⭐ Amos 4

Amos 4 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “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!”” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, ““I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One place was rained on, and the piece where it didn’t rain withered.” Amos 4 opens with these words: “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…” The line to keep is Amos 4:2: “The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness that behold, “The days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, and the last of you with fish hooks.” Carry the word “sworn” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Amos 4:2: “The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness that behold, “The days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, and the last of you with fish hooks.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Amos 4? Then try this: Read “The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness that behold, “The days shall come on you that they will take you…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.