Amos 3:1–9
1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:↗
2“I have chosen only you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”↗
3Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?↗
4Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?↗
5Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?↗
6Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and the LORD hasn’t done it?↗
7Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals 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 in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them.”↗
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