490}
- Ezek 22:12 : 12 In thee have they taken{H3947} bribes{H7810} to shed{H8210} blood;{H1818} thou hast taken{H3947} interest{H5392} and increase,{H8636} and thou hast greedily gained{H1214} of thy neighbors{H7453} by oppression,{H6233} and hast forgotten{H7911} me, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}
- Ezek 22:27 : 27 Her princes{H8269} in the midst{H7130} thereof are like wolves{H2061} ravening{H2963} the prey,{H2964} to shed{H8210} blood,{H1818} [and] to destroy{H6} souls,{H5315} that they may get{H1214} dishonest gain.{H1215}
- Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people{H5971} of the land{H776} have used oppression,{H6231} and exercised{H1497} robbery;{H1498} yea, they have vexed{H3238} the poor{H6041} and needy,{H34} and have oppressed{H6231} the sojourner{H1616} wrongfully.{H4941}