Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
All Commentaries on Amos 4:1 Go To Amos 4
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Fat kine. He means the great ones that lived in plenty and wealth, (Challoner) and without restraint, (Isaias xv. 5., and Jeremias xlvi. 20.; Calmet) having no compassion for the poor. (Worthington)
The women who had too great an ascendency over their husbands, like Jezabel, may also be meant. (Theodoret; Grotius)
In many parts of the East the women affect being fat.
