Amos 3

¹Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O sons of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying.

²Only you have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

³Do two walk together unless they have agreed?

⁴Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey? Does a young lion raise his voice from his den unless he has caught prey?

⁵Does a bird fall into a snare on the ground when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground when it has not caught anything?

⁶If a ram's horn is blown in a city, will not the people tremble? If disaster comes to a city, has not the LORD done it?

⁷For the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

⁸The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken; who will not prophesy?

⁹Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt, and say, 'Assemble on the mountains of Samaria, and see the great tumult within her and the oppression within her.'

¹⁰They do not know how to do what is right, declares the LORD, those who store up violence and destruction in their citadels.

¹¹Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: An adversary shall surround the land, and he will bring down your strength from you, and your citadels shall be plundered.

¹²Thus says the LORD: As a shepherd salvages from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall the sons of Israel who dwell in Samaria be salvaged — with the corner of a bed and a piece of a couch.

¹³Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.

¹⁴For on the day I punish Israel for its transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground.

¹⁵I will strike the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory shall perish and many houses shall be swept away, declares the LORD.