⁴ Hear this, you who trample the needy
    and do away with the poor^(H) of the land,^(I)

“When will the New Moon^(J) be over
    that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
    that we may market^(K) wheat?”^(L)—
skimping on the measure,
    boosting the price
    and cheating^(M) with dishonest scales,^(N)
6 buying the poor^(O) with silver
    and the needy for a pair of sandals,
    selling even the sweepings with the wheat.^(P)

⁸ “Will not the land tremble^(T) for this,
    and all who live in it mourn?
The whole land will rise like the Nile;
    it will be stirred up and then sink
    like the river of Egypt.^(U)

“I will make the sun go down at noon
    and darken the earth in broad daylight.^(V)
10 I will turn your religious festivals^(W) into mourning
    and all your singing into weeping.^(X)
I will make all of you wear sackcloth^(Y)
    and shave^(Z) your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son^(AA)
    and the end of it like a bitter day.^(AB)

¹¹ “The days are coming,”^(AC) declares the Sovereign Lord,
    “when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
    but a famine^(AD) of hearing the words of the Lord.^(AE)
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
    and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
    but they will not find it.^(AF)

“the lovely young women and strong young men^(AG)
    will faint because of thirst.^(AH)
14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria^(AI)—
    who say, ‘As surely as your god lives, Dan,’^(AJ)
    or, ‘As surely as the god^[b] of Beersheba^(AK) lives’—
    they will fall,^(AL) never to rise again.^(AM)”

“Strike the tops of the pillars
    so that the thresholds shake.
Bring them down on the heads^(AN) of all the people;
    those who are left I will kill with the sword.
Not one will get away,
    none will escape.^(AO)
2 Though they dig down to the depths below,^(AP)
    from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,^(AQ)
    from there I will bring them down.^(AR)
3 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,^(AS)
    there I will hunt them down and seize them.^(AT)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,^(AU)
    there I will command the serpent^(AV) to bite them.^(AW)
4 Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
    there I will command the sword^(AX) to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them
    for harm^(AY) and not for good.^(AZ)”^(BA)

⁵ The Lord, the Lord Almighty—
he touches the earth and it melts,^(BB)
    and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
    then sinks like the river of Egypt;^(BC)
6 he builds his lofty palace^[c](BD) in the heavens
    and sets its foundation^[d] 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.^(BE)

⁷ “Are not you Israelites
    the same to me as the Cushites^[e]?”^(BF)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
    the Philistines^(BG) from Caphtor^[f](BH)
    and the Arameans from Kir?^(BI)

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

“I will restore David’s^(BQ) fallen shelter^(BR)—
    I will repair its broken walls
    and restore its ruins^(BS)—
    and will rebuild it as it used to be,^(BT)
12 so that they may possess the remnant of Edom^(BU)
    and all the nations that bear my name,^[g](BV)”
declares the Lord, who will do these things.^(BW)

“when the reaper^(BY) will be overtaken by the plowman^(BZ)
    and the planter by the one treading^(CA) grapes.
New wine^(CB) will drip from the mountains
    and flow from all the hills,^(CC)
14     and I will bring^(CD) my people Israel back from exile.^[h](CE)

“They will rebuild the ruined cities^(CF) and live in them.
    They will plant vineyards^(CG) and drink their wine;
    they will make gardens and eat their fruit.^(CH)
15 I will plant^(CI) Israel in their own land,^(CJ)
    never again to be uprooted^(CK)
    from the land I have given them,”^(CL)

says the Lord your God.^(CM)

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;^(C)
    his love endures forever.^(D)

² Who can proclaim the mighty acts^(E) of the Lord
    or fully declare his praise?
³ Blessed are those who act justly,^(F)
    who always do what is right.^(G)

⁴ Remember me,^(H) Lord, when you show favor^(I) to your people,
    come to my aid^(J) when you save them,
⁵ that I may enjoy the prosperity^(K) of your chosen ones,^(L)
    that I may share in the joy^(M) of your nation
    and join your inheritance^(N) in giving praise.

