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Chapter 3 |
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1 | Hear this word that the LORD hath
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: therefore I will punish you for all your
iniquities. |
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| Can two walk together, except they be agreed? |
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Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out
of his den, if he have taken nothing? |
| 5 | Can a bird fall in a snare upon
the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth,
and have taken nothing at all? |
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6 | Shall a trumpet be blown in the city,
and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath
not done it? |
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| Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his
secret unto his servants the prophets. |
| 8 | The lion hath roared, who will
not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy? |
| 9 | Publish in
the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say,
Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults
in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. |
| 10 | For
they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in
their palaces. |
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11 | Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary
there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength
from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. |
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12 | Thus saith the LORD; As
the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an
ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the
corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch. |
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13 | Hear ye, and testify in
the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, |
| 14 | That in
the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also
visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and
fall to the ground. |
| 15 | And I will smite the winter house with the
summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall
have an end, saith the LORD. |
