Amos 3
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1Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the LORD is proclaiming against you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up from the land of Egypt:1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
2"I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins." 2“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
3Do two walk together without having met? 3Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?
4Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something? 4Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
5Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait? Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something? 5Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?
6If an alarm sounds in a city, do people not fear? If disaster overtakes a city, is the LORD not responsible? 6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
7Certainly the sovereign LORD does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. 7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
8A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The sovereign LORD has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy? 8The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?
9Make this announcement in the fortresses of Ashdod and in the fortresses in the land of Egypt. Say this: "Gather on the hills around Samaria! Observe the many acts of violence taking place within the city, the oppressive deeds occurring in it." 9Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”
10"They do not know how to do what is right." (The LORD is speaking.) "They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses. 10“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
11Therefore," says the sovereign LORD, "an enemy will encircle the land. He will take away your power; your fortresses will be looted." 11Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”
12This is what the LORD says: "Just as a shepherd salvages from the lion's mouth a couple of leg bones or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be salvaged. They will be left with just a corner of a bed, and a part of a couch." 12This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.
13Listen and warn the family of Jacob! The sovereign LORD, the God who commands armies, is speaking! 13Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts.
14"Certainly when I punish Israel for their covenant transgressions, I will destroy Bethel's altars. The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground. 14On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.
15I will destroy both the winter and summer houses. The houses filled with ivory will be ruined, the great houses will be swept away." The LORD is speaking! 15I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.
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