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3.9 :And say: 'Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria,
 * And behold the great confusions therein,
 * And the oppressions in the midst thereof.'
 * For they know not to do right, saith the ,
 * Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
 * Therefore thus saith the Lord :
 * An adversary, even round about the land!
 * And he shall bring down thy strength from thee,
 * And thy palaces shall be spoiled.
 * Thus saith the :
 * As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion
 * Two legs, or a piece of an ear,
 * So shall the children of Israel that dwell in Samaria
 * Escape with the corner of a couch, and the leg of a bed.


 * Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob,
 * Saith the Lord, the God of hosts.
 * For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him,
 * I will also punish the altars of Beth-el,
 * And the horns of the altar shall be cut off,
 * And fall to the ground.
 * And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house;
 * And the houses of ivory shall perish,
 * And the great houses shall have an end,
 * Saith the.


 * Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan,
 * That are in the mountain of Samaria,
 * That oppress the poor, that crush the needy,
 * That say unto their lords. 'Bring, that we may feast.'
 * The Lord hath sworn by His holiness:
 * Lo, surely the days shall come upon you,
 * That ye shall be taken away with hooks,
 * And your residue with fish-hooks.
 * And ye shall go out at the breaches, every one straight before her;
 * And ye shall be cast into Harmon,
 * Saith the.


 * Come to Beth-el, and transgress,
 * To Gilgal, and multiply transgression;
 * And bring your sacrifices in the morning,
 * And your tithes after three days;
 * And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened,
 * And proclaim freewill-offerings and publish them;
 * For so ye love to do, ye children of Israel,
 * Saith the Lord.


 * And I also have given you
 * Cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
 * And want of bread in all your places;
 * Yet have ye not returned unto Me,
 * Saith the.


 * And I also have withholden the rain 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