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 Lord GOD
hath sworn
by his holiness
, that, lo, the days
shall come
upon you, that he will take you away
with hooks
, and your posterity
with fishhooks
.
And ye shall go out at the breaches
, every
cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast
them into the palace
, saith
the LORD
.
Come to Bethel
, and transgress
; at Gilgal
multiply
transgression
; and bring
your sacrifices
every morning
, and your tithes
after three
years
:
And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving
with leaven
, and proclaim
and publish
the free offerings
: for this
liketh
you, O ye children
of Israel
, saith
the Lord
GOD
.
And I also have given you cleanness
of teeth
in all your cities
, and want
of bread
in all your places
: yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith
the LORD
.
And also I have withholden the rain
from you, when there were yet three
months
to the harvest
: and I caused it to rain
upon one
city
, and caused it not to rain
upon another
city
: one
piece
was rained
upon, and the piece
whereupon it rained
not withered
.
So two or three
cities
wandered
unto one
city
, to drink
water
; but they were not satisfied
: yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith
the LORD
.
I have smitten you with blasting
and mildew
: when your gardens
and your vineyards
and your fig trees
and your olive trees
increased
, the palmerworm
devoured
them : yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith
the LORD
.
I have sent among you the pestilence
after the manner
of Egypt
: your young men
have I slain
with the sword
, and have taken away
your horses
; and I have made the stink
of your camps
to come up
unto your nostrils
: yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith
the LORD
.
I have overthrown some of you, as God
overthrew
Sodom
and Gomorrah
, and ye were as a firebrand
plucked out
of the burning
: yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith
the LORD
.
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel
: and because
I will do
this unto thee, prepare
to meet
thy God
, O Israel
.
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains
, and createth
the wind
, and declareth
unto man
what is his thought
, that maketh
the morning
darkness
, and treadeth
upon the high places
of the earth
, The LORD
, The God
of hosts
, is his name
.