[1] The LORD said: You women of Samaria are fat cows! You mistreat and abuse the poor and needy, then you say to your husbands, "Bring us more drinks!" [2] I, the LORD God, have sworn by my own name that your time is coming. Not one of you will be left- you will be taken away by sharp hooks. [3] You will be dragged through holes in your city walls, and you will be thrown toward Harmon. I, the LORD, have spoken! [4] The LORD said: Come to Bethel and Gilgal. Sin all you want! Offer sacrifices the next morning and bring a tenth of your crops on the third day. [5] Bring offerings to show me how thankful you are. Gladly bring more offerings than I have demanded. You really love to do this. I, the LORD God, have spoken! [6] I, the LORD, took away the food from every town and village, but still you rejected me. [7] Three months before harvest, I kept back the rain. Sometimes I would let it fall on one town or field but not on another, and pastures dried up. [8] People from two or three towns would go to a town that still had water, but it wasn't enough. Even then you rejected me. I, the LORD, have spoken! [9] I dried up your grain fields; your gardens and vineyards turned brown. Locusts ate your fig trees and olive orchards, but even then you rejected me. I, the LORD, have spoken! [10] I did terrible things to you, just as I did to Egypt- I killed your young men in war; I let your horses be stolen, and I made your camp stink with dead bodies. Even then you rejected me. I, the LORD, have spoken! [11] I destroyed many of you, just as I did the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. You were a burning stick I rescued from the fire. Even then you rejected me. I, the LORD, have spoken! [12] Now, Israel, I myself will deal with you. Get ready to face your God! [13] I created the mountains and the wind. I let humans know what I am thinking. I bring darkness at dawn and step over hills. I am the LORD God All-Powerful!
