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1Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the LORD has spoken against you--against the whole family I brought up out 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"You only have I chosen of all the families 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 unless they have agreed to do so?

3"Will a couple walk in unity without having met?

4Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey? Does it growl in its den when it has caught nothing?

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 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?

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?

6When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

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?"

7Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without 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.

8The lion has roared-- who will not fear? The Sovereign LORD has spoken-- who can but prophesy?

8A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who will not prophesy?

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."

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 right," declares the LORD, "who store up in their fortresses what they have plundered and looted."

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 this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "An enemy will overrun your land, pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses."

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: "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."

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."

13"Hear this and testify against the descendants of Jacob," declares the Lord, the LORD God Almighty.

13"Listen and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord GOD, the God of the Heavenly Armies,

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.

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 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.

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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