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Amos Chapter 3 (NKJV Bible)

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¹ 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:

² “You [1†] only have I known of all the families of the earth; [2†]Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

³ Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?

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?

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?

⁶ If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? [3†]If there is calamity in a city, will not the LORD have done it?

⁷ Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, Unless [4†]He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.

⁸ A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! [5†]Who can but prophesy?

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.

¹⁰ For they [6†]do not know to do right,’ Says the LORD, ‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ”

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.”

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!

¹³ Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,” Says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

¹⁴ “That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will also visit destruction on the altars of [7†]Bethel; And the horns of the altar shall be cut off And fall to the ground.

¹⁵ I will destroy [8†]the winter house along with [9†]the summer house; The [10†]houses of ivory shall perish, And the great houses shall have an end,” Says the LORD.

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1	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:
2	“You [1†] only have I known of all the families of the earth; [2†]Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
3	Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
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?
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?
6	If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? [3†]If there is calamity in a city, will not the LORD have done it?
7	Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, Unless [4†]He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
8	A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! [5†]Who can but prophesy?
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.
10	For they [6†]do not know to do right,’ Says the LORD, ‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ”
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.”
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!
13	Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,” Says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
14	“That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will also visit destruction on the altars of [7†]Bethel; And the horns of the altar shall be cut off And fall to the ground.
15	I will destroy [8†]the winter house along with [9†]the summer house; The [10†]houses of ivory shall perish, And the great houses shall have an end,” Says the LORD.