and he who is stout of heart among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day,” declares the Lord.

Israel's Guilt and Punishment

Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:

“Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob,” declares the Lord God, the God of hosts,

“Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’

Seek the Lord and Live

Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:

Now therefore hear the word of the Lord. “You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.’

Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end,

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God, “when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.