1 You women of Samaria

are fat cows!*

You mistreat and abuse

the poor and needy,

then you say to your husbands,

"Bring us more drinks!"

2 I, the Lord God, have sworn

by my own name

that your time is coming.

Not one of you will be left—

you will be taken away

by sharp hooks.*

3 You will be dragged through holes

in your city walls,

and you will be thrown

toward Harmon.*

I, the Lord, have spoken!

4 Come to Bethel and Gilgal.*

Sin all you want!

Offer sacrifices the next morning

and bring a tenth of your crops

on the third day.*

5 Bring offerings to show me

how thankful you are.

Gladly bring more offerings

than I have demanded.

You really love to do this.

I, the Lord God, have spoken!

6 * I, the Lord, took away the food

from every town and village,

but still you rejected me.

7 Three months before harvest,

I kept back the rain.

Sometimes I would let it fall

on one town or field

but not on another,

and pastures dried up.

8 People from two or three towns

would go to a town

that still had water,

but it wasn't enough.

Even then you rejected me.

I, the Lord, have spoken!

9 I dried up your grain fields;

your gardens and vineyards

turned brown.

Locusts* ate your fig trees

and olive orchards,

but even then you rejected me.

I, the Lord, have spoken!

10 I did terrible things to you,

just as I did to Egypt—

I killed your young men in war;

I let your horses be stolen,

and I made your camp stink

with dead bodies.

Even then you rejected me.

I, the Lord, have spoken!

11 * I destroyed many of you,

just as I did the cities

of Sodom and Gomorrah.

You were a burning stick

I rescued from the fire.

But even then you rejected me.

I, the Lord, have spoken!

12 Now, Israel, I myself

will deal with you.

Get ready to face your God!

13 I created the mountains

and the wind.

I let humans know

what I am thinking.*

I bring darkness at dawn

and step over hills.

I am the Lord God All-Powerful!