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.

1 [Audite verbum hoc, vacc pingues,qu estis in monte Samari,qu calumniam facitis egeniset confringitis pauperes ;qu dicitis dominis vestris : Afferte, et bibemus.2 Juravit Dominus Deus in sancto suo,quia ecce dies venient super vos,et levabunt vos in contis,et reliquias vestras in ollis ferventibus.3 Et per aperturas exibitis altera contra alteram,et projiciemini in Armon,dicit Dominus.]4 [Venite ad Bethel, et impie agite ;ad Galgalam, et multiplicate prvaricationem :et afferte mane victimas vestras,tribus diebus decimas vestras.5 Et sacrificate de fermentato laudem,et vocate voluntarias oblationes, et annuntiate ;sic enim voluistis, filii Isral,dicit Dominus Deus.6 Unde et ego dedi vobis stuporem dentium in cunctis urbibus vestris,et indigentiam panum in omnibus locis vestris ;et non estis reversi ad me,dicit Dominus.7 Ego quoque prohibui a vobis imbrem,cum adhuc tres menses superessent usque ad messem :et plui super unam civitatem,et super alteram civitatem non plui ;pars una compluta est,et pars super quam non plui, aruit.8 Et venerunt du et tres civitates ad unam civitatemut biberent aquam, et non sunt satiat ;et non redistis ad me,dicit Dominus.9 Percussi vos in vento urente, et in aurugine :multitudinem hortorum vestrorum et vinearum vestrarum,oliveta vestra et ficeta vestra comedit eruca :et non redistis ad me,dicit Dominus.10 Misi in vos mortem in via gypti ;percussi in gladio juvenes vestros,usque ad captivitatem equorum vestrorum,et ascendere feci putredinem castrorum vestrorum in nares vestras :et non redistis ad me,dicit Dominus.11 Subverti vos sicut subvertit Deus Sodomam et Gomorrham,et facti estis quasi torris raptus ab incendio :et non redistis ad me,dicit Dominus.12 Quapropter hc faciam tibi, Isral :postquam autem hc fecero tibi,prparare in occursum Dei tui, Isral.13 Quia ecce formans montes,et creans ventum,et annuntians homini eloquium suum,faciens matutinam nebulam,et gradiens super excelsa terr :Dominus Deus exercituum nomen ejus.]