3 aHear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, bO children of Israel,

Against the whole family cwhich I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,

2  dYou only ehave I known of all the families of the earth:

fTherefore I will †punish you for all your iniquities.

3  gCan two walk together, except they be agreed?

4  hWill ia lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey?

iWill a young lion †cry out of his kden, if he have taken nothing?

5  lCan a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him?

lShall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?

6  eeShall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people ||not be afraid?

ffShall there be ggevil in a city, ||and ffthe Lord hath not done it?

7  Surely the Lord God will do nothing,

hhBut he revealeth jhis secret unto his servants the prophets.

8  iThe lion hath roared, who will not fear?

The Lord God hath spoken, kkwho can but prophesy?

9  Publish in the palaces at llAshdod,

And in the palaces in the land of Egypt,

And say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of mSamaria,

And behold the great tumults in the midst thereof,

And the ||noppressed in the midst thereof.

10  For othey know not to do right, saith the Lord,

Who store up ooviolence and ||robbery in their palaces.

11  Therefore thus saith the Lord God;

pAn adversary there shall be even round about the land;

And he shall bring down thy strength from thee,

And pthy palaces shall be spoiled.

12  Thus saith the Lord;

As the shepherd †taketh out of the mouth of the lion qtwo legs, or qa piece of an ear;

So shall the children of Israel be taken out

That dwell in mSamaria rin the corner of a bed, and ||rrin Damascus in a couch.

13  aHear ye, and testify sin the house of Jacob,

Saith the Lord God, ssthe God of hosts,

14  That in the day that I shall ||visit the transgressions of Israel upon him

I will also ||visit tthe altars of uBeth-el:

And vthe horns of the altar shall be cut off,

And vfall to the ground.

15  And I wwill smite xthe winter house with ythe summer house;

And zthe houses of ivory shall perish,

And the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord.

4 aHear this word, bye kine of Bashan, that are in bbthe mountain of cSamaria,

Which doppress the poor, which dcrush the needy,

Which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

2  The Lord God ehath sworn by his holiness,

That, lo, the days shall come upon you,

That fhe will take you away with hooks,

And your gposterity with fishhooks.

3  And hye shall go out at the breaches, every cow iat that which is before her;

And ||ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the Lord.

4  kCome to lBeth-el, and lltransgress;

mAt Gilgal multiply transgression;

And nbring your sacrifices every morning,

And oyour tithes after †three years:

5  And †offer pa sacrifice of thanksgiving qwith leaven,

And proclaim and publish qqthe 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 rwant of bread in all your places:

sYet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

7  And also tI have withholden the rain from you,

uWhen there were yet three months to the harvest:

And I vcaused 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 vvwandered unto one city, to drink water;

But they were not satisfied:

sYet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

9  wI have smitten you with blasting and mildew:

||When your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased,

xThe palmerworm xxdevoured them:

sYet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

10  I have sent among you the pestilence ||yafter the manner of Egypt:

Your young men have I slain with the sword, †and zhave taken away your horses;

And I have made athe stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils:

sYet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

11  I have overthrown some of you, bas God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,

And ye were as cda firebrand ceplucked out of the burning:

sYet 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,

fPrepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

13  For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the ||wind,

And gdeclareth unto man what is his thought,

hThat maketh the morning idarkness,

And ktreadeth klupon the high places of the earth,

mThe Lord, nThe God of hosts, is his name.