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1 Hear
this word that
the LORD has
spoken against you,
children of Israel,
against the whole
family which I
brought up out
of the land
of Egypt, saying:
2 “I
have only chosen
you of all
the families of
the earth.
Therefore I will
punish you for
all of your
sins.”
3 Do two
walk together,
unless they have
agreed?
4 Will
a lion roar
in the thicket,
when he has
no prey?
Does a young lion
cry out of
his den,
if he has caught
nothing?
5 Can
a bird fall
in a trap
on the earth,
where no snare
is set for
him?
Does a snare
spring up from
the ground,
when there is
nothing to catch?
6 Does
the trumpet alarm
sound in a
city,
without the
people being
afraid?
Does evil happen
to a city,
and the
LORD hasn’t done
it?
7 Surely
the Lord GOD
will do nothing,
unless he reveals
his secret to
his servants the
prophets.
8 The lion
has roared.
Who will not
fear?
The Lord GOD
has spoken.
Who can but
prophesy?
9 Proclaim
in the palaces
at Ashdod,
and in the palaces
in the land
of Egypt,
and say, “Assemble yourselves
on the mountains
of Samaria,
and see
what unrest is in
her,
and what
oppression is
among them.”
10 “Indeed
they don’t know to
do right,” says
the LORD,
“Who hoard plunder and loot
in their palaces.”
11 Therefore
the Lord GOD
says:
“An adversary
will overrun the land;
and he will
pull down
your strongholds,
and your fortresses
will be plundered.”
12 The
LORD says:
“As the shepherd
rescues out of
the mouth of
the lion two legs,
or a piece of
an ear,
so shall the
children of Israel
be rescued who
sit in Samaria
on the corner
of a couch,
and on the silken
cushions of a bed.”
13 “Listen,
and testify
against the house
of Jacob,” says
the Lord GOD,
the God of
Armies.
14 “For
in the day
that I visit
the transgressions
of Israel on
him,
I will also
visit the altars
of Bethel;
and the horns
of the altar
will be cut
off,
and fall to
the ground.
15 I
will strike the
winter house with
the summer house;
and the houses
of ivory will
perish,
and the great
houses will have
an end,”
says the LORD.