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Amos 3
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1Hear you⌃ this word, O house of Israel, which the Lord has spoken concerning you, and against the whole family whom I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,
1Hear 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,
2You especially have I known out of all the families of the earth: therefore will I take vengeance upon you for all your sins.
2You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
3Shall two walk together at all, if they do not know one another?
3Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
4Will a lion roar out of his thicket if he has no prey? will a [lion's] whelp utter his voice at all out of his lair, if he have taken nothing?
4Will 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?
5Will a bird fall on the earth without a fowler? will a snare be taken up from the earth without having taken anything?
5Can 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?
6Shall the trumpet sound in the city, and the people not be alarmed? shall there be evil in a city which the Lord has not wrought?
6Shall 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?
7For the Lord God will do nothing, without revealing instruction to his servants the prophets.
7Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
8A lion shall roar, and who will not be alarmed? the Lord God has spoken, and who will not prophesy?
8The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
9Proclaim it to the regions among the Assyrians, and to the regions of Egypt, and say, Gather yourselves to the mountain of Samaria, and behold many wonderful things in the midst of it, and the oppression that is in it.
9Publish 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.
10And she knew not what things would come against her, says the Lord, [even] those that store up wrong and misery in their countries.
10For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
11Therefore thus says the Lord God; O Tyre, your land shall be made desolate round about [you]; and he shall bring down your strength out of you, and your countries shall be spoiled.
11Therefore 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.
12Thus says the Lord; As when a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legsor a piece of an ear, so shall be drawn forth the children of Israel who dwell in Samaria in the presence of [a foreign] tribe, and in Damascus .
12Thus 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.
13Hear , O you⌃ priests, and testify to the house of Jacob, says the Lord God Almighty.
13Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,
14For in the day wherein I shall take vengeance of the sins of Israel upon him, I will also take vengeance on the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be broken down, and they shall fall upon the ground.
14That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth–el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
15I will crush and strike the turreted-house upon the summer -house; and the ivory-houses shall be destroyed, and many other houses also, says the Lord.
15And 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.