1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan,who live on the mount of Samaria:Who oppress the destituteand abuse the needy;Who say to your husbands,“Bring us a drink!”
2 The Lord God has sworn by his holiness:Truly days are coming upon youwhen they shall drag you away with ropes,your children with fishhooks;
3 You shall go out through the breached wallsone in front of the other,And you shall be exiled to Harmon—oracle of the Lord.
4 Come to Bethel and sin,to Gilgal and sin all the more!Each morning bring your sacrifices,every third day your tithes;
5 Burn leavened bread as a thanksgiving sacrifice,proclaim publicly your voluntary offerings,For so you love to do, Israelites—oracle of the Lord God.
6 Though I made your teethclean of food in all your cities,and made bread scarce in all your dwellings,Yet you did not return to me—oracle of the Lord.
7 And I withheld the rain from youwhen the harvest was still three months away;I sent rain upon one citybut not upon another;One field was watered by rain,but the one I did not water dried up;
8 Two or three cities staggered to another to drink waterbut were not satisfied;Yet you did not return to me—oracle of the Lord.
9 I struck you with blight and mildew;locusts devoured your gardens and vineyards,the caterpillar consumed your fig trees and olive trees;Yet you did not return to me—oracle of the Lord.
10 I sent upon you pestilence like that of Egypt;with the sword I killed your young men and your captured horses,and to your nostrils I brought the stench of your camps;Yet you did not return to me—oracle of the Lord.
11 I overthrew youas when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah;you were like a brand plucked from the fire,Yet you did not return to me—oracle of the Lord.
12 Therefore thus I will do to you, Israel:and since I will deal thus with you,prepare to meet your God, O Israel!
13 The one who forms mountains and creates winds,and declares to mortals their thoughts;Who makes dawn into darknessand strides upon the heights of the earth,the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!