1. Hearken to this word which the Lord spoke about you, O children of Israel, about the entire family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:
2. Only you did I love above all the families of the earth; therefore, I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
3. Will two walk together unless they agreed?
4. Will a lion roar in the forest if he has no prey? Will a young lion let out a cry from his den unless he has taken something?
5. Will a bird fall on a net upon the ground unless it has a snare? Will a net ascend from the ground and have taken nothing?
6. Will a shophar be sounded in the city and the people not quake? Will there be evil in the city if the Lord has not done it?
7. For the Lord God does nothing unless He has revealed His secret to His servants, the prophets.
8. A lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who will not prophesy?
9. Announce in the palaces in Ashdod and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say; Gather upon the mountains of Samaria and see great confusions within it and people being oppressed in its midst.
10. And they did not know to do right, says the Lord, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces.
11. Therefore, so said the Lord God: An adversary, even round about the land! And he will bring down from you your strength, and your palaces will be spoiled.
12. So said the Lord: As the shepherd saves from the lion's mouth two legs or the cartilage of an ear, so will the children of Israel dwelling in Samaria be saved in the corner of a bed or in the corner of a couch.
13. Hearken and warn the house of Jacob, says the Lord God, the God of the Hosts.
14. For on the day I visit the transgressions of Israel upon them, I will visit upon the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and shall fall to the earth.
15. And I will smite the winter house with the summer house, and the ivory houses shall be lost, and great houses shall end, says the Lord.
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