| International Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1"Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken about you, people of Israel. It concerns the entire family that I brought from the land of Egypt: | 1Hear this word which the LORD has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against the entire family which He brought up from the land of Egypt: |
| 2You alone have I known from among all of the families of mankind; therefore I will hold you accountable for all your iniquities.'" | 2"You only have I chosen among all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." |
| 3"Will a couple walk in unity without having met? | 3Do two men walk together unless they have made an appointment? |
| 4Will a lion roar in the forest without having found its prey? Will a young lion cry from its den without having caught anything? | 4Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl from his den unless he has captured something? |
| 5Does a bird fall into a snare on the ground without any bait in the trap? Will a trap snap shut when there is nothing to catch? | 5Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait in it? Does a trap spring up from the earth when it captures nothing at all? |
| 6And when an alarm sounds in the city, the people will tremble, won't they? If there is trouble in a city, the LORD has brought it about, has he not?" | 6If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the LORD done it? |
| 7"Truly the Lord GOD will do nothing he has mentioned without revealing his purposes to his servants the prophets. | 7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing Unless He reveals His secret counsel To His servants the prophets. |
| 8A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who will not prophesy? | 8A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy? |
| 9Announce this in the fortified citadels of Ashdod, and in the fortified citadels of the land of Egypt. Tell them, 'Gather together on the mountains of Samaria; look at the great misery among the citadels, along with the oppression within Egypt.' | 9Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt and say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria and see the great tumults within her and the oppressions in her midst. |
| 10Because they do not know how to act right," declares the LORD, "they are filling their strongholds with treasures that they took from others by violence into their fortified citadels." | 10"But they do not know how to do what is right," declares the LORD, "these who hoard up violence and devastation in their citadels." |
| 11Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "An enemy will surround the land. He will pull down your defenses, and plunder your fortified citadels." | 11Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "An enemy, even one surrounding the land, Will pull down your strength from you And your citadels will be looted." |
| 12This is what the LORD says: "Just as a shepherd might save from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a scrap of an ear, the Israelis will be saved in a similar manner— those in Samaria who sit on the remains of their broken beds, and those in Damascus who lie on the edge of their couches." | 12Thus says the LORD, "Just as the shepherd snatches from the lion's mouth a couple of legs or a piece of an ear, So will the sons of Israel dwelling in Samaria be snatched away-- With the corner of a bed and the cover of a couch! |
| 13"Listen and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord GOD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, | 13"Hear and testify against the house of Jacob," Declares the Lord GOD, the God of hosts. |
| 14"because on that day I will lay out the charges against Israel. I will also bring judgment upon the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and will fall to the ground. | 14"For on the day that I punish Israel's transgressions, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; The horns of the altar will be cut off And they will fall to the ground. |
| 15I will wreck both the winter house and the summer house, and the ivory houses will fall. These palaces will surely fall," declares the LORD. | 15"I will also smite the winter house together 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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