The Lord withholds rain, sends famine and pestilence, and destroys gardens and vineyards as judgments upon his people, yet they do not return unto the Lord.

 HEAR this word, ye ^akine^• of Bashan, that are in the mountain of ^bSamaria^•, which oppress the ^cpoor^•, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his ^aholiness^•, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

 And ye shall go out at the ^abreaches^•, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.

 ¶ Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at ^aGilgal^• multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your ^btithes^• after three ^cyears^•:

 And offer a sacrifice of ^athanksgiving with ^bleaven, and proclaim and publish the ^cfree^• offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

 ¶ And I also have given you ^acleanness^• of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not ^breturned^• unto me, saith the LORD.

 And also I have withholden the ^arain^• from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your ^ayoung^• men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

 I have overthrown some of you, as God ^aoverthrew^{• b}Sodom^• and Gomorrah, and ye were as a ^cfirebrand^• plucked out of the ^dburning^•: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

 For, lo, he that ^aformeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his ^bthought^•, that maketh the ^cmorning^{• d}darkness^•, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.