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3 ‎(1) Hear this word, O people of Israel,
That GOD has spoken concerning you,
Concerning the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt: ‎(2) You alone have I singled out
Of all the families of the earth—
That is why I will call you to account
For all your iniquities. ‎(3) Can two walk together
Without having met? ‎(4) Does a lion roar in the forest
When it has no prey?
Does a great beast let out a cry from its den
Without having made a capture? ‎(5) Does a bird drop on the ground—in a trap—
With no snare there?
Does a trap spring up from the ground
Unless it has caught something? ‎(6) When a ram’s horn is sounded in a town,
Do the people not take alarm?
Can misfortune come to a town
If GOD has not caused it? ‎(7) Indeed, my Sovereign GOD does nothing
Without having revealed the purpose
To God’s servants the prophets. ‎(8) A lion has roared,
Who can but fear?
My Sovereign GOD has spoken,
Who can but prophesy? ‎(9) Proclaim in the fortresses of Ashdod
And in the fortresses of the land of Egypt!
Say:
Gather on the hill of Samaria
And witness the great outrages within her
And the oppression in her midst. ‎(10) They are incapable of doing right
—declares GOD;
They store up lawlessness and rapine
In their fortresses. ‎(11) Assuredly,
Thus said the Sovereign GOD:
An enemy, all about the land!
He shall strip you of your splendor,
And your fortresses shall be plundered. ‎(12) Thus said GOD:
As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s jaws
Two shank bones or the tip of an ear,
So shall the Israelites escape
Who dwell in Samaria—
With the leg of a bed or the head of a couch. ‎(13) Hear [this], and warn the House of Jacob
—says the Sovereign GOD, the God of Hosts— ‎(14) That when I punish Israel for its transgressions,
I will wreak judgment on the altar of Bethel,
And the horns of the altar shall be cut off
And shall fall to the ground. ‎(15) I will wreck the winter palace
Together with the summer palace;
The ivory palaces shall be demolished,
And the great houses shall be destroyed
—declares GOD.
Version: THE JPS TANAKH: Gender-Sensitive Edition
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