1 Ouvi esta palavra, vacas de Basã, que estais no monte de Samaria, oprimis os pobres, esmagais os necessitados e dizeis a vosso marido: Dá cá, e bebamos. 2 Jurou o Senhor Deus, pela sua santidade, que dias estão para vir sobre vós, em que vos levarão com anzóis e as vossas restantes com fisga de pesca. 3 Saireis cada uma em frente de si pelas brechas e vos lançareis para Hermom, disse o Senhor.

4 Vinde a Betel e transgredi, a Gilgal, e multiplicai as transgressões; e, cada manhã, trazei os vossos sacrifícios e, de três em três dias, os vossos dízimos; 5 e oferecei sacrifício de louvores do que é levedado, e apregoai ofertas voluntárias, e publicai-as, porque disso gostais, ó filhos de Israel, disse o Senhor Deus.

6 Também vos deixei de dentes limpos em todas as vossas cidades e com falta de pão em todos os vossos lugares; contudo, não vos convertestes a mim, disse o Senhor. 7 Além disso, retive de vós a chuva, três meses ainda antes da ceifa; e fiz chover sobre uma cidade e sobre a outra, não; um campo teve chuva, mas o outro, que ficou sem chuva, se secou. 8 Andaram duas ou três cidades, indo a outra cidade para beberem água, mas não se saciaram; contudo, não vos convertestes a mim, disse o Senhor. 9 Feri-vos com o crestamento e a ferrugem; a multidão das vossas hortas, e das vossas vinhas, e das vossas figueiras, e das vossas oliveiras, devorou-a o gafanhoto; contudo, não vos convertestes a mim, disse o Senhor. 10 Enviei a peste contra vós outros à maneira do Egito; os vossos jovens, matei-os à espada, e os vossos cavalos, deixei-os levar presos, e o mau cheiro dos vossos arraiais fiz subir aos vossos narizes; contudo, não vos convertestes a mim, disse o Senhor. 11 Subverti alguns dentre vós, como Deus subverteu a Sodoma e Gomorra, e vós fostes como um tição arrebatado da fogueira; contudo, não vos convertestes a mim, disse o Senhor.

12 Portanto, assim te farei, ó Israel! E, porque isso te farei, prepara-te, ó Israel, para te encontrares com o teu Deus. 13 Porque é ele quem forma os montes, e cria o vento, e declara ao homem qual é o seu pensamento; e faz da manhã trevas e pisa os altos da terra; Senhor, Deus dos Exércitos, é o seu nome.

1 Hear 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, and let us drink. 2 The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks. 3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every one straight before her; and ye shall cast yourselves into Harmon, saith Jehovah.

4 Come to Beth-el, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes every three days; 5 and offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill-offerings and publish them: for this pleaseth you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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 Jehovah. 7 And 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. 8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah. 9 I 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 Jehovah. 10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner 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 Jehovah. 11 I have overthrown cities among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

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— Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.

1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and say to your husbands, "Bring us some drinks!"

2 The Sovereign LORD has sworn by his holiness: "The time will surely come when you will be taken away with hooks, the last of you with fishhooks. [^1]

3 You will each go straight out through breaches in the wall, and you will be cast out toward Harmon, "" declares the LORD.

4 "Go to Bethel and sin; go to Gilgal and sin yet more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three years. [^3]

5 Burn leavened bread as a thank offering and brag about your freewill offerings — boast about them, you Israelites, for this is what you love to do," declares the Sovereign LORD.

6 "I gave you empty stomachs in every city and lack of bread in every town, yet you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.

7 "I also withheld rain from you when the harvest was still three months away. I sent rain on one town, but withheld it from another. One field had rain; another had none and dried up.

8 People staggered from town to town for water but did not get enough to drink, yet you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.

9 "Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards, destroying them with blight and mildew. Locusts devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.

10 "I sent plagues among you as I did to Egypt. I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camps, yet you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.

11 "I overthrew some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the fire, yet you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.

12 "Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, Israel, prepare to meet your God."

13 He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, and who reveals his thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn to darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth — the LORD God Almighty is his name.