Hearthisword, ye kineof Bashan, that are in the mountainof Samaria, which oppressthe poor, which crushthe needy, which sayto their masters, Bring, and let us drink. The LordGODhath swornby his holiness, that, lo, the daysshall comeuponyou, that he will take you awaywith hooks, and your posteritywith fishhooks. And ye shall go outat the breaches, every cow at that which is beforeher; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saiththe LORD. Cometo Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgalmultiplytransgression; and bringyour sacrificesevery morning, and your tithesafter threeyears: And offer a sacrificeof thanksgivingwithleaven, and proclaim and publishthe free offerings: forthislikethyou, O ye childrenof Israel, saiththe LordGOD. And Ialsohave givenyou cleannessof teethin allyour cities, and wantof breadin allyour places: yet have ye notreturneduntome, saiththe LORD. And alsoIhave withheldthe rainfromyou, when there were yetthreemonthsto the harvest: and I caused it to rainupononecity, and caused it not to rainuponanothercity: onepiecewas rained upon, and the piecewhereuponit rainednotwithered. So two or threecitieswandereduntoonecity, to drinkwater; but they were notsatisfied: yet have ye notreturneduntome, saiththe LORD. I have smittenyou with blastingand mildew: when your gardensand your vineyardsand your fig treesand your olive treesincreased, the palmerwormdevoured them : yet have ye notreturneduntome, saiththe LORD. I have sentamong you the pestilenceafter the mannerof Egypt: your young menhave I slainwith the sword, and have taken awayyour horses; and I have made the stinkof your campsto come upunto your nostrils: yet have ye notreturneduntome, saiththe LORD. I have overthrown some of you, as GodoverthrewSodomand Gomorrah, and ye wereas a firebrandpluckedout of the burning: yet have ye notreturneduntome, saiththe LORD. Thereforethuswill I dounto thee, O Israel: and becauseI will dothisunto thee, prepareto meetthy God, O Israel. For, lo, he that formeththe mountains, and createththe wind, and declarethunto manwhat is his thought, that makeththe morningdarkness, and treadethuponthe high placesof the earth, The LORD, The Godof hosts, is his name.