Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink:

and burn a thank-offering with leaven, and proclaim, publish, voluntary offerings: for this pleaseth you, children of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

Hear this word, a lamentation, which I take up against you, O house of Israel.

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time.

Jehovah repented for this: It shall not be, said Jehovah.

Jehovah repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah.

Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,

Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? And it shall wholly rise up like the Nile; and it shall surge and sink down, as the river of Egypt.

that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations upon whom my name is called, saith Jehovah who doeth this.