1Hear this word, youp cattle 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.
2The Lord God has sworn by His holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon youp, that He will take youp away with hooks, and yourp posterity with fishhooks. Adonaip.f. Jehovahs.f.
3And youp shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and youp shall cast them into the palace, says the Lord. broken places; put them in prison
4Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring yourp sacrifices every morning, and yourp tithes after three years:
5And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this likes youp, O youp children of Israel, says the Lord God. yeast
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6And I also have given youp cleanness of teeth in all yourp cities, and want of bread in all yourp places: yet have youp not returned to Me, says the Lord.
7And also I have withheld the rain from youp, 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.
8So two or three cities wandered to one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have youp not returned to Me, says the Lord.
9I have smitten youp with blasting and mildew: when yourp gardens and yourp vineyards and yourp fig trees and yourp olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have youp not returned to Me, says the Lord. blight
10I have sent among youp the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: yourp young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away yourp horses; and I have made the stink of yourp camps to come up to yourp nostrils: yet have youp not returned to Me, says the Lord.
11I have overthrown some of youp, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and youp were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have youp not returned to me, says the Lord.
12Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.
13For, lo, He that forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is His thought, that makes the morning darkness, and treads upon the high places of the earth, the Lord, the God of hosts, is His name. Elohe Tsebaoth