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| 1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying: | 1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: |
| 2“You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” | 2“You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. |
| 3Can two walk together, unless they are agreed? | 3“Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet? |
| 4Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing? | 4Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing? |
| 5Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it? Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all? | 5Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing? |
| 6If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the LORD have done it? | 6Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city, unless the LORD has done it? |
| 7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. | 7“For the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets. |
| 8A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy? | 8The 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 on the mountains of Samaria; See great tumults in her midst, And the oppressed within her. | 9Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see the great tumults within her, and the oppressed in her midst.” |
| 10For they do not know to do right,’ Says the LORD, ‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ” | 10“They do not know how to do right,” declares the LORD, “those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.” |
| 11Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “An adversary shall be all around the land; He shall sap your strength from you, And your palaces shall be plundered.” | 11Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “An adversary shall surround the land and bring down your defenses from you, and your strongholds shall be plundered.” |
| 12Thus says the LORD: “As a shepherd takes from the mouth of a lion Two legs or a piece of an ear, So shall the children of Israel be taken out Who dwell in Samaria— In the corner of a bed and on the edge of a couch! | 12Thus says the LORD: “As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the people of Israel who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part of a bed. |
| 13Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,” Says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, | 13“Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob,” declares the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, |
| 14“That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will also visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; And the horns of the altar shall be cut off And fall to the ground. | 14“that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground. |
| 15I will destroy the winter house along with the summer house; The houses of ivory shall perish, And the great houses shall have an end,” Says the LORD. | 15I will strike the winter house along with the summer house, and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall come to an end,” declares the LORD. |
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