Verses from the Book of Amos

Amos 4:1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and say to your husbands, "Bring us some drinks!" (NIV) HEAR THIS word, you cows [women] of Bashan who are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their husbands, Bring and let us drink! [Ps. 22:12; Ezek. 39:18.](AMP) Hear 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. (KJV) Amos 3:7 Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. (NIV) Surely the Lord God will do nothing without revealing His secret to His servants the prophets. [Rev. 10:7.](AMP) Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. (KJV) Amos 8:11 NIV \| AMP \| KJV \| All Rank: 829 "The days are coming," declares the Sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine through the land – not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD." (NIV) Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but [a famine] for hearing the words of the Lord. (AMP) Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: (KJV) Amos 3:3 Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so? (NIV) Do two walk together except they make an appointment and have agreed? (AMP) Can two walk together, except they be agreed? (KJV) Amos 9:11 "In that day I will restore David's fallen shelter – I will repair its broken walls and restore its ruins – and will rebuild it as it used to be," (NIV) In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David, the fallen hut or booth, and close up its breaches; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old (AMP) In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: (KJV)	Amos 7:17 "Therefore this is what the LORD says: "Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be measured and divided up, and you yourself will die in a pagan country. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land."" (NIV) Therefore thus says the Lord: Your wife shall be a harlot in the city and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided up by line; you yourself shall die in an unclean and defiled land, and Israel shall surely go forth out of his land into exile. (AMP) Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. (KJV) Amos 5:21 "I hate, I despise your religious festivals; I cannot stand your assemblies." (NIV) I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell a savor or take delight in your solemn assemblies. (AMP) I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. (KJV) Amos 3:4 Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey? Does it growl in its den when it has caught nothing? (NIV) Will a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den if he has taken nothing? (AMP) Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? (KJV) Amos 1:2 He said: "The LORD roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds dry up, and the top of Carmel withers." (NIV) And he said, The Lord roars out of Zion and utters His voice from Jerusalem; then the pastures of the shepherds mourn and the top of [Mount] Carmel dries up. [Isa. 42:13; Jer. 25:30; Joel 3:16.](AMP) And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. (KJV) Amos 5:18 Woe to you who long for the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD? That day will be darkness, not light. (NIV)