1. Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria!You oppress the poor;you crush the needy.You say to your husbands,“Bring us more to drink!”
2. The sovereign Lord confirms this oath by his own holy character:“Certainly the time is approachingwhen you will be carried away in baskets,every last one of you in fishermen’s pots.
3. Each of you will go straight through the gaps in the walls;you will be thrown out toward Harmon.”The Lord is speaking!
4. “Go to Bethel and rebel!At Gilgal rebel some more!Bring your sacrifices in the morning,your tithes on the third day!
5. Burn a thank offering of bread made with yeast!Make a public display of your voluntary offerings!For you love to do this, you Israelites.”The sovereign Lord is speaking!
6. “But surely I gave you no food to eat in any of your cities;you lacked food everywhere you live.Still you did not come back to me.”The Lord is speaking!