Hear this word that LORD has spoken against you, O sons of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, says lord LORD, the God of hosts.

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

And ye shall go out at the breaches, each one straight before her, and ye shall cast [yourselves] into Harmon, says LORD.

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

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

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs, for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

Now therefore hear thou the word of LORD: Thou say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not drop [thy word] against the house of Isaac.

Hear this, O ye who would swallow up a needy man, and cause the poor of the land to fail,