4 Hear
this word, ye kine 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. 2 The
Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon
you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. 3 And
ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her;
and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD. 4 Come
to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring
your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: 5 And
offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish
the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith
the Lord GOD. 6 And
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. 7 And
also I 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.
8
So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they
were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 9 I have
smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards
and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured
them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 10 I have
sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men
have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have
made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye
not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 11 I have
overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were
as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto
me, saith the LORD. 12 Therefore
thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee,
prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. 13 For,
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.