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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:

1"Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken about you, people of Israel. It concerns the entire family that I brought from the land of Egypt:

2“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

2You alone have I known from among all of the families of mankind; therefore I will hold you accountable for all your iniquities.'"

3Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?

3"Will a couple walk in unity without having met?

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?

4Will a lion roar in the forest without having found its prey? Will a young lion cry from its den without having caught anything?

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?

5Does a bird fall into a snare on the ground without any bait in the trap? Will a trap snap shut when there is nothing to catch?

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?

6And when an alarm sounds in the city, the people will tremble, won't they? If there is trouble in a city, the LORD has brought it about, has he not?"

7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.

7"Truly the Lord GOD will do nothing he has mentioned without revealing his purposes to his servants the prophets.

8The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?

8A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who will not prophesy?

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.”

9Announce this in the fortified citadels of Ashdod, and in the fortified citadels of the land of Egypt. Tell them, 'Gather together on the mountains of Samaria; look at the great misery among the citadels, along with the oppression within Egypt.'

10“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”

10Because they do not know how to act right," declares the LORD, "they are filling their strongholds with treasures that they took from others by violence into their fortified citadels."

11Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”

11Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "An enemy will surround the land. He will pull down your defenses, and plunder your fortified citadels."

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.

12This is what the LORD says: "Just as a shepherd might save from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a scrap of an ear, the Israelis will be saved in a similar manner— those in Samaria who sit on the remains of their broken beds, and those in Damascus who lie on the edge of their couches."

13Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts.

13"Listen and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord GOD, the God of the Heavenly Armies,

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.

14"because on that day I will lay out the charges against Israel. I will also bring judgment upon 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 along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.

15I will wreck both the winter house and the summer house, and the ivory houses will fall. These palaces will surely fall," declares the LORD.

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