Amos 3
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| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying: |
| 2 | You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities. |
| 3 | Will two walk together, Except they have agreed? |
| 4 | Will a lion roar in the forest, When he hath no prey? Will a young lion give forth his voice out of his den, If he have taken nothing? |
| 5 | Will a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, Where there is no lure for it? Will a snare spring up from the ground, And have taken nothing at all? |
| 6 | Shall the horn be blown in a city, And the people not tremble? Shall evil befall a city, And the LORD hath not done it? |
| 7 | For the Lord GOD will do nothing, But He revealeth His counsel unto His servants the prophets. |
| 8 | The lion hath roared, Who will not fear? The Lord GOD hath spoken, Who can but prophesy? |
| 9 | Proclaim it upon the palaces at Ashdod, And upon the palaces in the land of Egypt, And say: ‘Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, And behold the great confusions therein, And the oppressions in the midst thereof.’ |
| 10 | For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. |
| 11 | Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: An adversary, even round about the land! And he shall bring down thy strength from thee, And thy palaces shall be spoiled. |
| 12 | Thus saith the LORD: As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion Two legs, or a piece of an ear, So shall the children of Israel that dwell in Samaria Escape with the corner of a couch, and the leg of a bed. |
| 13 | Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, Saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts. |
| 14 | For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also punish the altars of Beth-el, And the horns of the altar shall be cut off, And fall to the ground. |
| 15 | And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house; And the houses of ivory shall perish, And the great houses shall have an end, Saith the LORD. |