Butter of cows, and milk of sheep, with the fat of lambs and rams, of calves and kids, with fat of kidneys of wheat; and he drank wine, the blood of the grape.

So Jacob ate and was filled, and the beloved one kicked; he grew fat, he became thick and broad: then he forsook the God that made him, and departed from God his Savior.

Many bulls have compassed Me; fat bulls have beset Me round about.

Because you rejoiced, and boasted, [while] plundering My heritage; because you exulted as calves in the grass, and pushed with the horn as bulls.

Dry up all her fruits, and let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, and the time of their retribution.

You shall eat the flesh of mighty men, and you shall drink the blood of princes of the earth, rams, and calves and goats, and they are all fatted calves.

Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and that trust in the mountain of Samaria; they have gathered [the harvest of] the heads of the nations, and they have gone in themselves.

And Omri bought the mount of Samaria from Shemer the lord of the mountain for two talents of silver; and he built [upon] the mountain, and they called the name of the mountain [on] which he built, after the name of Shemer the lord of the mount, Samaria.

Thus says the Lord; for three sins of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away from him, because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for sandals,

in which to tread on the dust of the earth, and they have smitten upon the heads of the poor, and have perverted the way of the lowly; and a son and his father have gone into the same maid, that they might profane the name of their God.

Proclaim it to the regions among the Assyrians, and to the regions of Egypt, and say, Gather yourselves to the mountain of Samaria, and behold many wonderful things in the midst of it, and the oppression that is in it.

And she knew not what things would come against her, says the Lord, even those that store up wrong and misery in their countries.

Therefore because they have smitten the poor with their fists, and you have received of them choice gifts, you have built polished houses, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink the wine of them.

Hear now this, you that oppress the poor in the morning, and drive the needy ones by tyranny from the earth,

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will trade in every kind of fruit.

And you shall not hurt a stranger, nor afflict him; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

And if you should afflict them by ill treatment, and they should cry aloud to Me, I will surely hear their voice.

And if you should lend money to your poor brother who is among you, you shall not be hard upon him- you shall not charge interest from him.

Take heed to yourself that there be not a secret thing in your heart- an iniquity, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is approaching. And your eye shall be evil to your brother that is in need, and you shall not give to him, and he shall cry against you to the Lord, and there shall be great sin in you.

For the poor shall not fail off your land, therefore I charge you to do this thing, saying, You shall surely open your hands to your poor brother, and to him that is distressed upon your land.

Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the Lord, I will set [them] in safety; I will speak [to them] openly.

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy ones.

Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy, neither dishonor the helpless man in the gates.

For the Lord will plead his cause, and you shall deliver your soul in safety.

Remove not the ancient landmarks, and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless;

for the Lord is their redeemer; He is mighty, and will plead their cause with you.

So I returned, and saw all the oppressions that were done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of them that oppressed them was power; but they had no comforter.

If you should see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter; for [there is] a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.

learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.

And if you are willing, and hearken to Me, you shall eat the good of the land;

How has the faithful city of Zion, [once] full of judgment, become a harlot! Where righteousness lodged, but now murderers.

Your princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards; not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows.

Woe [to them] that join house to house, and add field to field, that they may take away something of their neighbor's; will you dwell alone upon the land?

I have not chosen such a fast, says the Lord; but do you loose every burden of iniquity, do you untie the knots of hard bargains, set the bruised free, and cancel every unjust account?

For among My people were found ungodly men; and they have set snares to destroy men, and have caught [them].

They have transgressed [the rule of] judgment; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow.

For thus says the Lord, Cut down her trees, array a numerous force against Jerusalem. O false city, she is full of oppression.

and oppress not the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and go not after strange gods to your hurt;

In you they have reviled father and mother; and in you they have behaved unjustly toward the stranger; they have oppressed the orphan and widow.

In you they have received gifts to shed blood; they have received in you interest and usurious increase; and by oppression you have brought your wickedness to the full, and have forgotten Me, says the Lord.

Her princes in the midst of her are as wolves ravening to shed blood, that they may get dishonest gain.

That sorely oppress the people of the land with injustice, and commit robbery; oppressing the poor and needy, and not dealing justly with the stranger.

They meditated troubles, and wrought wickedness on their beds, and they put it in execution with the daylight; for they have not lifted up their hands to God.

Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I devise evils against this family, out of which you shall not lift up your necks, neither shall you walk upright speedily: for the time is evil.

And He shall say, Hear now these words, you heads of the house of Jacob, and you remnant of the house of Israel; is it not for you to know judgment?

even as they devoured the flesh of My people, and stripped their skins off them, and broke their bones, and divided [them] as flesh for the caldron, and as meat for the pot,

and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let not one of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother.

But they refused to attend, and madly turned their back, and made their ears heavy, so that they should not hear.

And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by My name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and do not fear Me, says the Lord Almighty.

Listen now, you rich, weep and howl at your miseries which are coming upon you!

Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their poison will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up treasure in the last days.

You lived luxuriously upon the earth and you lived riotously, you nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

A nation which you know not shall eat the produce of your land, and all your labors; and you shall be perpetually injured and crushed.

For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men, and he has plundered a house, though he built it not.

He has devoured me, he has torn me asunder, airy darkness has come upon me; Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has swallowed me up, as a dragon has he filled his belly with my delicacies.

And binding their clothes with cords, they have made them curtains near the altar, and they have drunk wine gained by extortion in the house of their God.

and cast lots over My people, and have given [their] boys to harlots, and sold [their] girls for wine, and have drunk.