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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Can two walk together without agreeing where to go? |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing? |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch? |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it? |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy? |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.” |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.” |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.” |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD. |
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