1住在撒玛利亚山上的巴珊肥母牛啊，
你们要听！
你们压榨贫寒人，欺凌穷苦人，
又使唤丈夫倒酒畅饮。
2因此，主耶和华凭祂的圣洁起誓：
“时候快到了，
有人要用鱼钩钩走你们，一个也不留。
3你们都要从城墙缺口走出来，
被丢到哈门。
这是耶和华说的。
4“以色列人啊，
你们去伯特利犯罪吧，
去吉甲增添罪恶吧！
要每天早晨献上祭物，
每三天奉上你们的十分之一。
5你们献上带酵的饼作感恩祭，
并且到处夸耀你们自愿献的祭。
以色列人啊，这就是你们爱做的事。
这是主耶和华说的。
6“我在各城降下饥荒，
使你们遍地缺粮。
尽管如此，你们仍不归向我。
这是耶和华说的。
7“我在收割前三个月停止降雨。
我在一座城降雨，
在另一座城不降雨；
我使一块田有雨水的滋润，
另一块田因无雨而干裂。
8两三座城的人都踉踉跄跄地涌到一座城找水喝，
水却不够喝。
尽管如此，你们仍不归向我。
这是耶和华说的。
9“我用热风和霉灾击打你们，
叫蝗虫吞噬你们田园中的菜蔬、葡萄树、无花果树和橄榄树。
尽管如此，你们仍不归向我。
这是耶和华说的。
10“我在你们中间降下瘟疫，
如从前降在埃及一样。
我杀戮你们的青年，
掳掠你们的战马，
使你们军营中的死尸臭味扑鼻。
尽管如此，你们仍不归向我。
这是耶和华说的。
11“我在你们中间施行毁灭，
如从前毁灭所多玛和蛾摩拉一样，
使你们像从火里抽出的一根柴。
尽管如此，你们仍不归向我。
这是耶和华说的。
12“以色列人啊，
我要这样惩罚你们。
以色列人啊，
准备迎见你们的上帝吧！
因为我要这样惩罚你们。”
13看啊，那位造山又造风，
向人显明祂的心意，
将黎明变为黑暗，
将群山踩在脚下的——
祂的名字是万军之上帝耶和华。
Israel Has Not Returned to the Lord
1Listen to the Lord’s message,
you women who live on the hill of Samaria.
You treat poor people badly.
You crush those who are in need.
You say to your husbands,
“Bring us some drinks!”
But you are already as fat
as the cows in Bashan.
2The Lord and King has made a promise
by his own holy name.
He says, “You can be sure
that the time will come
when your enemies will put hooks in your faces.
They will lead every one of you away with fishhooks.
3Each of you will go straight out
through gaps made in the wall.
You will be thrown out toward Harmon,”
announces the Lord.
4“People of Samaria, go to Bethel and sin!
Go to Gilgal! Sin there even more!
Bring your sacrifices every morning.
Every third year, bring a tenth
of everything you produce.
5Bake some bread with yeast.
Burn it as a thank offering.
Brag about the offerings you freely give.
This is what you Israelites love to do,”
announces the Lord and King.
6“I made sure your stomachs were empty in every city.
You did not have enough bread in any of your towns.
In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,”
announces the Lord.
7“I also held back rain from you.
The time to harvest crops
was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town.
But I held it back from another.
One field had rain.
But another had no rain and dried up.
8People wandered from town to town to look for water.
But they did not get enough to drink.
In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,”
announces the Lord.
9“Many times I kept your gardens and vineyards from growing.
I sent hot winds to dry them up completely.
Locusts ate up your fig and olive trees.
In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,”
announces the Lord.
10“I sent plagues on you,
just as I did on Egypt.
I killed your young men by swords.
I also let the horses you had captured be killed.
I filled your noses with the stink of your camps.
In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,”
announces the Lord.
11“I destroyed some of you,
just as I did Sodom and Gomorrah.
You were like a burning stick that was pulled out of the fire.
In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,”
announces the Lord.
12“So, people of Israel, I will judge you.
Because I will do that to you, Israel,
prepare to meet your God!”
13The Lord forms the mountains.
He creates the wind.
He makes his thoughts known to human beings.
He turns sunrise into darkness.
He rules over even the highest places on earth.
His name is the Lord God Who Rules Over All.
