Social and Spiritual Corruption
who are on the hill of Samaria,
women who oppress the poor
who say to their husbands,
Look, the days are coming4:2 Lit coming on you
every last one of you with fishhooks.4:2 2Kg 19:28; 2Ch 33:10–11
each woman straight ahead,
and you will be driven along toward Harmon.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
4Come to Bethel and rebel;
rebel even more at Gilgal!4:4 Am 5:5
Bring your sacrifices every morning,4:4 Am 5:21–22
your tenths every three days.
and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings,4:5 Lv 22:18–21
This is the declaration of the Lord God.
God’s Discipline and Israel’s Apostasy
a shortage of food in all your communities,
This is the Lord’s declaration.
while there were still three months until harvest.
I sent rain on one city
One field received rain
while a field with no rain withered.4:7 Lv 26:18–19; Jl 1:10–12
8Two or three cities staggered
yet you did not return4:8 Jr 3:7 to me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
your many gardens and vineyards,
your fig trees and olive trees,4:9 Dt 28:38–42; Jl 1:4–7,12
yet you did not return to me.4:9 Jr 3:10
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I caused the stench of your camp
to fill your nostrils,4:10 Is 34:3
yet you did not return to me.4:10 Is 9:13
This is the Lord’s declaration.
11I overthrew some of you
as I4:11 Lit God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,4:11 Gn 19:24–25
and you were like a burning stick
snatched from a fire,4:11 Zch 3:1–2
yet you did not return to me4:11 Is 9:13 —
This is the Lord’s declaration.
12Therefore, Israel, that is what I will do to you,
and since I will do that to you,
13He is here:
creates the wind,4:13 Ps 135:7
the one who makes the dawn out of darkness
and strides on the heights of the earth.4:13 Mc 1:3
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