Hearthisword, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, whichoppress the poor, whichcrush the needy, which say to theirmasters, Bring, and let us drink.
And offer a sacrifice of thanksgivingwithleaven, and proclaim and publish the freeofferings: for thisliketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
And also I havewithholden the rainfrom you, whentherewere yet threemonths to the harvest: and I caused it to rainupon one city, and caused it not to rainuponanothercity: one piece was rainedupon, and the piecewhereupon it rained not withered.
I havesmitten you withblasting and mildew: whenyourgardens and yourvineyards and your fig trees and yourolivetreesincreased, the palmerwormdevouredthem: yet have ye not returnedunto me, saith the LORD.
I havesentamong you the pestilenceafter the manner of Egypt: youryoung men have I slainwith the sword, and havetakenawayyourhorses; and I havemade the stink of yourcamps to come up untoyournostrils: yet have ye not returnedunto me, saith the LORD.
I haveoverthrownsome of you, as God overthrewSodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrandplucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returnedunto me, saith the LORD.
For, lo, he thatformeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declarethunto man what is his thought, thatmaketh the morningdarkness, and treadethupon the highplaces of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.