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Hear this word, you cows of ^aBashan who are on the ^bmountain of Samaria,Who ^coppress the poor, who crush the needy,Who say to ¹your husbands, “Bring now, that we may ^ddrink!”2 The Lord ¹GOD has ^asworn by His ^bholiness,“Behold, the days are coming upon youWhen ²they will take you away with ^cmeat hooks,And the last of you with ^dfish hooks.3 “You will ^ago out through breaches in the walls,Each one straight before her,And you ¹will be cast to Harmon,” declares the LORD.

4 “Enter Bethel and transgress;In Gilgal multiply transgression!^aBring your sacrifices every morning,Your tithes every three days.5 “¹Offer a ^athank offering also from that which is leavened,And proclaim ^bfreewill offerings, make them known.For so you ^clove to do, you sons of Israel,”Declares the Lord GOD.

6 “But I gave you also ^acleanness of teeth in all your citiesAnd lack of bread in all your places,Yet you have ^bnot returned to Me,” declares the LORD.7 “Furthermore, I ^awithheld the rain from youWhile there were still three months until harvest.Then I would send rain on one cityAnd on ^banother city I would not send rain;One part would be rained on,While the part not rained on would dry up.8 “So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink ^awater,But would ^bnot be satisfied;Yet you have ^cnot returned to Me,” declares the LORD.9 “I ^asmote you with scorching wind and mildew;And the ^bcaterpillar was devouringYour many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;Yet you have ^cnot returned to Me,” declares the LORD.10 “I sent a ^aplague among you after the manner of Egypt;I ^bslew your young men by the sword along with your ^ccaptured horses,And I made the ^dstench of your camp rise up in your nostrils;Yet you have ^enot returned to Me,” declares the LORD.11 “I overthrew you, as ^aGod overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,And you were like a ^bfirebrand snatched from a blaze;Yet you have ^cnot returned to Me,” declares the LORD.12 “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;Because I will do this to you,Prepare to ^ameet your God, O Israel.”13 For behold, He who ^aforms mountains and ^bcreates the windAnd ^cdeclares to man what are His thoughts,He who ^dmakes dawn into darknessAnd ^etreads on the high places of the earth,^fThe LORD God of hosts is His name.