¹ 以色列人哪，你們全家是我從埃及地領上來的，當聽耶和華攻擊你們的話：

² 在地上萬族中，我只認識你們；因此，我必追討你們的一切罪孽。

³ 二人若不同心，豈能同行呢？

⁴ 獅子若非抓食，豈能在林中咆哮呢？少壯獅子若無所得，豈能從洞中發聲呢？

⁵ 若沒有機檻，雀鳥豈能陷在網羅裡呢？網羅若無所得，豈能從地上翻起呢？

⁶ 城中若吹角，百姓豈不驚恐呢？災禍若臨到一城，豈非耶和華所降的麼？

⁷ 主耶和華若不將奧秘指示他的僕人─眾先知，就一無所行。

⁸ 獅子吼叫，誰不懼怕呢？主耶和華發命，誰能不說預言呢？

⁹ 要在亞實突的宮殿中和埃及地的宮殿裡傳揚說：你們要聚集在撒瑪利亞的山上，就看見城中有何等大的擾亂與欺壓的事。

¹⁰ 那些以強暴搶奪財物、積蓄在自己家中的人不知道行正直的事。這是耶和華說的。

¹¹ 所以主耶和華如此說：敵人必來圍攻這地，使你的勢力衰微，搶掠你的家宅。

¹² 耶和華如此說：牧人怎樣從獅子口中搶回兩條羊腿或半個耳朵，住撒瑪利亞的以色列人躺臥在床角上或鋪繡花毯的榻上，他們得救也不過如此。

¹³ 主耶和華─萬軍之神說：當聽這話，警戒雅各家。

¹⁴ 我討以色列罪的日子，也要討伯特利祭壇的罪；壇角必被砍下，墜落於地。

¹⁵ 我要拆毀過冬和過夏的房屋。象牙的房屋也必毀滅；高大的房屋都歸無有。這是耶和華說的。

¹⁰ King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and its pattern, according to all its workmanship.

¹¹ Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.

¹² When the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon.

¹³ He burnt his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, on the altar.

¹⁴ The bronze altar, which was before Yahweh, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of Yahweh, and put it on the north side of his altar.

¹⁵ King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, "On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal offering, and the king's burnt offering, and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meal offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice; but the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by."