Amos 3

¹Hear 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 :

²You only 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 to meet?

⁴Does a lion roar in the forest , when he has no prey ? Does a young lion cry out from his den , if he has taken nothing ?

⁵Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth , when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground , when it has taken nothing ?

⁶Is a trumpet blown in a city , and the people are not afraid ? Does disaster come to a city , unless the Lord has 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 can but prophesy ?

⁹Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt , and say , Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria , and see the great tumults within her, and the oppressed in her midst .

¹⁰They do not know how to do right , declares the Lord, those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds .

¹¹Therefore thus says the Lord God: An adversary shall surround the land and bring down your defenses from you, and your strongholds shall be plundered .

¹²Thus 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 .

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

¹⁴that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions , I will punish the altars of Bethel , and 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 , and the houses of ivory shall perish , and the great houses shall come to an end , declares the Lord.