ἀκούσατε τὸν λόγον τοῦτον δαμάλεις τῆς Βασανίτιδος αἱ ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῆς Σαμαρείας αἱ καταδυναστεύουσαι πτωχοὺς καὶ καταπατοῦσαι πένητας αἱ λέγουσαι τοῖς κυρίοις αὐτῶν ἐπίδοτε ἡμῖν ὅπως πίωμεν
Hear this word, cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor and trample the needy, who say to their masters, “Give to us, so that we may drink.”
Word-by-word analysis· 28 words
ὀμνύει κύριος κατὰ τῶν ἁγίων αὐτοῦ διότι ἰδοὺ ἡμέραι ἔρχονται ἐφ' ὑμᾶς καὶ λήμψονται ὑμᾶς ἐν ὅπλοις καὶ τοὺς μεθ' ὑμῶν εἰς λέβητας ὑποκαιομένους ἐμβαλοῦσιν ἔμπυροι λοιμοί
The Lord swears by his holy things that, behold, days are coming upon you, and they shall take you away with weapons, and those with you they shall cast into kindled cauldrons, fiery plagues.
Word-by-word analysis· 27 words
καὶ ἐξενεχθήσεσθε γυμναὶ κατέναντι ἀλλήλων καὶ ἀπορριφήσεσθε εἰς τὸ ὄρος τὸ Ρεμμαν λέγει κύριος ὁ θεός
And you shall be brought out naked, one opposite another, and you shall be thrown onto Mount Remman, says the Lord God.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
εἰσήλθατε εἰς Βαιθηλ καὶ ἠνομήσατε καὶ εἰς Γαλγαλα ἐπληθύνατε τοῦ ἀσεβῆσαι καὶ ἠνέγκατε εἰς τὸ πρωὶ θυσίας ὑμῶν εἰς τὴν τριημερίαν τὰ ἐπιδέκατα ὑμῶν
Enter into Bethel and act lawlessly, and at Gilgal multiply transgression, and bring your sacrifices in the morning, your tithes every third day.
Word-by-word analysis· 24 words
καὶ ἀνέγνωσαν ἔξω νόμον καὶ ἐπεκαλέσαντο ὁμολογίας ἀπαγγείλατε ὅτι ταῦτα ἠγάπησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ λέγει κύριος ὁ θεός
And they read the law outside and called for thanksgivings; proclaim it, because the sons of Israel loved these things, says the Lord God.
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
καὶ ἐγὼ δώσω ὑμῖν γομφιασμὸν ὀδόντων ἐν πάσαις ταῖς πόλεσιν ὑμῶν καὶ ἔνδειαν ἄρτων ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς τόποις ὑμῶν καὶ οὐκ ἐπεστρέψατε πρός με λέγει κύριος
And I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to me, says the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 26 words
καὶ ἐγὼ ἀνέσχον ἐξ ὑμῶν τὸν ὑετὸν πρὸ τριῶν μηνῶν τοῦ τρυγήτου καὶ βρέξω ἐπὶ πόλιν μίαν ἐπὶ δὲ πόλιν μίαν οὐ βρέξω μερὶς μία βραχήσεται καὶ μερίς ἐφ' ἣν οὐ βρέξω ἐπ' αὐτήν ξηρανθήσεται
And I withheld the rain from you three months before the harvest, and I would rain on one city, but on another city I would not rain; one portion would be rained upon, and the portion on which I would not rain would dry up.
Word-by-word analysis· 35 words
καὶ συναθροισθήσονται δύο καὶ τρεῖς πόλεις εἰς πόλιν μίαν τοῦ πιεῖν ὕδωρ καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐμπλησθῶσιν καὶ οὐκ ἐπεστρέψατε πρός με λέγει κύριος
And two and three cities shall be gathered into one city to drink water, and they shall certainly not be satisfied, yet you did not return to me, says the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 23 words
ἐπάταξα ὑμᾶς ἐν πυρώσει καὶ ἐν ἰκτέρῳ ἐπληθύνατε κήπους ὑμῶν ἀμπελῶνας ὑμῶν καὶ συκῶνας ὑμῶν καὶ ἐλαιῶνας ὑμῶν κατέφαγεν ἡ κάμπη καὶ οὐδ' ὧς ἐπεστρέψατε πρός με λέγει κύριος
I struck you with scorching heat and with blight; you multiplied your gardens, your vineyards, and your fig trees and your olive groves, but the caterpillar devoured them, and not even so did you return to me, says the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 29 words
ἐξαπέστειλα εἰς ὑμᾶς θάνατον ἐν ὁδῷ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἀπέκτεινα ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ τοὺς νεανίσκους ὑμῶν μετὰ αἰχμαλωσίας ἵππων σου καὶ ἀνήγαγον ἐν πυρὶ τὰς παρεμβολὰς ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ μου καὶ οὐδ' ὧς ἐπεστρέψατε πρός με λέγει κύριος
I sent death among you in the way of Egypt, and I killed your young men with the sword, along with the captivity of your horses, and I brought up your camps in fire in my anger, and not even so did you return to me, says the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 37 words
κατέστρεψα ὑμᾶς καθὼς κατέστρεψεν ὁ θεὸς Σοδομα καὶ Γομορρα καὶ ἐγένεσθε ὡς δαλὸς ἐξεσπασμένος ἐκ πυρός καὶ οὐδ' ὧς ἐπεστρέψατε πρός με λέγει κύριος
I overthrew you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you became like a brand snatched out of the fire, and not even so did you return to me, says the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 24 words
διὰ τοῦτο οὕτως ποιήσω σοι Ισραηλ πλὴν ὅτι οὕτως ποιήσω σοι ἑτοιμάζου τοῦ ἐπικαλεῖσθαι τὸν θεόν σου Ισραηλ
Therefore thus I will do to you, Israel; moreover, because I will do this to you, prepare to call upon your God, O Israel.
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
διότι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ στερεῶν βροντὴν καὶ κτίζων πνεῦμα καὶ ἀπαγγέλλων εἰς ἀνθρώπους τὸν χριστὸν αὐτοῦ ποιῶν ὄρθρον καὶ ὁμίχλην καὶ ἐπιβαίνων ἐπὶ τὰ ὕψη τῆς γῆς κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ ὄνομα αὐτῷ
Because behold, I am the one who establishes thunder and creates spirit and declares to human beings his Christ, making dawn and mist and stepping upon the heights of the earth; the Lord God Almighty is his name.