4:1 Hear this word, ye heifers of Bashan, that {are} in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. 
4:1 Hear this word, ye cows of Bashan, that {are} in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. 

4:2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fish-hooks, 
4:2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. 

4:3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every {cow at that which is} before her; and ye shall cast {them} into the palace, saith the LORD. 
4:3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every {cow at that which is} before her; and ye shall cast {them} into the palace, saith the LORD. 

4:4 Come to Beth-el and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, {and} your tithes after three years: 
4:4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, {and} your tithes after three years: 

4:5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim {and} publish the free-offerings: for this pleaseth you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. 
4:5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim {and} declare the free offerings: for this pleaseth you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. 

4:6 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 to me, saith the LORD. 
4:6 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 to me, saith the LORD. 

4:7 And also I have withheld 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 on which it rained not withered. 
4:7 And also I have withheld 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 on which it rained not withered. 

4:8 So two {or} three cities wandered to one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD. 
4:8 So two {or} three cities wandered to one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD. 

4:9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees increased, the palmer-worm devoured {them}: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD. 
4:9 I have smitten you with blighting 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 to me, saith the LORD. 

4:10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the ill savor of your camps to come up to your nostrils: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD. 
4:10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young 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 to your nostrils: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD. 

4:11 I have overthrown {some} of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a fire-brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD. 
4:11 I have overthrown {some} of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD. 

4:12 Therefore thus will I do to thee, O Israel: {and} because I will do this to thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. 
4:12 Therefore thus will I do to thee, O Israel: {and} because I will do this to thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. 

4:13 For lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth to man what {is} his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, {is} his name. 
4:13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth to man what {is} his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, {is} his name.