Amos:3

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* Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you , children of Israel , against the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt , saying , * You only have I known of all the families of the earth ; therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities . * Shall two walk together except they be agreed ? * Will a lion roar in the forest when he hath no prey ? Will a young lion cry out of his den if he have taken nothing ? * Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth when no gin [is laid ] for him ? Will the snare spring up from the earth when nothing at all hath been taken ? * Shall a trumpet be blown in the city , and the people not be afraid ? Shall there be evil in a city , and Jehovah not have done [it ]? * But the Lord Jehovah will do nothing , but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets . * The lion hath roared , -- who will not fear ? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken , -- who can but prophesy ? * Publish in the palaces at Ashdod , and in the palaces in the land of Egypt , and say , Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria , and behold the great uproar in the midst thereof , and the oppressions that are within her : * and they know not to do right , saith Jehovah , who store up violence and plunder in their palaces . * Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : An adversary ! -- even round about the land ! And he shall bring down thy strength from thee , and thy palaces shall be pillaged . * Thus saith Jehovah : Like as the shepherd rescueth out of the jaw of the lion two legs , or a piece of an ear ; so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch , and upon the damask of a bed . * Hear ye , and testify in the house of Jacob , saith the Lord Jehovah , the God of hosts , * that in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him , I will also punish the altars of Bethel ; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off , and fall to the ground . * And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house ; and the houses of ivory shall perish , and many houses shall have an end , saith Jehovah .

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