Amos 3:1-10 ▼

1 Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:

2 |You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.|

3 Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?

4 Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?

5 Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?

6 Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does disaster happen to a city, unless the LORD has done it?

7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

8 The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken. Who can but prophesy?

9 Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, |Assemble yourselves on the mountain of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them.|

10 |Indeed they do not know to do right,| says the LORD, |Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.|