Amos:3

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* Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you , O children of Israel , against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt , saying : * You only have I known of all the families of the earth ; therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities . * Will two walk together , except they have agreed ? * Will a lion roar in the forest , when he hath no prey ? Will a young lion give forth his voice out of his den , if he have taken nothing ? * Will a bird fall in a snare upon the earth , where there is no lure for it ? Will a snare spring up from the ground , and have taken nothing at all ? * Shall the horn be blown in a city , and the people not tremble ? Shall evil befall a city , and the LORD hath not done it ? * For the Lord GOD will do nothing , but He revealeth His counsel unto His servants the prophets . * The lion hath roared , who will not fear ? The Lord GOD hath spoken , who can but prophesy ? * Proclaim it upon the palaces at Ashdod , and upon the palaces in the land of Egypt , and say : 'Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria , and behold the great confusions therein , and the oppressions in the midst thereof .' * For they know not to do right , saith the LORD , who store up violence and robbery in their palaces . * Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD : An adversary , even round about the land ! And he shall bring down thy strength from thee , and thy palaces shall be spoiled . * Thus saith the LORD : As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion two legs , or a piece of an ear , so shall the children of Israel that dwell in Samaria escape with the corner of a couch , and the leg of a bed . * Hear ye , and testify against the house of Jacob , saith the Lord GOD , the God of hosts . * For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him , I will also punish the altars of Beth-el , 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 the great houses shall have an end , saith the LORD .

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