1 Listen 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!” 2 The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness that behold, 3 You will go out at the breaks in the wall, 4 “Go to Bethel, and sin; 5 offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, 6 “I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, 7 “I also have withheld the rain from you, 8 So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, 9 “I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards; 10 “I sent plagues among you like I did Egypt. 11 “I have overthrown some of you, 12 “Therefore thus will I do to you, Israel; 13 For, behold, he who forms the mountains,