Amos
3
- Hear this word the LORD has spoken against
you, O people of Israel -- against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt:
- "You only have I chosen of all the
families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins."
- Do two walk together unless they have agreed
to do so ?
- Does a lion roar in the thicket when he
has no prey? Does he growl in his den when he has caught nothing ?
- Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground
where no snare has been set? Does a trap spring up from the earth when there
is nothing to catch ?
- When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not
the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the LORD caused
it ?
- Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without
revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
- The lion has roared -- who will not fear?
The Sovereign LORD has spoken -- who can but prophesy ?
- Proclaim 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."
- "They do not know how to do right,"
declares the LORD, "who hoard plunder and loot in their fortresses."
- Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD
says: "An enemy will overrun the land; he will pull down your strongholds
and plunder your fortresses."
- This is what the LORD says: "As a shepherd
saves from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear, so will
the Israelites be saved, those who sit in Samaria on the edge of their beds
and in Damascus on their couches."
- "Hear this and testify against the
house of Jacob," declares the Lord, the LORD God Almighty.
- "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.
- I 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.
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