Amos 3
3
Words of doom for Israel
1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought out of the land of Egypt:
2You only have I loved so deeply
of all the families of the earth.
Therefore, I will punish you
for all your wrongdoing.
3Will two people walk together
unless they have agreed to do so?#3.3 Or Will two walk together unless they have agreed?
4Does a lion roar in the forest
when it has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out from its den
if it has caught nothing?
5Will a bird fall into a trap on the ground
when there is no bait for it?
Will a trap spring up from the ground
when it has taken nothing?
6If a ram’s horn is blown in a city,
won’t people tremble?
If disaster falls on a city,
is it the LORD who has done it?
7Surely the LORD God does nothing
without revealing his secret
to his servants the prophets.
8A lion has roared;
who will not fear?
The LORD God has spoken;
who can but prophesy?
9Proclaim it to the palaces of Ashdod
and to the palaces in the land of Egypt.
Say, “Gather yourselves on Mount Samaria,
and see the great turmoil in the city,
and what violent deeds are inside it.”
10They don’t know how to do right,
says the LORD—
those who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
11Therefore, the LORD my God proclaims:
An enemy will surround the land;
he will bring you down from your protected places,
and your palaces will be robbed.
12The LORD proclaims:
Just as the shepherd rescues two legs or the piece of an ear from the mouth of the lion, so will the people of Israel be rescued. Those who live in Samaria will escape with the corner of a bed, and those in Damascus with a piece of a couch.#3.12 Heb uncertain
13Hear this and speak against the house of Jacob,
says the LORD God, the God of heavenly forces:
14On the day I punish the crimes of Israel,
I will also visit the altars of Bethel;
the horns of the altar will be cut off
and will fall to the ground.
15I will tear down the winter house as well as the summer house;
the houses of ivory will perish;
the great houses will be swept away,
says the LORD.
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