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They have been led astray by false teachings, the same ones their ancestors followed.

5 I will send a fire on Judah and burn down the palaces of Jerusalem.

Israel Will Be Judged for Its Crimes 6 This is what Yahweh says: Because Israel has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime, I will not change my plans.

The people of Israel sell the righteous for money and the needy for a pair of sandals.

7 They stomp the heads of the poor into the dust.

They push the humble out of the way.

Father and son sleep with the same woman.

They dishonor my holy name.

8 Beside every altar, they spread themselves out on clothes taken as security.

In the temples of their gods, they drink the wine that they bought with fines.

9 I destroyed the Amorites in front of them, although the Amorites were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks.

I destroyed their fruit above the ground and their roots below it.

10 I brought you out of Egypt.

I led you through the desert for 40 years so that you could take possession of the land of the Amorites.

11 I also sent you prophets from among your children and Nazirites from among your youths.

Isn't that so, people of Israel?

Yahweh has declared this.

12 You made the Nazirites drink wine.

You commanded the prophets to stop prophesying.

13 I am going to crush you as an overloaded wagon crushes a person.

14 Runners will not be able to escape.

Strong men will find that their strength is useless.

Soldiers will not be able to save themselves.

15 Archers will not stand their ground.

Fast runners will not be able to escape.

Horsemen will not be able to save themselves.

16 Brave soldiers will run away naked that day.

Yahweh has declared this.

The LORD Will Punish Israel for Its Immoral Behavior 3 1 Listen to this message which I, Yahweh, have spoken against you Israelites, against your whole family that I brought out of Egypt.

2 Out of all the families on earth, I have known no one else but you.

That is why I am going to punish you for all your sins.

3 Do two people ever walk together without meeting first?

4 Does a lion roar in the forest if it has no prey?

Does a young lion growl in its den unless it has caught something?

5 Does a bird land in a trap on the ground if there's no bait in it?

Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has caught something?

6 If a ram's horn sounds an alarm in a city, won't the people be alarmed?

If there is a disaster in a city, hasn't Yahweh done it?

7 Certainly, Adonay Yahweh doesn't do anything unless he first reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

8 The lion has roared. Who isn't afraid?

Adonay Yahweh has spoken. Who can keep from prophesying?

9 Announce in the palaces of Ashdod and in the palaces of Egypt, "Gather together on the mountains of Samaria.

See the widespread confusion and oppression in Samaria."

10 Those who collect profits in their palaces through violent and destructive acts don't know how to do what is right, declares Yahweh.

11 This is what Adonay Yahweh says: An enemy will surround your land, strip you of your defenses, and loot your palaces.

12 This is what Yahweh says: As a shepherd rescues two legs or a piece of an ear out of a lion's mouth, so the Israelites living in Samaria will be rescued, having only a corner of a bed or a piece of a couch.a 13 Listen, and testify against the descendants of Jacob, declares Adonay Yahweh Elohe Tsebaoth .

14 On the day I punish Israel for its disobedience, I will also destroy the altars at Bethel.

The horns of the altar will be cut off and will fall to the ground.

15 I will tear down winter houses as well as summer houses.

Houses decorated with ivory will be destroyed.

Mansions will be demolished, declares Yahweh .

The LORD Will Punish the Women of Samaria 4 1 Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria.

You women oppress the poor and abuse the needy.

You say to your husbands, "Get some wine! Let's drink!"

2 Adonay Yahweh has taken an oath on his holiness: Surely, the time is going to come when you will be taken away on hooks, and the rest of you on fishhooks.

3 Each of you will leave the city through breaks in the wall, one woman ahead of another.

You will be thrown into a garbage dump.

Yahweh declares this.

4 Go to Bethel and sin.

Go to Gilgal and sin even more.

Bring your sacrifices every morning.

Bring a tenth of your income every three days.

5 Burn bread as a thank offering.

Brag and boast about your freewill offerings.

This is what you people of Israel love to do.

Adonay Yahweh declares this.

6 I left you with nothing to eat in any of your cities.

I left you with no food in your entire land.

And you still didn't return to me, declares Yahweh.

7 I stopped the rain from falling three months before the harvest.

I sent rain on one city and not on another.

One field had rain.

Another field had none and dried up.

8 So people from two or three cities staggered as they walked to another city in order to get a drink of water.

But they couldn't get enough.

And you still didn't return to me, declares Yahweh.

9 I struck your crops with blight and mildew.

Locusts repeatedly devoured your gardens, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees.

And you still didn't return to me, declares Yahweh.

10 I sent plagues on you as I did to Egypt.

With swords I killed your best young men along with your captured horses.

I made the stench from your camps fill your noses.

And you still didn't return to me, declares Yahweh.

11 I destroyed some of you as Elohim destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

You were like a burning log snatched from a fire.

And you still didn't return to me, declares Yahweh .

12 This is what I will do to you, Israel.

Prepare to meet your Elohim.

This is what I will do to you, Israel!

13 Elohim forms the mountains and creates the wind.

He reveals his thoughts to humans.

He makes dawn and dusk appear.

He walks on the high places of the earth.

His name is Yahweh Elohe Tsebaoth .

A Funeral Song about Israel 5 1 Listen to this message, this funeral song that I sing about you, nation of Israel: 2 The people of Israel have fallen, never to rise again.

They lie abandoned in their own land.

There is no one to help them.

3 This is what Adonay Yahweh says: The city that sends 1,000 troops off to war will have only 100 left.

The one that sends 100 troops off to war will have only 10 left for the nation of Israel.

A Threefold Call to Turn Away from Sin 4 This is what Yahweh says to the nation of Israel: Search for me and live!