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AMOS ยท Chapter 3
3:1 Hear 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,
3:2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore
I will punish you for all your iniquities.
3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
3:4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? will a young
lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
3:5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no animal trap
is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken
nothing at all?
3:6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid?
shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD has not done it?
3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he reveals his secret
unto his servants the prophets.
3:8 The lion has roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD has spoken,
who can but prophesy?
3:9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land
of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and
behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the
midst thereof.
3:10 For they know not to do right, says the LORD, who store up violence
and robbery in their palaces.
3:11 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be
even round about the land; and he shall bring down your strength from you,
and your palaces shall be spoiled.
3:12 Thus says the LORD; As the shepherd takes out of the mouth of
the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel
be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus
in a couch.
3:13 Hear all of you, and testify in the house of Jacob, says the Lord
GOD, the God of hosts,
3:14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel
upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar
shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
3:15 And I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and
the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end,
says the LORD.
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