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1. Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands, "Bring us more to drink!"
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1. Hear H8085 this H2088 word H1697 , ye kine H6510 of Bashan H1316 , that H834 are in the mountain H2022 of Samaria H8111 , which oppress H6231 the poor H1800 , which crush H7533 the needy H34 , which say H559 to their masters H113 , Bring H935 , and let us drink H8354 .
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2. The sovereign LORD confirms this oath by his own holy character: "Certainly the time is approaching when you will be carried away in baskets, every last one of you in fishermen's pots.
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2. The Lord H136 GOD H3069 hath sworn H7650 by his holiness H6944 , that H3588 , lo H2009 , the days H3117 shall come H935 upon H5921 you , that he will take you away H5375 H853 with hooks H6793 , and your posterity H319 with fishhooks H5518 H1729 .
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3. Each of you will go straight through the gaps in the walls; you will be thrown out toward Harmon." The LORD is speaking!
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3. And ye shall go out H3318 at the breaches H6556 , every H802 cow at that which is before H5048 her ; and ye shall cast H7993 them into the palace H2038 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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4. "Go to Bethel and rebel! At Gilgal rebel some more! Bring your sacrifices in the morning, your tithes on the third day!
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4. Come H935 to Bethel H1008 , and transgress H6586 ; at Gilgal H1537 multiply H7235 transgression H6586 ; and bring H935 your sacrifices H2077 every morning H1242 , and your tithes H4643 after three H7969 years H3117 :
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5. Burn a thank offering of bread made with yeast! Make a public display of your voluntary offerings! For you love to do this, you Israelites." The sovereign LORD is speaking!
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5. And offer a sacrifice H6999 of thanksgiving H8426 with H4480 leaven H2557 , and proclaim H7121 and publish H8085 the free offerings H5071 : for H3588 this H3651 liketh H157 you , O ye children H1121 of Israel H3478 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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6. "But surely I gave you no food to eat in any of your cities; you lacked food everywhere you live. Still you did not come back to me." The LORD is speaking!
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6. And I H589 also H1571 have given H5414 you cleanness H5356 of teeth H8127 in all H3605 your cities H5892 , and want H2640 of bread H3899 in all H3605 your places H4725 : yet have ye not H3808 returned H7725 unto H5704 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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7. "I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.
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7. And also H1571 I H595 have withheld H4513 H853 the rain H1653 from H4480 you , when there were yet H5750 three H7969 months H2320 to the harvest H7105 : and I caused it to rain H4305 upon H5921 one H259 city H5892 , and caused it not to rain H4305 H3808 upon H5921 another H259 city H5892 : one H259 piece H2513 was rained upon H4305 , and the piece H2513 whereupon H834 H5921 it rained H4305 not H3808 withered H3001 .
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8. People from two or three cities staggered into one city to get water, but remained thirsty. Still you did not come back to me." The LORD is speaking!
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8. So two H8147 or three H7969 cities H5892 wandered H5128 unto H413 one H259 city H5892 , to drink H8354 water H4325 ; but they were not H3808 satisfied H7646 : yet have ye not H3808 returned H7725 unto H5704 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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9. "I destroyed your crops with blight and disease. Locusts kept devouring your orchards, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees. Still you did not come back to me." The LORD is speaking!
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9. I have smitten H5221 you with blasting H7711 and mildew H3420 : when your gardens H1593 and your vineyards H3754 and your fig trees H8384 and your olive trees H2132 increased H7235 , the palmerworm H1501 devoured H398 them : yet have ye not H3808 returned H7725 unto H5704 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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10. "I sent against you a plague like one of the Egyptian plagues. I killed your young men with the sword, along with the horses you had captured. I made the stench from the corpses rise up into your nostrils. Still you did not come back to me." The LORD is speaking!
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10. I have sent H7971 among you the pestilence H1698 after the manner H1870 of Egypt H4714 : your young men H970 have I slain H2026 with the sword H2719 , and have taken away H5973 H7628 your horses H5483 ; and I have made the stink H889 of your camps H4264 to come up H5927 unto your nostrils H639 : yet have ye not H3808 returned H7725 unto H5704 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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11. "I overthrew some of you the way God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the flames. Still you did not come back to me." The LORD is speaking!
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11. I have overthrown H2015 some of you , as God H430 overthrew H4114 H853 Sodom H5467 and Gomorrah H6017 , and ye were H1961 as a firebrand H181 plucked H5337 out of the burning H4480 H8316 : yet have ye not H3808 returned H7725 unto H5704 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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12. "Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel. Because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel!
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12. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 will I do H6213 unto thee , O Israel H3478 : and because H6118 H3588 I will do H6213 this H2063 unto thee, prepare H3559 to meet H7125 thy God H430 , O Israel H3478 .
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13. For here he is! He formed the mountains and created the wind. He reveals his plans to men. He turns the dawn into darkness and marches on the heights of the earth. The LORD, the God who commands armies, is his name!"
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13. For H3588 , lo H2009 , he that formeth H3335 the mountains H2022 , and createth H1254 the wind H7307 , and declareth H5046 unto man H120 what H4100 is his thought H7808 , that maketh H6213 the morning H7837 darkness H5890 , and treadeth H1869 upon H5921 the high places H1116 of the earth H776 , The LORD H3068 , The God H430 of hosts H6635 , is his name H8034 .
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