Hear this word , you cows of Bashan - on Mount Samaria , you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy , who say to your husbands , “ Bring us more to drink. ”
The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness : ... “ Behold , the days are coming ... when you will be taken away - with hooks , and your posterity with fishhooks.
You will go out (through) broken (walls) , each one straight ahead of her , and you will be cast out toward Harmon , ” declares the LORD.
“ Go vvv to Bethel and transgress ; rebel even more at Gilgal ! Bring your sacrifices every morning , your tithes every three days.
Offer leavened bread as a thank offering , and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what (you) children of Israel love to do , ” declares the Lord GOD.
“ - I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread , yet you did not return to Me , ” declares the LORD.
“ I also withheld the rain - when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld (it) from ... another. One field received rain ; another - without rain ... withered.
People staggered vvv vvv from city to vvv city for water to drink , but they were not satisfied ; yet you did not return to Me , ” declares the LORD.
“ I struck - you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards ; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees , yet you did not return to Me , ” declares the LORD.
“ I sent plagues like those of Egypt ; I killed your young men with the sword , along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp , yet you did not return to Me , ” declares the LORD.
“ Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew ... - Sodom - and Gomorrah , and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze , yet you did not return to Me , ” declares the LORD.
“ Therefore , that is what I will do O Israel , and since ... I will do this prepare to meet your God , O Israel !
For behold , He who forms the mountains , who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man - , who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth — the LORD , the God of Hosts , is His name. ”