Amo3:1 Authority of the Prophet's MessageThe Condemnation of Samaria 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:
Amo3:2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Amo3:3 Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
Amo3:4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
Amo3:5 Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it? Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?
Amo3:6 If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the LORD have done it?
Amo3:7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
Amo3:8 A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy? Punishment of Israel's Sins
Amo3:9 Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; See great tumults in her midst, And the oppressed within her.
Amo3:10 For they do not know to do right,' Says the LORD, "Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces."'
Amo3:11 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:"An adversary shall be all around the land; He shall sap your strength from you, And your palaces shall be plundered."
Amo3:12 Thus says the LORD:"As a shepherd takes from the mouth of a lion Two legs or a piece of an ear, So shall the children of Israel be taken out Who dwell in Samaria-- In the corner of a bed and on the edge of a couch!
Amo3:13 Hear and testify against the house of Jacob," Says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
Amo3:14 That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will also visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; And the horns of the altar shall be cut off And fall to the ground.
Amo3:15 I will destroy the winter house along with the summer house; The houses of ivory shall perish, And the great houses shall have an end," Says the LORD.