“The Lord roars^(F) from Zion
    and thunders^(G) from Jerusalem;^(H)
the pastures of the shepherds dry up,
    and the top of Carmel^(I) withers.”^(J)

“For three sins of Damascus,^(K)
    even for four, I will not relent.^(L)
Because she threshed Gilead
    with sledges having iron teeth,
⁴ I will send fire^(M) on the house of Hazael^(N)
    that will consume the fortresses^(O) of Ben-Hadad.^(P)
5 I will break down the gate^(Q) of Damascus;
    I will destroy the king who is in^[b] the Valley of Aven^[c]
and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden.^(R)
    The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,^(S)”
says the Lord.^(T)

“For three sins of Gaza,^(U)
    even for four, I will not relent.^(V)
Because she took captive whole communities
    and sold them to Edom,^(W)
7 I will send fire on the walls of Gaza
    that will consume her fortresses.
⁸ I will destroy the king^[d] of Ashdod^(X)
    and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon.
I will turn my hand^(Y) against Ekron,
    till the last of the Philistines^(Z) are dead,”^(AA)
says the Sovereign Lord.^(AB)

“For three sins of Tyre,^(AC)
    even for four, I will not relent.^(AD)
Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom,
    disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,^(AE)
10 I will send fire on the walls of Tyre
    that will consume her fortresses.^(AF)”

“For three sins of Edom,^(AG)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he pursued his brother with a sword^(AH)
    and slaughtered the women of the land,
because his anger raged continually
    and his fury flamed unchecked,^(AI)
12 I will send fire on Teman^(AJ)
    that will consume the fortresses of Bozrah.^(AK)”

“For three sins of Ammon,^(AL)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he ripped open the pregnant women^(AM) of Gilead
    in order to extend his borders,
¹⁴ I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah^(AN)
    that will consume^(AO) her fortresses
amid war cries^(AP) on the day of battle,
    amid violent winds^(AQ) on a stormy day.
¹⁵ Her king^[e] will go into exile,
    he and his officials together,^(AR)”
says the Lord.^(AS)

² “You only have I chosen^(C)
    of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish^(D) you
    for all your sins.^(E)”

³ Do two walk together
    unless they have agreed to do so?
⁴ Does a lion roar^(F) in the thicket
    when it has no prey?^(G)
Does it growl in its den
    when it has caught nothing?
⁵ Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground
    when no bait^(H) is there?
Does a trap spring up from the ground
    if it has not caught anything?
⁶ When a trumpet^(I) sounds in a city,
    do not the people tremble?
When disaster^(J) comes to a city,
    has not the Lord caused it?^(K)

⁷ Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing
    without revealing his plan^(L)
    to his servants the prophets.^(M)

⁸ The lion^(N) has roared^(O)—
    who will not fear?
The Sovereign Lord has spoken—
    who can but prophesy?^(P)

⁹ Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod^(Q)
    and to the fortresses of Egypt:
“Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria;^(R)
    see the great unrest within her
    and the oppression among her people.”

¹⁰ “They do not know how to do right,^(S)” declares the Lord,
    “who store up in their fortresses^(T)
    what they have plundered^(U) and looted.”

“An enemy will overrun your land,
    pull down your strongholds
    and plunder your fortresses.^(V)”

“As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s^(W) mouth
    only two leg bones or a piece of an ear,
so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued,
    with only the head of a bed
    and a piece of fabric^[a] from a couch.^[b](X)”

¹⁴ “On the day I punish^(Z) Israel for her sins,
    I will destroy the altars of Bethel;^(AA)
the horns^(AB) of the altar will be cut off
    and fall to the ground.
¹⁵ I will tear down the winter house^(AC)
    along with the summer house;^(AD)
the houses adorned with ivory^(AE) will be destroyed
    and the mansions^(AF) will be demolished,^(AG)”
declares the Lord.^(AH)

⁶ “I gave you empty stomachs in every city
    and lack of bread in every town,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.^(AZ)

⁷ “I also withheld^(BA) rain from you
    when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
    but withheld it from another.^(BB)
One field had rain;
    another had none and dried up.
⁸ People staggered from town to town for water^(BC)
    but did not get enough^(BD) to drink,
    yet you have not returned^(BE) to me,”
declares the Lord.^(BF)

⁹ “Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
    destroying them with blight and mildew.^(BG)
Locusts^(BH) devoured your fig and olive trees,^(BI)
    yet you have not returned^(BJ) to me,”
declares the Lord.

¹⁰ “I sent plagues^(BK) among you
    as I did to Egypt.^(BL)
I killed your young men^(BM) with the sword,
    along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench^(BN) of your camps,
    yet you have not returned to me,”^(BO)
declares the Lord.^(BP)

¹¹ “I overthrew some of you
    as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.^(BQ)
You were like a burning stick^(BR) snatched from the fire,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.^(BS)

¹² “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel,
    and because I will do this to you, Israel,
    prepare to meet your God.”

