4:1 Hear ye this word, ye heifers of the
land of Basan that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor,
and trample on the needy, which say to their masters, Give us that we may
drink.
4:2 The Lord swears by his holiness, that, behold, the days come upon you,
when they shall take you with weapons, and fiery destroyers shall cast those
with you into boiling caldrons.
4:3 And ye shall be brought forth naked in the presence of each other; and
ye shall be cast forth on the mountain Romman, saith the Lord.
4:4 Ye went into Bethel, and sinned, and ye multiplied sin at Galgala; and
ye brought your meat-offerings in the morning, [and] your tithes every third
day.
4:5 And they read the law without, and called for public professions:
proclaim aloud that the children of Israel have loved these things, saith
the Lord.
4:6 And I will give you dulness of teeth in all your cities, and want of
bread in all your places: yet ye returned not to me, saith the Lord.
4:7 Also I withheld from you the rain three months before the harvest: and I
will rain upon one city, and on another city I will not rain: one part shall
be rained upon, and the part on which I shall not rain shall be dried up.
4:8 And [the inhabitants of] two or three cities shall be gathered to one
city to drink water, and they shall not be satisfied: yet ye have not
returned to me, saith the Lord.
4:9 I smote you with parching, and with blight: ye multiplied your gardens,
your vineyards, and your fig-grounds, and the cankerworm devoured your
olive-yards: yet not [even] thus did ye return to me, saith the Lord.
4:10 I sent pestilence among you by the way of Egypt, and slew your young
men with the sword, together with thy horses that were taken captive; and in
my wrath against you I set fire to your camps: yet not even thus did ye
return to me, saith the Lord.
4:11 I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodoma and Gomorrha, and ye became as
a brand plucked out of the fire: yet not even thus did ye return to me,
saith the Lord.
4:12 Therefore thus will I do to thee, O Israel: nay because I will do thus
to thee, prepare to call on thy God, O Israel.
4:13 For, behold, I am he that strengthens the thunder, and creates the
wind, and proclaims to men his Christ, forming the morning and the darkness,
and mounting on the high places of the earth, The Lord God Almighty is his
name. |
4:1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that
are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the
needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
4:2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come
upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with
fishhooks.
4:3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before
her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.
4:4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and
bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
4:5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and
publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel,
saith the Lord GOD.
4:6 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
the LORD.
4:7 And also I 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.
4:8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they
were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
4:9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your
vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm
devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
4:10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your
young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and
I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have
ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
4:11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and
ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith the LORD.
4:12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do
this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
4:13 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, The LORD, The God of hosts,
is his name. |