ULT AMOS Chapter 3

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3 Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against all of the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,

2 Only you have I known

from all of the families of the ground.

Therefore I will punish you

for all of your iniquities.

3 Will two walk together,

unless they have agreed?

4 Will a lion roar in the forest

when there is no prey for him?

Will a young lion give his voice from his den,

unless he has caught something?

5 Will a bird fall into a snare on the ground

when there is no trap for it?

Will a snare spring up from the ground,

and capturing, will it not capture?

6 If a horn is blown in a city,

will the people not tremble?

If disaster happens in a city,

has Yahweh not done it?

7 For the Lord Yahweh will not do a thing

unless he has revealed his secret counsel to his servants the prophets.

8 The lion has roared;

who will not fear?

The Lord Yahweh has spoken;

who will not prophesy?

9 Proclaim over the citadels in Ashdod,

and over the citadels in the land of Egypt,

and say, ‘Gather yourselves on the mountains of Samaria,

and see the great confusions in her midst,

and the oppressed ones within her.’

10 And they do not know to do what is right— the declaration of Yahweh—

those storing up violence and destruction in their citadels.

11 Therefore, thus says the Lord Yahweh: “An adversary— and one surrounding the land!

And he will bring down from you your strength,

and your citadels will be plundered.”

12 Thus says Yahweh:

“As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion

two legs or a piece of an ear,

so will the sons of Israel be rescued, the ones dwelling in Samaria

in the corner of a bed and on the damask of a couch.”

13 “Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob— the declaration of the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies—

14 for in the day of my punishing the transgressions of Israel upon him,

I will also punish the altars of Bethel,

and the horns of the altar will be cut off,

and they will fall to the ground.

15 And I will strike the winter house with the summer house,

and the houses of ivory will perish,

and many houses will come to an end— the declaration of Yahweh.

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