Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Hear this word that Yahweh
has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which
I brought up out of the land of Egypt ,
saying
:
Hear this word that the
LORD
has spoken against you, O
children of Israel, against the whole family that
I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
"You
only have I chosen
of
all the families of the earth .
Therefore I will punish you for all of
your sins
. "
“
Only you
have I known
from
all the families of the earth ;
therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities
. ”
Do
two walk together ,
Unless
they
have
agreed
?
Can
two walk together without
agreeing
where
to
go
?
Will
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?
Does
a lion roar in the forest
when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl
in
his den if he has caught nothing?
Can
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?
Does
a bird land
in a snare
where no bait
has
been
set? Does a trap
spring from the ground when it
has
nothing to catch?
Does
the
trumpet
alarm
sound
in a city, Without
the people being
afraid
? Does
evil
happen
to a city, And
Yahweh
hasn't
done
it?
If
a
ram’s
horn
sounds
in a city, do
the people not
tremble
? If
calamity
comes
to a city, has
not
the
LORD
caused
it?
Surely the Lord Yahweh
will
do
nothing ,
Unless
he
reveals
his secret
to his servants the prophets.
Surely the Lord GOD
does
nothing without
revealing
His plan
to His servants the prophets.
The lion has roared .
Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh
has spoken .
Who can
but
prophesy?
The lion has roared —
who will not fear? The Lord GOD
has spoken —
who will
not
prophesy?
Proclaim 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
. "
Proclaim to
the citadels
of
Ashdod and to
the citadels
of Egypt :
“
Assemble on the mountains of Samaria ;
see the
great
unrest in the
city
and the
acts
of
oppression in
her
midst
. ”
"Indeed
they don't
know to do right, "
says
Yahweh,
"Who
hoard
plunder
and loot
in their palaces
. "
“For
they know not
how
to do right, ”
declares
the
LORD.
“They
store
up
violence
and destruction
in their citadels
. ”
Therefore thus
says
the Lord Yahweh
: "
An adversary
will overrun
the land; And
he will pull down your strongholds ,
And your fortresses
will
be
plundered
. "
Therefore this
is
what
the Lord GOD
says
: “
An enemy
will surround
the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder
your citadels
. ”
Thus
says Yahweh
: "
As the shepherd rescues
out
of
the mouth of the lion two legs ,
Or a piece of an ear, So shall
the children
of
Israel
be
rescued
who
sit
in Samaria on
the corner of a couch,
And
on
the silken
cushions
of a bed
. "
This
is
what
the
LORD
says: “
As the shepherd snatches
from
the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites
dwelling
in Samaria will
be
rescued
having
just
the corner of a bed
or
the cushion
of a couch
.
"Listen,
and testify against the house of Jacob, "
says
the Lord Yahweh
, the God of hosts.
Hear
and testify against the house of Jacob, declares
the Lord GOD
, the God of Hosts.
"For
in
the day that
I visit
the
transgressions
of
Israel on
him
, I will also
visit the altars of Bethel; And
the horns of the altar will be cut off, And fall to the ground.
On
the day I punish
Israel for
their
transgressions
, I will visit destruction
on
the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they
will
fall to the ground.
I will strike
the winter house with the summer house; And
the houses of ivory will perish, And the great houses will have
an end, "
says
Yahweh
.
I will tear
down
the winter house along
with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also
perish, and the great houses will come
to
an end, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
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