49 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
49 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 3
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1 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:
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2 “You only have I known
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of all the families of the earth;
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therefore I will punish you
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for all your iniquities.
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3 “Do two walk together,
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unless they have agreed to meet?
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4 Does a lion roar in the forest,
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when he has no prey?
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Does a young lion cry out from his den,
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if he has taken nothing?
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5 Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth,
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when there is no trap for it?
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Does a snare spring up from the ground,
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when it has taken nothing?
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6 Is a trumpet blown in a city,
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and the people are not afraid?
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Does disaster come to a city,
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unless the Lord has done it?
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7 “For the Lord God does nothing
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without revealing his secret
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to his servants the prophets.
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8 The lion has roared;
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who will not fear?
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The Lord God has spoken;
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who can but prophesy?”
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9 Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod
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and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,
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and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria,
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and see the great tumults within her,
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and the oppressed in her midst.”
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10 “They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord,
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“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
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11 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
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“An adversary shall surround the land
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and bring down your defenses from you,
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and your strongholds shall be plundered.”
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12 Thus says the Lord: “As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the people of Israel who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part of a bed.
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13 “Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob,”
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declares the Lord God, the God of hosts,
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14 “that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions,
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I will punish the altars of Bethel,
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and the horns of the altar shall be cut off
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and fall to the ground.
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15 I will strike the winter house along with the summer house,
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and the houses of ivory shall perish,
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and the great houses shall come to an end,”
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declares the Lord. |