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, people of Israel, the word the LORD has spoken against you--against the whole family I brought up out 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"You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins."
3Do two walk together without having met? 3Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?
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 thicket when it has no prey? Does it growl in its den when it 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 swoop down to a trap on the ground when no bait is there? Does a trap spring up from the ground if it has not caught anything?
6If an alarm sounds in a city, do people not fear? If disaster overtakes a city, is the LORD not responsible? 6When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster 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 Sovereign LORD 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 Sovereign LORD has spoken-- who can but 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 fortresses of Ashdod and to the fortresses of Egypt: "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest within her and the oppression among her people."
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"They do not know how to do right," declares the LORD, "who store up in their fortresses what they have plundered and looted."
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 Sovereign LORD says: "An enemy will overrun your land, pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses."
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 a shepherd rescues from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued, with only the head of a bed and a piece of fabric from a couch."
13Listen and warn the family of Jacob! The sovereign LORD, the God who commands armies, is speaking! 13"Hear this and testify against the descendants of Jacob," declares the Lord, the LORD God Almighty.
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. 14"On the day I punish Israel for her sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and 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 adorned with ivory will be destroyed and the mansions will be demolished," declares the LORD.
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