⁶ We have sinned,^(O) even as our ancestors^(P) did;
    we have done wrong and acted wickedly.^(Q)
7 When our ancestors were in Egypt,
    they gave no thought^(R) to your miracles;
they did not remember^(S) your many kindnesses,
    and they rebelled by the sea,^(T) the Red Sea.^[b]
8 Yet he saved them^(U) for his name’s sake,^(V)
    to make his mighty power^(W) known.
⁹ He rebuked^(X) the Red Sea, and it dried up;^(Y)
    he led them through^(Z) the depths as through a desert.
¹⁰ He saved them^(AA) from the hand of the foe;^(AB)
    from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.^(AC)
11 The waters covered^(AD) their adversaries;
    not one of them survived.
¹² Then they believed his promises
    and sang his praise.^(AE)

¹³ But they soon forgot^(AF) what he had done
    and did not wait for his plan to unfold.^(AG)
14 In the desert^(AH) they gave in to their craving;
    in the wilderness^(AI) they put God to the test.^(AJ)
15 So he gave them^(AK) what they asked for,
    but sent a wasting disease^(AL) among them.

¹⁶ In the camp they grew envious^(AM) of Moses
    and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.
¹⁷ The earth opened^(AN) up and swallowed Dathan;^(AO)
    it buried the company of Abiram.^(AP)
18 Fire blazed^(AQ) among their followers;
    a flame consumed the wicked.
¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf^(AR)
    and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
²⁰ They exchanged their glorious God^(AS)
    for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
²¹ They forgot the God^(AT) who saved them,
    who had done great things^(AU) in Egypt,
²² miracles in the land of Ham^(AV)
    and awesome deeds^(AW) by the Red Sea.
²³ So he said he would destroy^(AX) them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach^(AY) before him
    to keep his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴ Then they despised^(AZ) the pleasant land;^(BA)
    they did not believe^(BB) his promise.
²⁵ They grumbled^(BC) in their tents
    and did not obey the Lord.
²⁶ So he swore^(BD) to them with uplifted hand
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,^(BE)
27 make their descendants fall among the nations
    and scatter^(BF) them throughout the lands.

²⁸ They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor^(BG)
    and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
²⁹ they aroused the Lord’s anger^(BH) by their wicked deeds,^(BI)
    and a plague^(BJ) broke out among them.
³⁰ But Phinehas^(BK) stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was checked.^(BL)
31 This was credited to him^(BM) as righteousness
    for endless generations^(BN) to come.
³² By the waters of Meribah^(BO) they angered the Lord,
    and trouble came to Moses because of them;
³³ for they rebelled^(BP) against the Spirit^(BQ) of God,
    and rash words came from Moses’ lips.^[c](BR)

³⁴ They did not destroy^(BS) the peoples
    as the Lord had commanded^(BT) them,
³⁵ but they mingled^(BU) with the nations
    and adopted their customs.
³⁶ They worshiped their idols,^(BV)
    which became a snare^(BW) to them.
³⁷ They sacrificed their sons^(BX)
    and their daughters to false gods.^(BY)
38 They shed innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons^(BZ) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was desecrated by their blood.
³⁹ They defiled themselves^(CA) by what they did;
    by their deeds they prostituted^(CB) themselves.

⁴⁰ Therefore the Lord was angry^(CC) with his people
    and abhorred his inheritance.^(CD)
41 He gave them into the hands^(CE) of the nations,
    and their foes ruled over them.
⁴² Their enemies oppressed^(CF) them
    and subjected them to their power.
⁴³ Many times he delivered them,^(CG)
    but they were bent on rebellion^(CH)
    and they wasted away in their sin.
⁴⁴ Yet he took note of their distress
    when he heard their cry;^(CI)
45 for their sake he remembered his covenant^(CJ)
    and out of his great love^(CK) he relented.^(CL)
46 He caused all who held them captive
    to show them mercy.^(CM)

⁴⁷ Save us,^(CN) Lord our God,
    and gather us^(CO) from the nations,
that we may give thanks^(CP) to your holy name^(CQ)
    and glory in your praise.

⁴⁸ Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.

Let all the people say, “Amen!”^(CR)

Praise the Lord.