45 lines
2.0 KiB
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45 lines
2.0 KiB
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# Chapter 3
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1 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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2 “You only have I known of all the families of the earth;
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Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
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3 Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
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4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey?
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Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
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5 Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it?
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Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?
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6 If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid?
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If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?
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7 Surely the Lord God does nothing,
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Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
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8 A 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 in the palaces at Ashdod,
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And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say:
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‘Assemble on the mountains of Samaria;
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See great tumults in her midst,
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And the oppressed within her.
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10 For they do not know to do right,’
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Says the Lord,
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‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ”
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11 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
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“An adversary shall be all around the land;
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He shall sap your strength from you,
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And your palaces shall be plundered.”
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12 Thus says the Lord:
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“As a shepherd takes from the mouth of a lion
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Two legs or a piece of an ear,
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So shall the children of Israel be taken out
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Who dwell in Samaria—
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In the corner of a bed and on the edge of a couch!
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13 Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”
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Says the Lord God, the God of hosts,
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14 “That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions,
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I will also visit destruction on 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 destroy the winter house along with the summer house;
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The houses of ivory shall perish,
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And the great houses shall have an end,”
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Says the Lord. |