¹Listen 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 !”

²The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness ,

“Behold , the days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks ,

and the last of you with fish hooks .

³You will go out at the breaks in the wall,

everyone straight before her ;

and you will cast yourselves into Harmon ,” says the LORD .

⁴“Go to Bethel , and sin;

to Gilgal , and sin more .

Bring your sacrifices every morning ,

your tithes every three days ,

⁵offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened ,

and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them ;

for this pleases you , you children of Israel ,” says the Lord GOD .

⁶“I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities ,

and lack of bread in every town ;

yet you haven’t returned to me ,” says the LORD .

⁷“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 field was rained on ,

and the field where it didn’t rain withered .

⁸So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water ,

and were not satisfied ;

yet you haven’t returned to me ,” says the LORD .

⁹“I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards ,

and the swarming locusts have devoured your fig trees and your olive trees ;

yet you haven’t returned to me ,” says the LORD .

¹⁰“I sent plagues amongst you like I did Egypt .

I have slain your young men with the sword ,

and have carried away your horses .

I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp ,

yet you haven’t returned to me ,” says the LORD .

¹¹“I have overthrown some of you ,

as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah ,

and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire ;

yet you haven’t returned to me ,” says the LORD .

¹²“Therefore I will do this to you , Israel ;

because I will do this to you ,

prepare to meet your God, Israel .

¹³For , behold , he who forms the mountains , creates the wind , declares to man what is his thought ,

who makes the morning darkness , and treads on the high places of the earth:

The LORD , the God of Armies , is his name .”