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1 Hear this word which Jehovah spake against you, ye sons of Israel, against all the family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the LORD has spoken against you—against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt:
2 You only did I know from all the families of the earth: for this I will review over you all your iniquities. “You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. “You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”
3 Shall two go together if they met not by appointment? “Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet? Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?
4 Will the lion roar in the forest and not tearing in pieces for him? will the young lion give his voice from his cave if he took nothing? Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing? Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey? Does it growl in its den when it has caught nothing?
5 Will the bird fall upon the snare of the earth and no noose for her? shall a snare be brought up from the earth and a taking shall not be taken? Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing? Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground when no bait is there? Does a trap spring up from the ground if it has not caught anything?
6 If the trumpet shall be struck in the city and the people not be terrified? if evil shall be in the city and Jehovah did not? Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city, unless the LORD has done it? When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
7 For the Lord Jehovah will not do a word but he will uncover his secret to his servants the prophets. “For the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets. Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
8 The lion roared, who shall not be afraid? the Lord Jehovah spake, who shall not prophesy? The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken; who can but prophesy?” The lion has roared— who will not fear? The Sovereign LORD has spoken— who can but prophesy?
9 Cause to be heard upon the palaces in Ashdod, and upon the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Be ye gathered together upon the mountains of Shomeron, and see the great tumults in the midst of her, and the oppressed in the midst of her. Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see the great tumults within her, and the oppressed in her midst.” Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod and to the fortresses of Egypt: “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest within her and the oppression among her people.”
10 And they knew not to do the straight, says Jehovah, storing up violence and oppression in their palaces. “They do not know how to do right,” declares the LORD, “those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.” “They do not know how to do right,” declares the LORD, “who store up in their fortresses what they have plundered and looted.”
11 For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: An adversary and round about the land; and he brought down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces were plundered. Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “An adversary shall surround the land and bring down your defenses from you, and your strongholds shall be plundered.” Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “An enemy will overrun your land, pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses.”
12 Thus said Jehovah: As the shepherd will deliver from the mouth of the lion two legs, and part of an ear, thus shall the sons of Israel be delivered dwelling in Shomeron in the extremity of a tribe, or in Damascus under a roof. Thus says the LORD: “As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the people of Israel who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part of a bed. This is what the LORD says: “As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued, with only the head of a bed and a piece of fabric from a couch.”
13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, says the Lord Jehovah, God of armies. “Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob,” declares the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, “Hear this and testify against the descendants of Jacob,” declares the Lord, the LORD God Almighty.
14 For in the day of my reviewing the transgressions of Israel upon him, and reviewed upon the altars of the house of God: and the horns of the altar were broken, and they fell to the earth. “that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground. “On the day I punish Israel for her sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.
15 And I struck the house of autumn with the house of summer; and the houses of ivory perished, and the great houses were taken away, says Jehovah. I will strike the winter house along with the summer house, and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall come to an end,” declares the LORD. I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses adorned with ivory will be destroyed and the mansions will be demolished,” declares the LORD.
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