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,

Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great uproar in the midst thereof, and the oppressions that are within her:

Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts,

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 ye shall go out by the breaches, every one straight before her, and ye shall be cast out to Harmon, saith Jehovah.

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

The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more arise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

Take away from me the noise of thy songs, and I will not hear the melody of thy lutes;

And now hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and utter not words against the house of Isaac.

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