Amos 3
3
Witnesses summoned against Israel
1Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the Lord has spoken against you – against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt:
2‘You only have I chosen
of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish you
for all your sins.’
3Do two walk together
unless they have agreed to do so?
4Does a lion roar in the thicket
when it has no prey?
Does it growl in its den
when it has caught nothing?
5Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground
when no bait is there?
Does a trap spring up from the ground
if it has not caught anything?
6When a trumpet sounds in a city,
do not the people tremble?
When disaster comes to a city,
has not the Lord caused it?
7Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing
without revealing his plan
to his servants the prophets.
8The lion has roared –
who will not fear?
The Sovereign Lord has spoken –
who can but prophesy?
9Proclaim 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.’
10‘They do not know how to do right,’ declares the Lord,
‘who store up in their fortresses
what they have plundered and looted.’
11Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
‘An enemy will overrun your land,
pull down your strongholds
and plunder your fortresses.’
12This is what the Lord says:
‘As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s mouth
only two leg bones or a piece of an ear,
so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued,
with only the head of a bed
and a piece of fabric#3:12 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain. from a couch.#3:12 Or Israelites be rescued, / those who sit in Samaria / on the edge of their beds / and in Damascus on their couches.’
13‘Hear this and testify against the descendants of Jacob,’ declares the Lord, the Lord God Almighty.
14‘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.
15I 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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Amos 3
3
1Hear this word that יהוה has spoken against you, O children of Yisra’ĕl, against the entire clan which I brought up from the land of Mitsrayim, saying,
2“You alone have I known of all the clans of the earth, therefore I punish you for all your crookednesses.”
3Would two walk together, without having met?
4Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion give forth his voice out of his den unless he has caught?
5Does a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the earth, if it has not captured prey?
6If a shophar is blown in a city, do the people not tremble? If there is calamity in a city, shall not יהוה have done it?
7For the Master יהוה does no matter unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
8A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The Master יהוה has spoken! Who would not prophesy?
9“Cry out at the palaces in Ashdoḏ, and at the palaces in the land of Mitsrayim, and say, ‘Gather on the mountains of Shomeron, and see the many unrests in her midst, and the oppressed ones within her.
10But they do not know to do what is right,’ declares יהוה, ‘these who store up plunder and loot in their palaces.’ ”
11Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, “An enemy, even all around the land! And he shall bring down your strength from you, and your palaces shall be plundered.”
12Thus said יהוה, “As a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so are the children of Yisra’ĕl who dwell in Shomeron to be rescued – in the corner of a bed and on the edge of a couch!
13“Hear and witness against the house of Ya‛aqoḇ,” declares the Master יהוה, the Elohim of hosts.
14“For in the day I visit Yisra’ĕl for their transgressions, I shall also punish concerning the slaughter-places of Bĕyth Ěl. And the horns of the slaughter-place shall be broken, and they shall fall to the ground.
15“And I shall strike the winter house along with the summer house. And the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall be swept away,” declares יהוה.
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