“The Lord ^(F)roars from Zion,
And utters His voice from Jerusalem;
The pastures of the shepherds mourn,
And the top of ^(G)Carmel withers.”

“For three transgressions of ^(H)Damascus, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they have ^(I)threshed Gilead with implements of iron.
^4 (J)But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,
Which shall devour the palaces of ^(K)Ben-Hadad.
⁵ I will also break the gate ^(L)bar of Damascus,
And cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven,
And the one who ^[a]holds the scepter from ^[b]Beth Eden.
The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir,”
Says the Lord.

“For three transgressions of ^(M)Gaza, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they took captive the whole captivity
To deliver them up to Edom.
^7 (N)But I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,
Which shall devour its palaces.
⁸ I will cut off the inhabitant ^(O)from Ashdod,
And the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will ^(P)turn My hand against Ekron,
And ^(Q)the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”
Says the Lord God.

“For three transgressions of ^(R)Tyre, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom,
And did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.
¹⁰ But I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre,
Which shall devour its palaces.”

“For three transgressions of ^(S)Edom, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because he pursued his ^(T)brother with the sword,
And cast off all pity;
His anger tore perpetually,
And he kept his wrath forever.
¹² But ^(U)I will send a fire upon Teman,
Which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.”

“For three transgressions of ^(V)the people of Ammon, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they ripped open the women with child in Gilead,
That they might enlarge their territory.
¹⁴ But I will kindle a fire in the wall of ^(W)Rabbah,
And it shall devour its palaces,
^(X)Amid shouting in the day of battle,
And a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.
^15 (Y)Their king shall go into captivity,
He and his princes together,”
Says the Lord.

^(Z)“For three transgressions of Moab, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because he ^(AA)burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
² But I will send a fire upon Moab,
And it shall devour the palaces of ^(AB)Kerioth;
Moab shall die with tumult,
With shouting and trumpet sound.
³ And I will cut off ^(AC)the judge from its midst,
And slay all its princes with him,”
Says the Lord.

“For three transgressions of ^(AD)Judah, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
^(AE)Because they have despised the law of the Lord,
And have not kept His commandments.
^(AF)Their lies lead them astray,
Lies ^(AG)which their fathers followed.
^5 (AH)But I will send a fire upon Judah,
And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

“For three transgressions of ^(AI)Israel, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because ^(AJ)they sell the righteous for silver,
And the ^(AK)poor for a pair of sandals.
⁷ They ^[c]pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor,
And ^(AL)pervert the way of the humble.
^(AM)A man and his father go in to the same girl,
^(AN)To defile My holy name.
⁸ They lie down ^(AO)by every altar on clothes ^(AP)taken in pledge,
And drink the wine of ^[d]the condemned in the house of their god.

⁹ “Yet it was I who destroyed the ^(AQ)Amorite before them,
Whose height was like the ^(AR)height of the cedars,
And he was as strong as the oaks;
Yet I ^(AS)destroyed his fruit above
And his roots beneath.
¹⁰ Also it was ^(AT)I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,
And ^(AU)led you forty years through the wilderness,
To possess the land of the Amorite.
¹¹ I raised up some of your sons as ^(AV)prophets,
And some of your young men as ^(AW)Nazirites.
Is it not so, O you children of Israel?”
Says the Lord.
¹² “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
And commanded the prophets ^(AX)saying,
‘Do not prophesy!’

¹³ “Behold,^(AY) I am ^[e]weighed down by you,
As a cart full of sheaves ^[f]is weighed down.
^14 (AZ)Therefore ^[g]flight shall perish from the swift,
The strong shall not strengthen his power,
^(BA)Nor shall the mighty ^[h]deliver himself;
¹⁵ He shall not stand who handles the bow,
The swift of foot shall not ^[i]escape,
Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself.
¹⁶ The most ^[j]courageous men of might
Shall flee naked in that day,”
Says the Lord.

² “You^(BB) only have I known of all the families of the earth;
^(BC)Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

³ Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
⁴ Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey?
Will a young lion ^[k]cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
⁵ Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no ^[l]trap for it?
Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?
⁶ If a ^[m]trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid?
^(BD)If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?

⁷ Surely the Lord God does nothing,
Unless ^(BE)He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
⁸ A lion has roared!
Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken!
^(BF)Who can but prophesy?

“An adversary shall be all around the land;
He shall sap your strength from you,
And your palaces shall be plundered.”

“As a shepherd ^[q]takes from the mouth of a lion
Two legs or a piece of an ear,
So shall the children of Israel be taken out
Who dwell in Samaria—
In the corner of a bed and ^[r]on the edge of a couch!
¹³ Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”
Says the Lord God, the God of hosts,
¹⁴ “That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions,
I will also visit destruction on the altars of ^(BH)Bethel;
And the horns of the altar shall be cut off
And fall to the ground.
¹⁵ I will ^[s]destroy ^(BI)the winter house along with ^(BJ)the summer house;
The ^(BK)houses of ivory shall perish,
And the great houses shall have an end,”
Says the Lord.

^3 (F)Restore us, O God;
^(G)Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!

⁴ O Lord God of hosts,
^(H)How long will You be angry
Against the prayer of Your people?
^5 (I)You have fed them with the bread of tears,
And given them tears to drink in great measure.
⁶ You have made us a strife to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.

⁷ Restore us, O God of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!

⁸ You have brought ^(J)a vine out of Egypt;
^(K)You have cast out the ^[c]nations, and planted it.
⁹ You prepared room for it,
And caused it to take deep root,
And it filled the land.
¹⁰ The hills were covered with its shadow,
And the ^[d]mighty cedars with its ^(L)boughs.
¹¹ She sent out her boughs to ^[e]the Sea,
And her branches to ^[f]the River.

¹² Why have You ^(M)broken down her ^[g]hedges,
So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?
¹³ The boar out of the woods uproots it,
And the wild beast of the field devours it.

¹⁴ Return, we beseech You, O God of hosts;
^(N)Look down from heaven and see,
And visit this vine
¹⁵ And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted,
And the branch that You made strong ^(O)for Yourself.
¹⁶ It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
^(P)They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
^17 (Q)Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.
¹⁸ Then we will not turn back from You;
Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.

¹⁹ Restore us, O Lord God of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!