1 “Hear this word,hPs. 22:12 you cows of Bashan,
who areich. 3:9; 6:1 on the mountain of Samaria,
jHos. 5:11 who oppress the poor,jHos. 5:11 who crush the needy,
who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink! ’
2 kPs. 89:35 The Lord God has sworn by his holiness
that, behold, the days are coming upon you,
l[Jer. 16:16; Hab. 1:15]; See 2 Kgs. 19:28 when they shall take you away with hooks,
l[Jer. 16:16; Hab. 1:15]; See 2 Kgs. 19:28 even the last of you with fishhooks.
3 m[Ezek. 12:5, 12] And you shall go out through the breaches,
each one straight ahead;
and you shall be cast out into Harmon, ”
declares the Lord.
4 n[ch. 5:5; Ezek. 20:39; Matt. 23:32] “Come to Bethel, and transgress;
too[ch. 5:5; Hos. 4:15; 9:15; 12:11] Gilgal, and multiply transgression;
n[ch. 5:5; Ezek. 20:39; Matt. 23:32] bring yourpNum. 28:3, 4; [Jer. 7:21] sacrifices every morning,
your tithes every three days;
5 offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving ofqLev. 7:13 that which is leavened,
and proclaimrEx. 35:29; Lev. 22:18, 21; Deut. 12:6 freewill offerings, publish them;
s[Ps. 81:11, 12] for so you love to do, O people of Israel! ”
declares the Lord God.
6
“I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
andt[Deut. 28:57; Lam. 2:12] lack of bread in all your places,
uJer. 15:7; Hag. 2:17 yet you did not return to me, ”
declares the Lord.
7 “I alsovJer. 3:3; [Joel 2:23] withheld the rain from you
when there were yet three months to the harvest;
w[Ex. 9:26] I would send rain on one city,
and send no rain on another city;
one field would have rain,
and the field on which it did not rain would wither;
8 so two or three citiesx[ch. 8:12] would wander to another city
to drink water, and would not be satisfied;
u[See ver. 6 above] yet you did not return to me, ”
declares the Lord.
9 yDeut. 28:22; Hag. 2:17 “I struck you with blight and mildew;
your many gardens and your vineyards,
your fig trees and your olive treeszJoel 1:4 the locust devoured;
u[See ver. 6 above] yet you did not return to me, ”
declares the Lord.
10 “I sent among you a pestilenceaDeut. 28:27, 60; [Ex. 12:29; Ps. 78:50; Isa. 10:24, 26] after the manner of Egypt;
I killed your young men with the sword,
andb2 Kgs. 13:7 carried away your horses,
andc[Joel 2:20] I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils;
u[See ver. 6 above] yet you did not return to me, ”
declares the Lord.
11 “I overthrew some of you,
d[Isa. 13:19] as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
and you wereeZech. 3:2; [Jude 23] as a brand plucked out of the burning;
u[See ver. 6 above] yet you did not return to me, ”
declares the Lord.
12 “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
because I will do this to you,
prepare to meet your God, O Israel! ”
13 For behold,f[Ps. 102:25] he who forms the mountains and creates the wind,
andg[Ps. 139:2] declares to man what is his thought,
h[ch. 5:8; 8:9] who makes the morning darkness,
andiIsa. 58:14; Mic. 1:3 treads on the heights of the earth—
jch. 3:13; 5:8; 9:6; See Jer. 10:16 the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!