¹³ He who forms the mountains,^(BT)
    who creates the wind,^(BU)
    and who reveals his thoughts^(BV) to mankind,
who turns dawn to darkness,
    and treads on the heights of the earth^(BW)—
    the Lord God Almighty is his name.^(BX)

² “Fallen is Virgin^(BZ) Israel,
    never to rise again,
deserted in her own land,
    with no one to lift her up.^(CA)”

“Your city that marches out a thousand strong
    will have only a hundred left;
your town that marches out a hundred strong
    will have only ten left.^(CB)”

“Seek^(CC) me and live;^(CD)
5     do not seek Bethel,
do not go to Gilgal,^(CE)
    do not journey to Beersheba.^(CF)
For Gilgal will surely go into exile,
    and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.^[f](CG)”
⁶ Seek^(CH) the Lord and live,^(CI)
    or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;^(CJ)
it will devour them,
    and Bethel^(CK) will have no one to quench it.^(CL)

⁷ There are those who turn justice into bitterness^(CM)
    and cast righteousness^(CN) to the ground.^(CO)

⁸ He who made the Pleiades and Orion,^(CP)
    who turns midnight into dawn^(CQ)
    and darkens day into night,^(CR)
who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.^(CS)
9 With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold
    and brings the fortified city to ruin.^(CT)

¹⁰ There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court^(CU)
    and detest the one who tells the truth.^(CV)

¹¹ You levy a straw tax on the poor^(CW)
    and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,^(CX)
    you will not live in them;^(CY)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
    you will not drink their wine.^(CZ)
12 For I know how many are your offenses
    and how great your sins.^(DA)

There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes^(DB)
    and deprive the poor^(DC) of justice in the courts.^(DD)
13 Therefore the prudent keep quiet^(DE) in such times,
    for the times are evil.^(DF)

¹⁴ Seek good, not evil,
    that you may live.^(DG)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
    just as you say he is.
¹⁵ Hate evil,^(DH) love good;^(DI)
    maintain justice in the courts.^(DJ)
Perhaps^(DK) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy^(DL)
    on the remnant^(DM) of Joseph.

“There will be wailing^(DN) in all the streets^(DO)
    and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers^(DP) will be summoned to weep
    and the mourners to wail.
¹⁷ There will be wailing^(DQ) in all the vineyards,
    for I will pass through^(DR) your midst,”
says the Lord.^(DS)

²¹ “I hate,^(EB) I despise your religious festivals;^(EC)
    your assemblies^(ED) are a stench to me.
²² Even though you bring me burnt offerings^(EE) and grain offerings,
    I will not accept them.^(EF)
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
    I will have no regard for them.^(EG)
23 Away with the noise of your songs!
    I will not listen to the music of your harps.^(EH)
24 But let justice^(EI) roll on like a river,
    righteousness^(EJ) like a never-failing stream!^(EK)

²⁵ “Did you bring me sacrifices^(EL) and offerings
    forty years^(EM) in the wilderness, people of Israel?
²⁶ You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
    the pedestal of your idols,^(EN)
    the star of your god^[g]—
    which you made for yourselves.
²⁷ Therefore I will send you into exile^(EO) beyond Damascus,”
    says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.^(EP)

“Strike the tops of the pillars
    so that the thresholds shake.
Bring them down on the heads^(A) of all the people;
    those who are left I will kill with the sword.
Not one will get away,
    none will escape.^(B)
2 Though they dig down to the depths below,^(C)
    from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,^(D)
    from there I will bring them down.^(E)
3 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,^(F)
    there I will hunt them down and seize them.^(G)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,^(H)
    there I will command the serpent^(I) to bite them.^(J)
4 Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
    there I will command the sword^(K) to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them
    for harm^(L) and not for good.^(M)”^(N)

⁵ The Lord, the Lord Almighty—
he touches the earth and it melts,^(O)
    and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
    then sinks like the river of Egypt;^(P)
6 he builds his lofty palace^[a](Q) in the heavens
    and sets its foundation^[b] on the earth;
he calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.^(R)

⁷ “Are not you Israelites
    the same to me as the Cushites^[c]?”^(S)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
    the Philistines^(T) from Caphtor^[d](U)
    and the Arameans from Kir?^(V)

⁸ “Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
    are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy^(W) it
    from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
    the descendants of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.^(X)
9 “For I will give the command,
    and I will shake the people of Israel
    among all the nations
as grain^(Y) is shaken in a sieve,^(Z)
    and not a pebble will reach the ground.^(AA)
10 All the sinners among my people
    will die by the sword,^(AB)
all those who say,
    ‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’^(AC)

“I will restore David’s^(AD) fallen shelter^(AE)—
    I will repair its broken walls
    and restore its ruins^(AF)—
    and will rebuild it as it used to be,^(AG)
12 so that they may possess the remnant of Edom^(AH)
    and all the nations that bear my name,^[e](AI)”
declares the Lord, who will do these things.^(AJ)

“when the reaper^(AL) will be overtaken by the plowman^(AM)
    and the planter by the one treading^(AN) grapes.
New wine^(AO) will drip from the mountains
    and flow from all the hills,^(AP)
14     and I will bring^(AQ) my people Israel back from exile.^[f](AR)

“They will rebuild the ruined cities^(AS) and live in them.
    They will plant vineyards^(AT) and drink their wine;
    they will make gardens and eat their fruit.^(AU)
15 I will plant^(AV) Israel in their own land,^(AW)
    never again to be uprooted^(AX)
    from the land I have given them,”^(AY)

says the Lord your God.^(AZ)