They shattered and crushed the Israelites that year, and for eighteen years they did the same to all the Israelites who were on the other side of the Jordan(A) in the land of the Amorites(B) in Gilead.

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19 For he oppressed and abandoned the poor;
he seized a house he did not build.(A)

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11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,(A)
for he is determined to follow what is worthless.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 5:11 Or follow a command; Hb obscure

Social and Spiritual Corruption

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan(A)
who are on the hill of Samaria,
women who oppress the poor
and crush the needy,(B)
who say to their husbands,
“Bring us something to drink.”(C)

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