“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.”
The address to the cows of Bashan who oppress the poor and crush the needy uses the imagery of cattle to describe the wealthy women of Israel whose luxury depends on the oppression of the vulnerable. The metaphor emphasizes the brutishness and lack of humanity in the oppression.
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