1Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, That are in the mountain of Samaria,

That oppress the poor, that crush the needy,

That say unto their lords: ‘Bring, that we may feast.’

2The Lord God hath sworn by His holiness:

Lo, surely the days shall come upon you,

That ye shall be taken away with hooks,

And your residue with fish-hooks.

3And ye shall go out at the breaches, every one straight before her;

And ye shall be cast into Harmon,

Saith the Lord.

4Come to Beth-el, and transgress,

To Gilgal, and multiply transgression; And bring your sacrifices in the morning,

And your tithes after three days;

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

And proclaim freewill-offerings and publish them;

For so ye love to do, O ye children of Israel,

Saith the Lord God.

6And I also have given you

Cleanness of teeth in all your cities,

And want of bread in all your places;

Yet have ye not returned unto Me,

Saith the Lord.

7And I also have withholden the rain from you,

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 unto one city

To drink water, and were not satisfied;

Yet have ye not returned unto Me,

Saith the Lord.

9I have smitten you with blasting and mildew;

The multitude of your gardens and your vineyards

And your fig-trees and your olive-trees

Hath the palmer-worm devoured;

Yet have ye not returned unto Me,

Saith the Lord.

10I have sent among you the pestilence in the way of Egypt;

Your young men have I slain with the sword,

And have carried away your horses;

And I have made the stench of your camp to come up even into your nostrils;

Yet have ye not returned unto Me,

Saith the Lord.

11I have overthrown some of you,

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,

And ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning;

Yet have ye not returned unto Me,

Saith the Lord.

12Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel;

Because I will do this unto thee,

Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

13For, lo, He that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind,

And declareth unto man what is his thought,

That maketh the morning darkness,

And treadeth upon the high places of the earth; The Lord, the God of hosts, is His name.