[3:9] Announce to those who live in the palaces of Egypt and Ashdod: “Gather together in the hills around Samaria and see the great disorder and the crimes being committed there.”
[3:10] The Lord says, “These people fill their mansions with things taken by crime and violence. They don't even know how to be honest.
[3:11] And so an enemy will surround their land, destroy their defenses, and plunder their mansions.”
[3:12] The Lord says, “As a shepherd recovers only two legs or an ear of a sheep that a lion has eaten, so only a few will survive of Samaria's people, who now recline on luxurious couches.
[3:13] Listen now, and warn the descendants of Jacob,” says the Sovereign Lord Almighty.
[3:14] “On the day when I punish the people of Israel for their sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel. The corners of every altar will be broken off and will fall to the ground.
[3:15] I will destroy winter houses and summer houses. The houses decorated with ivory will fall in ruins; every large house will be destroyed.”
[4:1] Listen to this, you women of Samaria, who grow fat like the well-fed cows of Bashan, who mistreat the weak, oppress the poor, and demand that your husbands keep you supplied with liquor!
[4:2] As the Sovereign Lord is holy, he has promised, “The days will come when they will drag you away with hooks; every one of you will be like a fish on a hook.
[4:3] You will be dragged to the nearest break in the wall and thrown out.”