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# Chapter 4
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1 Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan
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who are on the hill of Samaria,
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women who oppress the poor
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and crush the needy,
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who say to their husbands,
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“Bring us something to drink.”
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2 The Lord God has sworn by his holiness:
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Look, the days are coming
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when you will be taken away with hooks,
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every last one of you with fishhooks.
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3 You will go through breaches in the wall,
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each woman straight ahead,
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and you will be driven along toward Harmon.
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This is the Lord’s declaration.
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4 Come to Bethel and rebel;
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rebel even more at Gilgal!
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Bring your sacrifices every morning,
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your tenths every three days.
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5 Offer leavened bread as a thanksgiving sacrifice,
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and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings,
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for that is what you Israelites love to do!
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This is the declaration of the Lord God.
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6 I gave you absolutely nothing to eat in all your cities,
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a shortage of food in all your communities,
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yet you did not return to me.
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This is the Lord’s declaration.
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7 I also withheld the rain from you
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while there were still three months until harvest.
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I sent rain on one city
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but no rain on another.
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One field received rain
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while a field with no rain withered.
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8 Two or three cities staggered
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to another city to drink water
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but were not satisfied,
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yet you did not return to me.
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This is the Lord’s declaration.
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9 I struck you with blight and mildew;
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the locust devoured
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your many gardens and vineyards,
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your fig trees and olive trees,
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yet you did not return to me.
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This is the Lord’s declaration.
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10 I sent plagues like those of Egypt;
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I killed your young men with the sword,
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along with your captured horses.
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I caused the stench of your camp
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to fill your nostrils,
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yet you did not return to me.
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This is the Lord’s declaration.
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11 I overthrew some of you
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as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
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and you were like a burning stick
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snatched from a fire,
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yet you did not return to me—
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This is the Lord’s declaration.
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12 Therefore, Israel, that is what I will do to you,
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and since I will do that to you,
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Israel, prepare to meet your God!
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13 He is here:
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the one who forms the mountains,
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creates the wind,
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and reveals his thoughts to man,
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the one who makes the dawn out of darkness
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and strides on the heights of the earth.
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The Lord, the God of Armies, is his name. |