KJ3 Literal Translation
Amos 3
The neccessity of Jehovah's judgment against Israel.
1Hear this Word that Jehovah has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against all the family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:
2You only have I known of all the families of the earth. On account of this I will call all your iniquities to account.
3Will two walk together except they are agreed?
4Will a lion roar in the forest when there is no prey for him? Will a young lion cry out of his den except he has caught prey?
5Will a bird fall into a trap on the ground, and there is no bait for it? Will a trap spring up from the ground, and it catches nothing at all?
6If a rams' horn is blown in a city, will the people not tremble? And if there is a calamity in a city and Jehovah has not done it?
7For the Lord Jehovah will do nothing unless He reveals His secret counsel to His servants the prophets.
8A lion has roared, who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah has spoken, who will not prophesy?
9Make it heard at the palaces in Ashdod, and at the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Gather yourselves on the mountains of Samaria and see many tumults in its midst, and oppressions in its midst.
10For they do not know to do right, a statement of Jehovah, those storing up violence and destruction in their palaces.
11So thus says the Lord Jehovah: An adversary, even round about the land! And he shall bring you down from your fortress, and your palaces shall be plundered.
12So says Jehovah, As the shepherd snatches two legs out of the mouth of the lion, or a piece of an ear, so shall the sons of Israel be saved, those who dwell in Samaria in a corner of a bed, and in Damascus on a couch.
13Hear and testify in the house of Jacob, a statement of the Lord Jehovah, the God of Hosts.
14For in the day I call to account the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also call to account on the altars of Bethel. And the horns of the altar will be cut off and will fall to the ground.
15And I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall be swept away, a statement of Jehovah.
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