Amos 3
New International Version - Amos 3 << | >> 123456789 3:1 Hear this word the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel-against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt: 3:2 'You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins.' 3:3 Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so? 3:4 Does a lion roar in the thicket when he has no prey? Does he growl in his den when he has caught nothing? 3:5 Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground where no snare has been set? Does a trap spring up from the earth when there is nothing to catch? 3:6 When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the Lord caused it? 3:7 Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. 3:8 The lion has roared- who will not fear? The Sovereign Lord has spoken- who can but prophesy? 3:9 Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod and to the fortresses of Egypt: 'Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest within her and the oppression among her people.' 3:10 'They do not know how to do right,' declares the Lord , 'who hoard plunder and loot in their fortresses.' 3:11 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: 'An enemy will overrun the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses.' 3:12 This is what the Lord says: 'As a shepherd saves from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites be saved, those who sit in Samaria on the edge of their beds and in Damascus on their couches. [1] ' 3:13 'Hear this and testify against the house of Jacob,' declares the Lord, the Lord God Almighty. 3:14 'On the day I punish Israel for her sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground. 3:15 I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses adorned with ivory will be destroyed and the mansions will be demolished,' declares the Lord.