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nkjv@Amos:3:1 @ Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:

nkjv@Amos:3:2 @ "You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities."

nkjv@Amos:3:3 @ Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?

nkjv@Amos:3:4 @ Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?

nkjv@Amos:3:5 @ Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it? Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?

nkjv@Amos:3:6 @ If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the LORD have done it?

nkjv@Amos:3:7 @ Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.

nkjv@Amos:3:8 @ A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy?

nkjv@Amos:3:9 @ "Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: "Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; See great tumults in her midst, And the oppressed within her.

nkjv@Amos:3:10 @ For they do not know to do right,' Says the LORD, "Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces."'

nkjv@Amos:3:11 @ Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "An adversary shall be all around the land; He shall sap your strength from you, And your palaces shall be plundered."

nkjv@Amos:3:12 @ Thus says the LORD: "As a shepherd takes from the mouth of a lion Two legs or a piece of an ear, So shall the children of Israel be taken out Who dwell in Samaria-- In the corner of a bed and on the edge of a couch!

nkjv@Amos:3:13 @ Hear and testify against the house of Jacob," Says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

nkjv@Amos:3:14 @ "That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will also visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; And the horns of the altar shall be cut off And fall to the ground.

nkjv@Amos:3:15 @ I will destroy the winter house along with the summer house; The houses of ivory shall perish, And the great houses shall have an end," Says the LORD.

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