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    Amos 3

    1 “Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken about you, people of Israel. It concerns the entire family that I brought from the land of Egypt:ISV — Amos 3:1

    2 ‘You alone have I known from among all of the families of mankind; therefore I will hold you accountable for all your iniquities.’”ISV — Amos 3:2

    3 “Will a couple walk in unity without having met?ISV — Amos 3:3

    4 Will a lion roar in the forest without having found its prey? Will a young lion cry from its den without having caught anything?ISV — Amos 3:4

    5 Does a bird fall into a snare on the ground without any bait in the trap? Will a trap snap shut when there is nothing to catch?ISV — Amos 3:5

    6 And when an alarm a3:6 Lit. trumpet sounds in the city, the people will tremble, won’t they? If there is trouble in a city, the LORD has brought it about, has he not?”ISV — Amos 3:6

    7 “Truly the Lord GOD will do nothing he has mentioned without revealing his purposes to his servants the prophets.ISV — Amos 3:7

    8 A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who will not prophesy?ISV — Amos 3:8

    9 Announce this b3:9 The Heb. lacks this in the fortified citadels of Ashdod, and in the fortified citadels of the land of Egypt. Tell them, ‘Gather together on the mountains of Samaria; look at the great misery among the citadels, c3:9 Lit. them along with the oppression within Egypt.’ d3:9 Lit. her; i.e. Egypt personified as a womanISV — Amos 3:9

    10 Because they do not know how to act right,” declares the LORD, “they are filling their strongholds with treasures that they took from others by violence into their fortified citadels.”ISV — Amos 3:10

    11 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land. He e3:11 i.e. the invading forces personified as an individual will pull down your defenses, and plunder your fortified citadels.”ISV — Amos 3:11

    12 This is what the LORD says: “Just as a shepherd might save from the lion’s mouth only two leg bones or a scrap of an ear, the Israelis will be saved in a similar manner— those in Samaria who sit on the remains of their broken beds, f3:12 Lit. on the corner of a bed and those in Damascus who lie on the edge of their couches.”ISV — Amos 3:12

    13 “Listen and testify against the house of Jacob,” declares the Lord GOD, the God of the Heavenly Armies,ISV — Amos 3:13

    14 “because on that day I will lay out the charges against Israel. I will also bring judgment upon the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and will fall to the ground.ISV — Amos 3:14

    15 I will wreck both the winter house and the summer house, and the ivory houses will fall. g3:15 Lit. perish These palaces will surely fall,” declares the LORD.ISV — Amos 3:15

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