Amos 3:1-15

Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt:  I have known only you  out of all the clans of the earth; therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.  Can two walk together  without agreeing to meet? Does a lion roar  in the forest when it has no prey? Does a young lion growl from its lair unless it has captured something? Does a bird land in a trap on the ground if there is no bait for it? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has caught nothing? If a ram’s horn  is blown in a city, aren’t people afraid?  If a disaster  occurs in a city, hasn’t the LORD done it?  Indeed, the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his counsel to his servants the prophets.  A lion has roared;  who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken;  who will not prophesy?  Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod  and on the citadels in the land of Egypt: Assemble on the mountains of Samaria,  and see the great turmoil in the city and the acts of oppression within it.  The people are incapable of doing right   — this is the  LORD’s declaration — those who store up violence and destruction  in their citadels. Therefore, the Lord GOD says: An enemy  will surround the land; he will destroy  your strongholds and plunder your citadels.  The LORD says: As the shepherd snatches two legs or a piece of an ear from the lion’s mouth,  so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be rescued with only the corner of a bed  or the  cushion  of a couch.  , Listen and testify  against the house of Jacob — this is the declaration of the Lord GOD, the God of Armies. I will punish the altars of Bethel  on the day I punish Israel for its crimes; the horns of the altar  will be cut off and fall to the ground.  I will demolish the winter house  and the summer house;  the houses inlaid with ivory  will be destroyed, and the great houses  will come to an end. This is the  LORD’s declaration.