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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: |
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"You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." |
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Can two walk together, unless they are agreed? |
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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? |
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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? |
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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?] |
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Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. |
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A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy? |
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" 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. |
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For they do not know to do right,' Says the LORD, 'Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.' " |
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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." |
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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! |
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Hear and testify against the house of Jacob," Says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, |
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"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. |
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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. |
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