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| 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:
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| 3:2 |
"You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins."
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| 3:3 |
Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?
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| 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?
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| 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?
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| 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?
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| 3:7 |
Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
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| 3:8 |
The lion has roared-- who will not fear? The Sovereign LORD has spoken-- who can but prophesy?
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| 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."
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| 3:10 |
"They do not know how to do right," declares the LORD, "who hoard plunder and loot in their fortresses."
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| 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."
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| 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."
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| 3:13 |
"Hear this and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord, the LORD God Almighty.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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