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All the Tribes Are Guilty
Hear this word which the LORD has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against the entire family which He brought up from the land of Egypt:
Hear this word which the LORD has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against the entire family which He brought up from the land of Egypt:
Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel — against the entire family I rescued from Egypt:
“You only have I chosen among all the families of the earth;
Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
“From among all the families on the earth,
I have been intimate with you alone.
That is why I must punish you
for all your sins.”
Witnesses against Guilty Israel
I have been intimate with you alone.
That is why I must punish you
for all your sins.”
Witnesses against Guilty Israel
Do two men walk together unless they have made an appointment?
Can two people walk together
without agreeing on the direction?
without agreeing on the direction?
Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey?
Does a young lion growl from his den unless he has captured something?
Does a young lion growl from his den unless he has captured something?
Does a lion ever roar in a thicket
without first finding a victim?
Does a young lion growl in its den
without first catching its prey?
without first finding a victim?
Does a young lion growl in its den
without first catching its prey?
Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait in it?
Does a trap spring up from the earth when it captures nothing at all?
Does a trap spring up from the earth when it captures nothing at all?
Does a bird ever get caught in a trap
that has no bait?
Does a trap spring shut
when there’s nothing to catch?
that has no bait?
Does a trap spring shut
when there’s nothing to catch?
If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble?
If a calamity occurs in a city has not the LORD done it?
If a calamity occurs in a city has not the LORD done it?
When the ram’s horn blows a warning,
shouldn’t the people be alarmed?
Does disaster come to a city
unless the LORD has planned it?
shouldn’t the people be alarmed?
Does disaster come to a city
unless the LORD has planned it?
Surely the Lord GOD does nothing
Unless He reveals His secret counsel
To His servants the prophets.
Unless He reveals His secret counsel
To His servants the prophets.
Indeed, the Sovereign LORD never does anything
until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets.
until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets.
A lion has roared! Who will not fear?
The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy?
The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy?
The lion has roared —
so who isn’t frightened?
The Sovereign LORD has spoken —
so who can refuse to proclaim his message?
so who isn’t frightened?
The Sovereign LORD has spoken —
so who can refuse to proclaim his message?
Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria and see the great tumults within her and the oppressions in her midst.
“But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares the LORD, “these who hoard up violence and devastation in their citadels.”
“My people have forgotten how to do right,”
says the LORD.
“Their fortresses are filled with wealth
taken by theft and violence.
says the LORD.
“Their fortresses are filled with wealth
taken by theft and violence.
Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD,
“An enemy, even one surrounding the land,
Will pull down your strength from you
And your citadels will be looted.”
“An enemy, even one surrounding the land,
Will pull down your strength from you
And your citadels will be looted.”
Therefore,” says the Sovereign LORD,
“an enemy is coming!
He will surround them and shatter their defenses.
Then he will plunder all their fortresses.”
“an enemy is coming!
He will surround them and shatter their defenses.
Then he will plunder all their fortresses.”
Thus says the LORD,
“Just as the shepherd snatches from the lion’s mouth a couple of legs or a piece of an ear,
So will the sons of Israel dwelling in Samaria be snatched away —
With the corner of a bed and the cover of a couch!
“Just as the shepherd snatches from the lion’s mouth a couple of legs or a piece of an ear,
So will the sons of Israel dwelling in Samaria be snatched away —
With the corner of a bed and the cover of a couch!
“Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”
Declares the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.
Declares the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.
“For on the day that I punish Israel’s transgressions,
I will also punish the altars of Bethel;
The horns of the altar will be cut off
And they will fall to the ground.
I will also punish the altars of Bethel;
The horns of the altar will be cut off
And they will fall to the ground.
“On the very day I punish Israel for its sins,
I will destroy the pagan altars at Bethel.
The horns of the altar will be cut off
and fall to the ground.
I will destroy the pagan altars at Bethel.
The horns of the altar will be cut off
and fall to the ground.
“I will also smite the winter house together with the summer house;
The houses of ivory will also perish
And the great houses will come to an end,”
Declares the LORD.
The houses of ivory will also perish
And the great houses will come to an end,”
Declares the LORD.
And I will destroy the beautiful homes of the wealthy —
their winter mansions and their summer houses, too —
all their palaces filled with ivory,”
says the LORD.
their winter mansions and their summer houses, too —
all their palaces filled with ivory,”
says the LORD.