1. Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan on the Mountain of Samaria.You take things from the poorand crush people who are in need.Then you command your husbands,“Bring us something to drink!”
2. The Lord God has promised this:“Just as surely as I am a holy God,the time will comewhen you will be taken away by hooks,and what is left of you with fishhooks.
3. You will go straight out of the citythrough holes in the walls,and you will be thrown on the garbage dump,” says the Lord.
4. “Come to the city of Bethel and sin;come to Gilgal and sin even more.Offer your sacrifices every morning,and bring one-tenth of your crops every three days.
5. Offer bread made with yeast as a sacrifice to show your thanks,and brag about the special offerings you bring,because this is what you love to do, Israelites,” says the Lord God.
6. “I did not give you any food in your cities,and there was not enough to eat in any of your towns,but you did not come back to me,” says the Lord.