Dual Panel1Listen <08085> to this <02088> message <01697>, you cows <06510> of Bashan <01316> who <0834> live on Mount <02022> Samaria <08111>! You oppress <06231> the poor <01800>; you crush <07533> the needy <034>. You say <0559> to your husbands <0113>, “Bring <0935> us more to drink <08354>!”
2The sovereign <03069> Lord <0136> confirms this oath <07650> by his own holy <06944> character: “Certainly <03588> the time <03117> is approaching <0935> when you will be carried away <05375> in baskets <06793>, every last one <0319> of you in fishermen’s <01729> pots <05518>.
3Each <0802> of you will go <03318> straight <05048> through the gaps <06556> in the walls; you will be thrown <07993> out toward Harmon <02038>.” The Lord <03068> is speaking <05002>!
4“Go <0935> to Bethel <01008> and rebel <06586>! At Gilgal <01537> rebel <06586> some more <07235>! Bring <0935> your sacrifices <02077> in the morning <01242>, your tithes <04643> on the third <07969> day <03117>!
5Burn <06999> a thank offering <08426> of bread made with yeast <02557>! Make <07121> a public display <07121> of your voluntary offerings <05071>! For <03588> you love <0157> to do this <03651>, you Israelites <03478> <01121>.” The sovereign <0136> Lord <03068> is speaking <05002>!
6“But surely <01571> I <0589> gave <05414> you no food <05356> to eat <08127> in any <03605> of your cities <05892>; you lacked <02640> food <03899> everywhere <03605> you live <04725>. Still you did not <03808> come back <07725> to <05704> me.” The Lord <03068> is speaking <05002>!
7“I <0595> withheld <04513> rain <01653> from <04480> you three <07969> months <02320> before <05750> the harvest <07105>. I gave rain <04305> to <05921> one <0259> city <05892>, but not <03808> to <05921> another <0259> <05892>. One <0259> field <02513> would get rain <04305>, but the field <02513> that <0834> received no <03808> rain <04305> dried up <03001>.
8People from two <08147> or three <07969> cities <05892> staggered <05128> into <0413> one <0259> city <05892> to get <08354> water <04325>, but remained thirsty <07646> <03808>. Still you did not <03808> come back <07725> to <05704> me.” The Lord <03068> is speaking <05002>!
9“I destroyed <05221> your crops with blight <07711> and disease <03420>. Locusts <01501> kept devouring <0398> your orchards <01593>, vineyards <03754>, fig trees <08384>, and olive trees <02132>. Still you did not <03808> come back <07725> to me.” The Lord <03068> is speaking <05002>!
10“I sent <07971> against you a plague <01698> like one <01870> of the Egyptian <04714> plagues. I killed <02026> your young men <0970> with the sword <02719>, along with <05973> the horses <05483> you had captured <07628>. I made the stench <0889> from the corpses <04264> rise up <05927> into your nostrils <0639>. Still you did not <03808> come back <07725> to me.” The Lord <03068> is speaking <05002>!
11“I overthrew <02015> some of you the way God <0430> overthrew <04114> Sodom <05467> and Gomorrah <06017>. You were <01961> like a burning stick <0181> snatched <05337> from the flames <08316>. Still you did not <03808> come back <07725> to <05704> me.” The Lord <03068> is speaking <05002>!
12“Therefore <03651> this is what <03541> I will do <06213> to you, Israel <03478>. Because <03588> <06118> I will do <06213> this <02063> to you, prepare <03559> to meet <07125> your God <0430>, Israel <03478>!
13For <03588> here he is <02009>! He formed <03335> the mountains <02022> and created <01254> the wind <07307>. He reveals <05046> his plans <07808> to men <0120>. He turns <06213> the dawn <07837> into darkness <05890> and marches <01869> on <05921> the heights <01116> of the earth <0776>. The Lord <03068>, the God <0430> who commands armies <06635>, is his name <08034>!”