Amos 3

1 Hear ye this word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning you, O sons of Israel, concerning all the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:⋮

2 Only you I have known of all families of the land, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.⋮

3 Do two walk together if they have not met?⋮

4 Roar doth a lion in a forest and prey he hath none? Give out doth a young lion his voice from his habitation, If he hath not caught?⋮

5 Doth a bird fall into a snare of the earth, And there is no gin for it? Doth a snare go up from the ground, And prey it captureth not?⋮

6 Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done it?⋮

7 For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.⋮

8 A lion hath roared — who doth not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken — who doth not prophesy?⋮

9 Sound ye unto palaces in Ashdod, And to palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: Be ye gathered on mountains of Samaria, And see many troubles within her, And oppressed ones in her midst.⋮

10 And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.⋮

11 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: An adversary — and surrounding the land, And he hath brought down from thee thy strength, And spoiled have been thy palaces.⋮

12 Thus said Jehovah: As the shepherd delivereth from the lion's mouth Two legs, or a piece of an ear, So delivered are the sons of Israel, Who are sitting in Samaria on the corner of a bed, And in Damascus on that of a couch.⋮

13 Hear ye and testify to the house of Jacob, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, God of Hosts.⋮

14 For in the day of My charging the transgressions of Israel on him, I have laid a charge on the altars of Beth-El, And cut off have been the horns of the altar, And they have fallen to the earth.⋮

15 And I have smitten the winter-house with the summer-house, And perished have houses of ivory, And consumed have been many houses, An affirmation of Jehovah!⋮