Amos 3

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  1. 1Listen to this message the LORD has spoken against you, people of Israel — against the entire nation I brought out of Egypt:
  2. 2You only have I known among all the families of the earth; therefore, I will punish you for all your sins.
  3. 3Can two people walk together unless they are in agreement?
  4. 4Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey? Does a young lion growl from its den unless it has caught something?
  5. 5Does a bird drop into a trap on the ground when no snare has been set? Does a trap spring shut when there's nothing to catch?
  6. 6When a trumpet blasts an alarm in a city, don't the people tremble? When disaster strikes a city, hasn't the LORD brought it about?
  7. 7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
  8. 8A lion has roared — who won't fear? The Lord GOD has spoken — who can keep from prophesying?
  9. 9Announce in the palaces of Ashdod and in the palaces of Egypt: 'Gather on the mountains of Samaria and see the great tumults and the oppressed within her.'
  10. 10They don't know how to do right, says the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
  11. 11Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An adversary will be all around the land. He will bring down your strength from you, and your palaces will be plundered.”
  12. 12The LORD says: 'As a shepherd takes from the lion's mouth two legs or a piece of an ear, so will the children of Israel be taken out, those who live in Samaria on the corner of a bed, and in Damascus on a couch.'
  13. 13Listen and testify in the house of Jacob," says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.
  14. 14On the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will also punish the altars of Bethel. The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.
  15. 15"I will demolish the winter house along with the summer house. The ivory mansions will be destroyed, and the great estates will come to an end," says the LORD.
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