| | 1 | Hear this word the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel--against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt: | |
| | 2 | "You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins." | |
| | 3 | Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so? | |
| | 4 | Does a lion roar in the thicket when he has no prey? Does he growl in his den when he has caught nothing? | |
| | 5 | Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground where no snare has been set? Does a trap spring up from the earth when there is nothing to catch? | |
| | 6 | When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it? | |
| | 7 | Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. | |
| | 8 | The lion has roared--who will not fear? The Sovereign LORD has spoken--who can but prophesy? | |
| | 9 | Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod and to the fortresses of Egypt: "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest within her and the oppression among her people." | |
| | 10 | "They do not know how to do right," declares the LORD, "who hoard plunder and loot in their fortresses." | |
| | 11 | Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "An enemy will overrun the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses." | |
| | 12 | This is what the LORD says: "As a shepherd saves from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites be saved, those who sit in Samaria on the edge of their beds and in Damascus on their couches." | |
| | 13 | "Hear this and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord, the LORD God Almighty. | |
| | 14 | "On the day I punish Israel for her sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground. | |
| | 15 | I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses adorned with ivory will be destroyed and the mansions will be demolished," declares the LORD. | |
