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: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:
2"I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins." 2You alone have I known from among all of the families of mankind; therefore I will hold you accountable for all your iniquities.'"
3Do two walk together without having met? 3"Will a couple walk in unity without having met?
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? 4Will a lion roar in the forest without having found its prey? Will a young lion cry from its den without having caught anything?
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 fall into a snare on the ground without any bait in the trap? Will a trap snap shut when there is nothing to catch?
6If an alarm sounds in a city, do people not fear? If disaster overtakes a city, is the LORD not responsible? 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?"
7Certainly the sovereign LORD does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. 7"Truly the Lord GOD will do nothing he has mentioned without revealing his purposes to his servants the prophets.
8A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The sovereign LORD has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy? 8A 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." 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.'
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. 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."
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 defenses, and plunder your fortified 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: "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."
13Listen and warn the family of Jacob! The sovereign LORD, the God who commands armies, is speaking! 13"Listen and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord GOD, the God of the Heavenly Armies,
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"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.
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 wreck both the winter house and the summer house, and the ivory houses will fall. These palaces will surely fall," declares the LORD.
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