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Amos 3

¹People of Israel, listen to this message which the LORD has spoken about you, the entire nation that he brought out of Egypt:

²"Of all the nations on earth, you are the only one I have known and cared for. That is what makes your sins so terrible, and that is why I must punish you for them."

³Do two people start traveling together without arranging to meet?

⁴Does a lion roar in the forest unless he has found a victim? Does a young lion growl in his den unless he has caught something?

⁵Does a bird get caught in a trap if the trap has not been baited? Does a trap spring unless something sets it off ?

⁶Does the war trumpet sound in a city without making the people afraid? Does disaster strike a city unless the LORD sends it?

⁷The Sovereign LORD never does anything without revealing his plan to his servants, the prophets.

⁸When a lion roars, who can keep from being afraid? When the Sovereign LORD speaks, who can keep from proclaiming his message?

⁹Announce to those who live in the palaces of Egypt and Ashdod: "Gather together in the hills around Samaria and see the great disorder and the crimes being committed there."

¹⁰The LORD says, "These people fill their mansions with things taken by crime and violence. They don't even know how to be honest.

¹¹And so an enemy will surround their land, destroy their defenses, and plunder their mansions."

¹²The LORD says, "As a shepherd recovers only two legs or an ear of a sheep that a lion has eaten, so only a few will survive of Samaria's people, who now recline on luxurious couches.

¹³Listen now, and warn the descendants of Jacob," says the Sovereign LORD Almighty.

¹⁴"On the day when I punish the people of Israel for their sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel. The corners of every altar will be broken off and will fall to the ground.

¹⁵I will destroy winter houses and summer houses. The houses decorated with ivory will fall in ruins; every large house will be destroyed."