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1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spo­ken against you, O chil­dren of Is­rael, against the whole fam­i­ly which I brought up from the land of Egypt, say­ing, 2 You only have I known of all the fam­i­lies of the earth: there­fore I will pun­ish you for all your in­iq­ui­ties. 3 Can two walk to­geth­er, ex­cept they be agreed? 4 Will a lion roar in the for­est, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have tak­en noth­ing? 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have tak­en noth­ing at all? 6 Shall a trum­pet be blown in the city, and the peo­ple not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? 7 Sure­ly the Lord GOD will do noth­ing, but he re­vealeth his se­cret unto his ser­vants the prophets. 8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spo­ken, who can but proph­esy? 9 Pub­lish in the palaces at Ash­dod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, As­sem­ble your­selves upon the moun­tains of Samaria, and be­hold the great tu­mults in the midst there­of, and the op­pressed in the midst there­of. 10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up vi­o­lence and rob­bery in their palaces. 11 There­fore thus saith the Lord GOD; An ad­ver­sary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. 12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shep­herd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the chil­dren of Is­rael be tak­en out that dwell in Samaria in the cor­ner of a bed, and in Dam­as­cus in a couch. 13 Hear ye, and tes­ti­fy in the house of Ja­cob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, 14 That in the day that I shall vis­it the trans­gres­sions of Is­rael upon him I will also vis­it the al­tars of Bethel: and the horns of the al­tar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. 15 And I will smite the win­ter house with the sum­mer house; and the hous­es of ivory shall per­ish, and the great hous­es shall have an end, saith the LORD.