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"Yet You Have Not Returned to Me"

¹ Hear this word, you ^(F1)cows of ^(C1)Bashan who are on the ^(C2)mountain of Samaria,
Who ^(C3)exploit the poor, who oppress the needy,
^(F2)And say to their ^(F3)husbands, "Bring now, that we may ^(C4)drink!"

² The Lord ^(F1)GOD has ^(C1)sworn by His ^(C2)holiness,
"For behold, the days are coming upon you
When ^(F2)they will take you away with ^(C3)meat hooks,
And the last of you with ^(C4)fish hooks.

³ "You will ^(C1)go out through holes in the walls,
One in front of the other,
And you ^(F1)will be hurled to Harmon," declares the LORD.

⁴ "Enter Bethel and do wrong;
In Gilgal multiply wrongdoing!
^(C1)Bring your sacrifices every morning,
Your tithes every three days.

⁵ "^(F1)Offer a ^(C1)thanksgiving offering also from that which is leavened,
And proclaim ^(C2)(F2)voluntary offerings, make them known.
For so you ^(C3)love to do, you sons of Israel,"
Declares the Lord GOD.

⁶ "But I gave you also ^(C1)cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
And lack of bread in all your places;
Yet you have ^(C2)not returned to Me," declares the LORD.

⁷ "Furthermore, I ^(C1)withheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city,
But on ^(C2)another city I would not send rain;
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.

⁸ "So the people of two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink ^(C1)water,
But would ^(C2)not be satisfied;
Yet you have ^(C3)not returned to Me," declares the LORD.

⁹ "I ^(C1)struck you with scorching wind and mildew;
The ^(C2)caterpillar was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;
Yet you have ^(C3)not returned to Me," declares the LORD.

¹⁰ "I sent a ^(C1)plague among you ^(F1)as in Egypt;
I ^(C2)killed your young men with the sword, along with your ^(C3)captured horses,
And I made the ^(C4)stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils;
Yet you have ^(C5)not returned to Me," declares the LORD.

¹¹ "I overthrew you, as ^(C1)God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a ^(C2)log snatched from a fire;
Yet you have ^(C3)not returned to Me," declares the LORD.

¹² "Therefore so I will do to you, Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
Prepare to ^(C1)meet your God, Israel."

¹³ For behold, He who ^(C1)forms mountains and ^(C2)creates the wind,
And ^(C3)declares to a person what are His thoughts,
He who ^(C4)makes dawn into darkness
And ^(C5)treads on the high places of the earth,
^(C6)The LORD God of armies is His name.