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Amos
Chapter 3
1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children
of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of
Egypt, saying,
2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore
I will punish you for all your iniquities.
3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a
young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for
him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing
at all?
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 hath not done it?
7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret
unto his servants the prophets.
8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath
spoken, who can but prophesy?
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.
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 there shall be
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 taketh 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.
13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD,
the God of hosts,
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.
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.