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Amos 3

Amos 3

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    Authority of the Prophet’s Message

    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:
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    Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel — against the entire family I rescued from Egypt:
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    “You only have I known of all the families of the earth;
    Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
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    “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
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    Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
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    Can two people walk together
    without agreeing on the direction?
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    Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey?
    Will a young lion [a]cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
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    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?
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    Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no [b]trap for it?
    Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?
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    Does a bird ever get caught in a trap
    that has no bait?
    Does a trap spring shut
    when there’s nothing to catch?
  • 6
    If a [c]trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid?
    If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?
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    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?
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    Surely the Lord God does nothing,
    Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
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    Indeed, the Sovereign LORD never does anything
    until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets.
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    A lion has roared!
    Who will not fear?
    The Lord God has spoken!
    Who can but prophesy?
  • 8
    The lion has roared —
    so who isn’t frightened?
    The Sovereign LORD has spoken —
    so who can refuse to proclaim his message?
  • 9
    Punishment of Israel’s Sins

    “Proclaim in the palaces at [d]Ashdod,
    And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say:
    ‘Assemble on the mountains of Samaria;
    See great tumults in her midst,
    And the [e]oppressed within her.
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    Announce this to the leaders of Philistiaa
    and to the great ones of Egypt:
    “Take your seats now on the hills around Samaria,
    and witness the chaos and oppression in Israel.”
  • 10
    For they do not know to do right,’
    Says the Lord,
    ‘Who store up violence and [f]robbery in their palaces.’ ”
  • 10
    “My people have forgotten how to do right,”
    says the LORD.
    “Their fortresses are filled with wealth
    taken by theft and violence.
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    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.”
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    Therefore,” says the Sovereign LORD,
    “an enemy is coming!
    He will surround them and shatter their defenses.
    Then he will plunder all their fortresses.”
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    Thus says the Lord:
    “As a shepherd [g]takes from the mouth of a lion
    Two legs or a piece of an ear,
    So shall the children of Israel be taken out
    Who dwell in Samaria —
    In the corner of a bed and [h]on the edge of a couch!
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    This is what the LORD says:
    “A shepherd who tries to rescue a sheep from a lion’s mouth
    will recover only two legs or a piece of an ear.
    So it will be for the Israelites in Samaria lying on luxurious beds,
    and for the people of Damascus reclining on couches.b
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    Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”
    Says the Lord God, the God of hosts,
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    “Now listen to this, and announce it throughout all Israel,c” says the Lord, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies.
  • 14
    “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.
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    “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.
  • 15
    I will [i]destroy the winter house along with the summer house;
    The houses of ivory shall perish,
    And the great houses shall have an end,”
    Says the Lord.
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    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.
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