noyes - Amos:3

noyes@Amos:3:1 @ Hear these words, which Jehovah speaketh against you, ye sons of Israel; Against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt!

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

noyes@Amos:3:3 @ Can two walk together, Unless they agree together?

noyes@Amos:3:4 @ Will the lion roar in the forest, When he seeth no prey? Will the young lion cry aloud from his den, If he have seized nothing?

noyes@Amos:3:5 @ Can a bird fall into a snare upon the earth, Where none is set for him? Will a snare spring up from the ground, When it hath caught nothing?

noyes@Amos:3:6 @ Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, And the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil upon a city, And Jehovah not have done it?

noyes@Amos:3:7 @ Surely the Lord Jehovah doeth nothing, But he revealeth his secret To his servants the prophets.

noyes@Amos:3:8 @ When the lion roareth, who will not fear? When the Lord Jehovah speaketh, who will not prophesy?

noyes@Amos:3:9 @ Proclaim ye, in the palaces in Ashdod, And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, And say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria; Behold the great tumults in the midst of her, And the oppressions within her!

noyes@Amos:3:10 @ For they have no care to do right, saith Jehovah; They treasure up rapine and robbery in their palaces.

noyes@Amos:3:11 @ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An enemy shall encompass the land. And shall bring down thy strength from thee, And thy palaces shall be plundered.

noyes@Amos:3:12 @ Thus saith Jehovah: As the shepherd taketh out of the lions mouth Two legs, or a portion of an ear, So shall the children of Israel be taken out, Who in Samaria sit in the corners of their sofas, And upon their damask couches.

noyes@Amos:3:13 @ Hear ye, and testify to the house of Jacob, Saith the Lord, Jehovah, God of hosts!

noyes@Amos:3:14 @ In the day when I punish the transgressions of Israel, Then will I punish the altars of Bethel; The horns of the altar shall be cut off, And fall to the ground.

noyes@Amos:3:15 @ and I will smite the winterhouse together with the summerhouse, And the houses of ivory shall be destroyed, And the great houses shall be brought to the ground, saith Jehovah.