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Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:
Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:
Israel’s Guilt and Punishment
Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
“You only have I known of all the families of the earth;
Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
“You only have I known
of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish you
for all your iniquities.
of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish you
for all your iniquities.
Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
“Do two walk together,
unless they have agreed to meet?
unless they have agreed to meet?
Does a lion roar in the forest,
when he has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out from his den,
if he has taken nothing?
when he has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out from his den,
if he has taken nothing?
Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth,
when there is no trap for it?
Does a snare spring up from the ground,
when it has taken nothing?
when there is no trap for it?
Does a snare spring up from the ground,
when it has taken nothing?
Is a trumpet blown in a city,
and the people are not afraid?
Does disaster come to a city,
unless the Lord has done it?
and the people are not afraid?
Does disaster come to a city,
unless the Lord has done it?
Surely the Lord God does nothing,
Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
“For the Lord God does nothing
without revealing his secret
to his servants the prophets.
without revealing his secret
to his servants the prophets.
A lion has roared!
Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken!
Who can but prophesy?
Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken!
Who can but prophesy?
The lion has roared;
who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken;
who can but prophesy?”
who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken;
who can but prophesy?”
Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod
and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,
and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria,
and see the great tumults within her,
and the oppressed in her midst.”
and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,
and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria,
and see the great tumults within her,
and the oppressed in her midst.”
“They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord,
“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“An adversary shall be all around the land;
He shall sap your strength from you,
And your palaces shall be plundered.”
“An adversary shall be all around the land;
He shall sap your strength from you,
And your palaces shall be plundered.”
Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”
Says the Lord God, the God of hosts,
Says the Lord God, the God of hosts,
“Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord God, the God of hosts,
declares the Lord God, the God of hosts,
“That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions,
I will also visit destruction on the altars of Bethel;
And the horns of the altar shall be cut off
And fall to the ground.
I will also visit destruction on the altars of Bethel;
And the horns of the altar shall be cut off
And fall to the ground.
“that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions,
I will punish the altars of Bethel,
and the horns of the altar shall be cut off
and fall to the ground.
I will punish the altars of Bethel,
and the horns of the altar shall be cut off
and fall to the ground.