Amos 4:2

"Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, “Bring us drinks!”"

Key Reflection

Amos 4:2 addresses the wealthy and powerful inhabitants of Samaria, the capital city of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The term "cows of Bashan" was a derogatory epithet used to mock these elite women, suggesting they were as pampered and self-indulgent as cattle grazing in the fertile valley of Bashan. This verse captures Amos’s critique of social injustice; he指责这些富有而有权势的撒玛利亚人压榨穷人和困苦的人，并用这句话揭露了他们骄奢淫逸的生活方式。这节经文体现了阿摩司对社会不公的批判，他指责这些富有的撒玛利亚女性压榨穷苦的人，并用“巴珊母牛”的贬义词来讽刺她们的奢华生活。这种称呼揭示了她们在丰饶之地享受着奢侈和享乐的生活方式，而忽视了周围人的苦难。

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The Lord God hath sworn by His holiness -They had sinned to profane His “Holy Name” (see the note atAmos 2:7). God swears by that holiness which they had profaned in themselves on whom it was called, and which they had caused to be profaned by others. He pledges His own holiness, that He will avenge their unholiness. : “In swearing “by His holiness,” God sware by Himself. For He is the supreme uncreated justice and Holiness. This justice each, in his degree, should imitate and maintain on earth, and these had sacrilegiously violated and overthrown.” Days shall come (literally, are among) upon you -God’s Day and eternity are ever coming. He reminds them of their continual approach.

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